Exceptional House Extensions In London

The Ratio provides you with a customised service. Our teams build one or more rooms outside the house as part of our single-story extensions. This type of extension adds more space and improves the flow of the house. In this case, the floor plan is enhanced but not totally changed. You can stay assured that our single-story extensions improve the functionality of the space.

A double-storey extension allows you to add a second bedroom upstairs and make space for an additional room downstairs. The downstairs area can be used to build a pretty sizable kitchen and an additional bathroom. What’s more, you can build a dining room or living area with bi-fold doors leading into your garden.

A side return extension is typically built in the kitchen at the back of the house. The side return – the pathway that runs alongside the ground floor of your home – is the ideal spot for the extension. Adding a side return extension to a terraced or semi-detached house is one of the best ways to increase and improve the quality of living areas.

Key Points:

• This is one of the most common kitchen extensions in London and the South West of London.
• A side return generally involves building out 1.25m to the side of the property and finishing flush at the back of the main part of the house.
• You can then choose to have either a pitched or flat roof over the extended section.

Kitchen Extensions are one of the best ways to transform a cramped and awkward space into a space that the entire family can use. Modern kitchens are more than just places to cook, it’s the heart of the home, it is where you live, eat, socialise, study, and even play. They also don’t require you to give up much of your garden space to build a room that meets all of your needs.

Key points:

• A rear extension is where only the end of the property is extended.
• This often gives a room approximately 5m x 3m (STPP) and can have huge roof windows to allow maximum natural light into the newly created space.
• Rear extensions can have either a monopitch roof, centre pitched roof or a flat roof.

They combine a side return and a rear extension to create an L-shape at the back of your house. They are usually ideal for Victorian terraced homes, but they can also be used for modern homes if there is enough space. Wraparound extensions are great for expanding your living space and creating large open-plan layouts. As well as opening up your kitchen area to make place for extra rooms and enhancing the connection to your yard.

Key Points:

• This is where the extension not only goes into the side addition but also wraps around the back.
• The extension is sometimes three or four meters into the garden which can provide a huge kitchen living area looking out onto the garden.

A dormer loft conversion is the process of converting a box-shaped structure to a pitched roof. Dormers are extensions that extend upwards and outwards to provide additional headspace and floor space. Dormer extensions typically come with your permitted development rights, so you may be able to avoid the need for a full planning application. Not only that, but these loft conversions are a cost-effective method to add a full extra floor of room.

• A summer/out house can be an extension of your living space and can be close to your home, or at the bottom of the garden with access along a covered walkway.
• A well-designed summerhouse becomes an extension of your home while allowing you to enjoy the beauty of an outdoor garden without being affected by inclement weather.
• Renovating your house can be very expensive, and a lengthy process. Rather than disturb the structure of your home, a summerhouse can be a very cost-effective and non-invasive way to add accommodation to your property.