House extensions that add real space and real value

Extensions we build

• Single-storey rear extensions — the classic open-plan kitchen-diner with bi-fold or sliding doors onto the garden.
• Double-storey extensions — extra living space downstairs and an additional bedroom or bathroom above.
• Side-return and wrap-around extensions — making use of the dead space beside terraced and semi-detached houses.
• Front extensions and porches — matched brickwork so the addition looks like it was always there.
• Garage conversions — turning an unused garage into a usable room.

Managed from the ground up

An extension touches every trade: groundworks and footings, drainage, blockwork and brickwork, steels, roofing, windows and doors, then all the internal first and second fix, plastering and decoration. Housewright manages the whole sequence so you are not chasing trades or acting as the go-between. You get one fixed written quote, one programme and one person to call.

We work with your architect or structural engineer if you already have drawings, and we can recommend local ones if you do not. Where planning permission or building regulations approval is needed we will tell you plainly at the first visit, and we build to the approved drawings with the inspections booked at the right stages.

The stages of a typical extension

Footings and drainage are dug, inspected and poured. Blockwork and brickwork go up with the facing brick matched to the existing house. Steels are installed to open the back of the house into the new space. The roof goes on, whether pitched and tiled to match or a warm flat roof with skylights. Windows, doors and bi-folds are fitted, then the inside is first-fixed, plastered, second-fixed and decorated, with the kitchen or bathroom installed where the plan calls for it. Throughout, the site is kept tidy, boards go down to protect what is there, and the working area is fenced off from the rest of the house as far as practical.