Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. A house extension I designed and built in Edinburgh, 2015 Like all construction projects, house extensions have become increasingly expensive over the last few years. Since Covid, inflation in the

Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. Two ways permitted development could ruin your home If you own a home in the UK you might be aware of something called permitted development. It's the right to make modest alterations or extension

Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. I designed this glass, garden room extension in Edinburgh. It was built in 2013 I have been a self employed Architect in the UK since 2009. I specialise in altering and extending private homes. On

Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. The UK planning system is separate from the building regulations So, you got planning permission for your extension, or your new house, well done. Are you all set to start construction? No, and yo

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Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. Self building a house in the UK is extremely challenging I have been a self employed Architect in the UK since 2009, focusing exclusively on private, domestic clients most of whom want to alter th

Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. Four things that will ruin your chances of getting planning approval If anyone tells you they can guarantee getting planning permission approved in the UK, they are either lying to you or they don

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Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. Find more space by knocking down walls Is your house too small. Do you need more space? Are you thinking about building an extension to solve that problem. Stop, maybe you don't need to build a ho

Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. In the UK and Ireland we have a special word to describe the worst kind of building contractors. Cowboys. A few years ago I helped a client get permission to convert their attic to a bedroom. The

Níall Hedderman · ARB-registered architect · RIBA Chartered Member I've run my own architecture practice in Edinburgh since 2009, specialising in altering, extending and renovating homes. Since 2022 I've given over 340 online consultations to homeowners and buyers across the UK. Ive made several videos looking at the cost of building house extensions in the UK. Its a topic that I endlessly discuss with my clients, but one thing that we seldom talk about is how they afford