House Extensions in Billericay

With strong schools and a direct line into Liverpool Street, most Billericay households would rather add space to the house they already own than start again somewhere else. Extensions are the project we are asked about most often here, and the brief usually comes down to the same thing, which is a bigger and brighter room at the back that the whole family actually uses.

What Billericay housing stock allows

The inter war and 1930s houses that fill much of CM11 and CM12 were built with generous rear gardens and solid brickwork, which makes them well suited to a single storey rear extension or a full width infill across the back. Houses of that era usually have a narrow kitchen and a separate dining room, so taking out the dividing wall and extending turns two cramped spaces into one open living kitchen.

The larger detached homes and bungalows around Sunnymede, South Green and Queens Park often sit on wide plots with room down one side, which opens up side returns, two storey side extensions and garage conversions with a new room above. On the newer developments at the edge of town the plots are tighter, so the sensible gains tend to be a modest rear extension or a garden room combined with a rethink of the internal layout.

Permitted development, planning and conservation

Many extensions in the town fall under permitted development, but not all of them do. Properties inside the High Street conservation area, and the older buildings near Chapel Street with its Mayflower connection, call for a more careful approach to materials, window proportions and how anything new sits behind the original frontage. Homes out towards Great Burstead and Little Burstead can bring rural and period considerations of their own. We tell you early which route your project is likely to take, and we handle Basildon Borough planning and building control on your behalf. The full scope of our extension work is set out separately, alongside the rest of the building work we cover in Billericay.

What drives the cost

Every extension is priced on its own merits, but a familiar set of factors move the figure. Footprint and shape matter, as do ground conditions and how deep the foundations need to go, whether drains run under the proposed area, how much structural steel is needed to open up the rear wall, and the level of glazing and finish you choose. Relocating a kitchen or bathroom brings plumbing and electrics into the scope as well. Where an extension would cause more disruption than the gain is worth, we will say so, and a loft conversion is sometimes the better answer.

One accountable team on site

Because building, plumbing, electrics and finishing are all handled in house, the job never turns into a scheduling problem for you. The same established firm digs the footings, lifts the steel, runs the services and hangs the final door, and the work is fully insured with our workmanship guaranteed. If you are weighing up an extension, arrange a free no obligation quote or call 07967 232435, and we will look at the house properly before anyone talks numbers.