Extensions in Penketh

Around Penketh (WA5) it is mostly single storey rear extensions, porches and kitchen knock throughs on semis and bungalows. Penketh is largely interwar and post war semis, which suit rear extensions and knock throughs well, and the thing to look at early is where the existing drainage runs because on housing of that age the manhole is very often exactly where you wanted the new room. Anything beyond a small job is priced after we have been out to look at it rather than over the phone, because what is already there decides most of the cost.

No, travel is in the price. Penketh is roughly 5 km from us in Warrington, which is well inside the patch we keep to deliberately, and keeping the jobs close is the whole point: the same team is never far from your street. What moves the price is the job itself, the size of the build, the ground and the glazing.

Yes. Penketh has a lot of bungalows as well as semis, and bungalow extensions are something we get asked about there more than most places. Most of our work comes by word of mouth from one street to the next, so there are usually jobs we have done within a mile or two of you. Ring and describe what you are after and you will get a straight answer on timing rather than a promise to call back.

Some, and it is mostly about age. Semis in Penketh are largely interwar and post war, which are predictable to work on: shallow strip footings, cavity walls and a rear elevation with room to build out. What we look at before pricing is where the drains and the manhole sit, because on housing of that age they are very often in the way, and whether the existing lintel over the back door is up to being opened out. Both are ordinary jobs when they are found at survey and awkward ones when they are found mid build.

Penketh is largely interwar and post war semis, which suit rear extensions and knock throughs well, and the thing to look at early is where the existing drainage runs because on housing of that age the manhole is very often exactly where you wanted the new room. On top of that, every extension needs building regulations regardless of whether it needs planning, and that part is not optional. We will tell you at the first visit which category your house is in, and where an application is needed we will say so up front rather than starting work and hoping.

Penketh is about 5 km away, a straightforward run, so getting out to look at it is easy. The visit and the written quote are normally inside a week or two. The start date depends on what is already booked in, and we would rather give you a real date a couple of months out than promise next Monday and let you down. Smaller work like a porch or a knock through can often be slotted in sooner.

Almost everybody does. An extension is built outside the existing wall for most of its life, so the disruptive days are at the start when the drains and footings go in and at the end when the opening is knocked through. We plan that knock through for when the new build is watertight, sheet the route in and out, and clean the house down at the end of every day. If there are young children or someone working from home, say so at the quote and we will plan the noisy days around it.