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I am in the planning stages of an extension to my house and I'm looking for opinions on whether this is a practical and cost efffective idea. Basically the house is an end of terrace, built in local stone externally (c. 1930) with a brick inner skin, and a hipped roof. I am intending to build a...

I intend building a 2 storey extension on my house in local stone and, having seen the limited amount of detail that an architect (or technician) puts on their drawings I wonder whether its something I can do myself and save the expense. I would appreciate advice from anyone who has done...

Our soil does have a high clay content, I should've said. Thanks, that's helped with my understanding and I think you're right, I'll take them down now. Not sure how easy that'll be as I'll want to get enough of them out of the ground to be able to put a path down below dpc level on the wall...

I am planning a two storey extension on the side of my property and I'm concerned that building control will make me dig very deep foundations due to these trees. I have not yet spoken to building control as I'm not sure whether to chop down the hedge first, so as not to draw their attention...