by admin | May 23, 2026 | Quantity Surveying
Plympton’s housing stock is more varied than it looks from the road. Inside that mix of post-war estates, 1970s infill and Edwardian fringes the build-ups, foundations and existing services range widely. Two rear extensions of the same square metreage can come in 30%...
by admin | Jan 13, 2026 | Local Insights
The Environment Agency surface water flood maps cover Plymouth in detail. Properties not on a recognised river floodplain can still sit on a surface water risk corridor. The implications for a new extension include floor levels, surface water drainage strategy and...
by admin | Dec 17, 2025 | Homeowners
Foul and surface water drainage runs determine where an extension can be built without significant additional cost. Building over an existing run requires Build Over consent from the water authority and can constrain foundation design. Diverting runs is possible but...
by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Homeowners
The interventions that consistently make a kitchen-diner feel larger: rooflights over the dining zone, a sightline through the run of the kitchen to the garden, a kitchen layout that doesn’t force circulation through the cooking zone, and storage built in rather than...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | Homeowners
The conventional path is to commission an architect, develop a design, take it to planning and then discover at tender stage that the budget was unrealistic. The redesign that follows is expensive, demoralising and avoidable.For Tavistock homeowners we offer...