When one decides to undertake the project of home extension, there are very many things to consider. Perhaps the most important is how to do this extension. This is, of course, dependent on very many factors, like the type of structure that currently exists and stands to be extended, to the budget of the person wishing to undertake home extension. In looking into these different circumstances surrounding each case, companies and professionals all alike, have come up with different types of extensions.

Such include loft extensions as well as conservatories, internal alterations, basements or single and multiple story home renovations. One can definitely choose the type that they prefer, depending on what exactly they are looking for, but the major decision lies with the professional handling the home extension project. This is for the simple reason that one may want a type of home extension that is not only impractical, but might also be impossible to achieve.

It is also within the professionals scope of work to know what can or cannot be done to any particular property, because they are skilled and know more about the details that are considered, like walls and ceilings and the possible consequences of any undertaking in the name of an extension.

In the modern day, owing to the rate at which families are growing, more often than not, home renovations are characterized by home renovations of one sort or the other. To cater for this ever growing need among families, professionals are taking the work of home renovations to a higher level, and more companies dealing with home extensions are coming up. This is an activity that is fully approved by the law. In addition to the more obvious scenario of jobs done on party walls, the scope of home extensions also covers excavations as well as any foundations that go deeper than those of property that is within three meters of the property in question. It also covers the cases where the new foundations sought to be dug are within six meters of another building where a theoretical line at forty five degrees is drawn from the neighboring foundation and happens to be in line with the wall to the new foundation being dug. The law does not serve the purpose of completely preventing home extensions, but in seeking to act in accordance with the law, the process may be considerably delayed and this in turn could lead to increased costs in home renovations.