Expanding your home can add valuable space and increase its worth. Yet, navigating the rules around home extensions can feel overwhelming. Permitted Development rights offer a way to extend your property without the need for full planning permission, saving time and money. This guide explains what permitted development means for home extensions in 2026, helping you understand the rules, limits, and practical steps to take. A modern single-storey home extension with large wind

Simple easy quick upgrades, low cost solutions & a sensible approach will help EPC retrofitting schemes. This involves upgrading existing buildings to improve energy efficiency, aiming to raise EPC ratings ideally to Band C. Rather than viewing this as a burden Landlords can actually benefit with a higher quality property, meaning higher rental yields, less tenant turnover & an improved asset with a greater residual value. We’ve done so many retrofit upgrades over the years -

We worked with a tenacious owner occupier client to get the approvals for creating new contemporary residential accommodation and the reroofing an historic 1680’s barn in a grouping of II* listed buildings, all in the setting of a fine 1600’s house described, described as the ‘finest yeoman clothiers house in West Yorkshire’. We tried for some external alteration & additions - but even though the the barn had been previously modified, the Conservation Officer was very wary of

New Year new energy - we have been involved over the years in countless energy saving & retrofit projects, we thought we'd join the...