Side Extension Builders Leeds

It depends what you want the space to do rather than on one minimum figure. A narrow side return added to an existing kitchen can transform it, while a standalone room needs more width to be worth having. We measure the side, look at where the drains and the boundary sit, and tell you straight whether it earns its cost.

Side extensions are treated more strictly than rear ones under permitted development — width and height are both limited relative to the original house, and the rules differ again on a corner plot or in a conservation area. It is always subject to your specific property, so we confirm the position with Leeds City Council and handle the drawings and any application.

That is the detail that decides whether a side extension looks right, because it sits in full view from the street. We match brick, bond and mortar colour as closely as the original allows and tell you honestly where a perfect match is not achievable — weathered brick from decades ago rarely has an exact modern equivalent.

Only if the design keeps a way through. Some side extensions leave a passage or an internal door to the garden, others give that up for the extra width. It is a decision worth making deliberately at drawing stage rather than discovering after the walls are up.

There is almost always something under a side passage — a gully, an inspection chamber, or a shared drain. It gets located before the foundations are designed, and building over or diverting a drain is a Building Regulations matter we coordinate rather than something to find halfway through.

Not automatically. It is usually smaller, but building tight to a boundary brings its own costs — restricted access, Party Wall notices, sometimes deeper foundations near a drain. Your quote reflects the actual plot rather than a rate per square metre.