So Why Extend Your Home?
There are many good reasons to extend your home. You might have outgrown your home and need more space for a growing family.
You might want to develop your home for profit. You might just want to alter and improve your home to meet today’s changing lifestyle.
Extending your home is not like buying a new car or holiday. It is a sound investment for the future.
Remove the stress of moving
Of course, you can just move to a larger property. Moving house is generally regarded as one of the most stressful experiences you can have.
Do you really want to put yourself through that?
Months of chasing solicitors and estate agents, broken chains, last minute disappointments, removals, moving your children to new schools, leaving your friends and neighbours behind.
All of this can be avoided by simply extending your exisiting home.
Cheaper alternative
A large proportion of our work is for clients who need more space but are put off moving house due to the high cost of fees and taxes.
Did you realise that moving house will typically cost in excess of £30,000 just in fees and taxes. This money will never be recovered.
To avoid these costs the only sensible alternative is to extend.
By extending your current house you often end up in profit as the increase to the value of your home will typically exceed the cost of the building work.
How much would moving really cost?
Information based on a typical house value of £500,000
Buying costs:
- Stamp duty £15,000
- Legal fees (buying) £1,500
- Mortgage arrangement fee £1,000
- Survey fees £1,000
- Removal fees £1,000
Selling costs:
- Estate Agent fee 1.5% + VAT £9,000
- Legal fees (selling) £1,500
Example total cost of moving £30,000
What you could do
- Add a new bedroom for your growing family
- Larger living room for family events
- Add a home office to avoid that commute
- Convert your loft into a spacious bedroom
- Add a ground floor toilet or en-suite bathroom
- Enlarge your kitchen for a more enjoyable cooking experience
What Our Clients Are Saying
"James is professional, helpful and patient. I would happily recommend his services."
Dave Collins
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Christina Cook
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