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Cost-Effectively create more space without compromising the structure and safety of your home. Building an extension can be beneficial for your family and the value of your property. There are however often issues that can be expensive, time consuming and emotionally draining. Unfortunately this can leave you wondering whether the project was worth the inevitable cost and upheaval.

When buying a property, most buyers will instruct a survey for their own peace of mind and to satisfy the requirements of a mortgage lender. Building surveys and/or Homebuyers reports tend to be completed by a Chartered Surveyor to RICS or SAVA standards.

Whilst certainly valid and an important part of the due diligence process, a Surveyor's report will tend to highlight general issues with the property such as insulation, superficial material problems, rot, damp and planning permissions.A structural survey however is different.

Creating extra space by combining rooms within your property is an attractive proposition that can add value to your property and better-fit your home to your lifestyle. This could mean enlarging living areas, adding windows for extra light, incorporating an extension in to an existing room or even the addition of bi-folding doors to a patio area.

Turn useless waste in to usable space through the effective use of well-designed retaining walls. Retaining walls are an excellent option for creating extra useable space around the exterior of your property that would otherwise be useless due to sloping ground and water run-off.

This can mean that your redundant garden and grounds can be landscaped to provide quality outdoor space without the worry of collapse from the pressure of retained water and earth behind the wall.A poorly designed retaining wall could temporarily look suitable but could be a catastrophe waiting to happen.

Subsidence has caused approximately 3 billion of damage over the last 10 years to an estimated 20% of UK homes*. Properties with cracks in walls, sloping floors, sticking doors and windows that no longer open could potentially be demonstrating the symptoms of the ground under your home expanding and shrinking.