Extensions in Winwick

Around Winwick (WA2) it is mostly rear extensions, porches and double storey side extensions on village housing. Winwick sits on the edge of the built up area with bigger plots and more room to build out, which usually means fewer boundary problems, though anything near open countryside or a green belt boundary needs the line checking before a drawing is done. 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. Winwick 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. Winwick is a straight run up the A49 from us, which makes it one of the easiest places we work. 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.

Mostly in a good way. Property around Winwick tends to sit on a bigger plot with room to build out and get plant in, which makes the groundworks easier and the programme more predictable. What does want checking early is the boundary with any open land or green belt, and the drainage, because on the edge of the built up area a property is more likely to be on a private system than on the main sewer.

Winwick sits on the edge of the built up area with bigger plots and more room to build out, which usually means fewer boundary problems, though anything near open countryside or a green belt boundary needs the line checking before a drawing is done. 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.

Winwick 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.