Property Extension and Garage Conversion in Shoreham | Choosing the Best Option for Added Room Space
When you have the services of a joint building and roofing company at your disposal, making the choice between a loft conversion, a garage conversion or a property extension becomes just that little bit easier. Customers in the Shoreham area can have a dormer conversion with flat roofing built, a single or double garage adapted, or a property extension constructed complete with a new roof installation. Whichever way you wish to add space to a home, we will design and build for you to a bespoke specification.
And don’t worry about any remedial work that needs to be done because of converting or extending. SD Building & Roofing also specialises in roof repairs and chimney repairs, so “making good” is second nature to our team.
Here, we look at the individual merits of conversions and extensions so that you can make the right decision for you, your family and your property in Shoreham. Knowing a few of the fundamentals will make things easier when our building and roofing company comes out to perform an initial survey.
The Purpose of Added Room Space
Before worrying about construction, adaptation and choosing materials for pitched and flat roofing if the project requires a new roof installation, think about the intended use of added space. A loft conversion might be a better idea if you want an extra bedroom, although a double-storey property extension gives you the option to add a bedroom upstairs and functional space on the ground floor. Extra bedrooms often come up in conversation.
If you are looking to extend a kitchen, create bespoke storage space or work up to having your own mancave, a garage conversion might be better.
The most important thing to remember is that your investment should bring about multiple benefits so that you can change the way you live in your Shoreham home in the most positive way, The availability of options will only be limited by what we can do in the amount of space we have to work with.
Factoring in Disruption
Compared to a loft conversion or a garage conversion, a property extension will be more intensive because we need to clear land space, excavate and prepare the ground so we can lay the foundations. This increases the time it takes to complete a project and the amount of waste generated. This can be disruptive if a building and roofing company isn’t especially proactive in keeping their workspace safe, neat and tidy for their Shoreham customers.
Add in that on conversions, we will need to factor in adaptations which turn part of a pitched roof into a flat roofing structure. On others, there will be roof repairs and chimney repairs to consider. Again, this can prove disruptive.
Property extensions will require a brand-new roof installation, and we will also need to knock through from the main part of the home to create access.
SD Building & Roofing is always considerate to the needs of the customer. We tidy up daily to leave your Shoreham property safe and useable, and we manage the control of waste so that everything either goes into a skip, or our team will manually load unwanted materials into our vans for disposal. We do everything in our power to keep disruption to an absolute minimum.
Cost and Added Value
Your budget is important. By working closely with architects and surveyors to determine how intensive a project will be, we produce written quotations which include accurate labour and material costings. A property extension will cost more than a loft conversion or a garage conversion, but it will also provide the biggest return on investment should you wish to move out of the Shoreham area in the future. When we present our quotation, we will also give you an accurate timescale and a breakdown of the work involved.
A new roof installation, or flat roofing in modern materials like EPDM rubber or GRP fibreglass, provide added value. There won’t be much maintenance needed on either and, with brand-new materials in place, there will be less likelihood of you needing roof repairs or chimney repairs any time soon.
Our building and roofing company has an excellent reputation in Shoreham and builds on it through the delivery of high-end services which optimise your financial investment. In terms of planning permission, some conversions and extensions fall inside permitted development so you might not need approval at all. If you do, we’ll be on hand to lend our help, advice and experience.
We also deal with scheduled building control visits as the job progresses.