Splitting a Victorian House in Seven Sisters

Splitting a Victorian House in Seven Sisters

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New Builds South Tottenham, Design to Walk Through

NStar Builds, a family and friends run North London building company, covers new build construction in South Tottenham and the surrounding North London area. NStar Builds builds new homes in North London from the initial design phase to the final walk through, with one team managing the whole construction process.

How does a new build project run from design to handover?

NStar Builds takes new builds from initial design through to the final walk through. The build is managed end to end. The plot, planning position and budget come first.

Much depends on what is under the plot. Until the soil is tested, the foundations are an estimate. Shrinkable clay and nearby trees both push foundation depth up.

Can I build a basement without planning permission?

Converting an existing cellar often does not need planning permission, but excavating a new basement or adding light wells usually does. Many London councils have specific basement policies. Party wall notices and building regulations apply in almost every case.

How are planning and building regulations handled in South Tottenham?

Planning permission is about whether you may build it; building regulations are about how it is built. Plenty of modest rear extensions are permitted development, within limits on size and position. Building regulations apply regardless.

NStar Builds takes care of the planning applications and building regulations for an extension. Required approvals are flagged at the outset rather than halfway through. A conservation area changes the answer, so it is checked first.

What size of extension can you build without planning permission?

Under permitted development, a single storey rear extension can generally go 3 metres deep on a terraced rear extension or semi detached house and 4 metres on a detached one, up to 4 metres high. Larger rear extensions can use prior approval, and conservation areas and flats have narrower rights.

How is a full refurbishment in South Tottenham sequenced?

Structural work comes first, then the services, then the finishes. Anything structural or damp related is done before decoration. After that: first fix services, plaster, second fix, decoration.

NStar Builds refurbishes whole interiors as well as individual rooms, with an on site project manager keeping the sequence. Changing your mind after plastering costs more than changing it on paper.

NStar Builds works across South Tottenham and the surrounding North London area. Call 0203 576 0166 for new build construction.

NStar Builds, South Tottenham.

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