There aren’t enough organisations that will help maintain the standards some of us strive to achieve. We have a long standing relationship with ASUC, spanning more than a decade and we’ve seen the great things they’ve achieved in such a short time, that’s why we...
When developing basement installation projects it is common for the excavation team to come across interesting things buried in the earth. As most basement digging is done by hand these archaeological findings often cause a lot of intrigue for the workers. In London our teams tend...
We spend a lot of time speaking about the interesting requests we get for the design and development of our clients’ basements, but we think that this chap wins, hands down!...
We’ve designed and developed hundreds of basement projects in London, and have been responsible for the planning process for hundreds more! Digging down is the new loft conversion and in the most expensive areas of London, excavating and installing a basement actually works out to...
As the leading Basement Design specialists in London we have submitted hundreds (possibly thousands) of planning applications. We’ve spoken before about how difficult it can be in the different London Boroughs. If you’ve been to our blog before you’ll know that a basement isn’t always the...
You may remember we told you about an on-going row centred on a super shed and a basement involving two public figures in London. Well, it continues. At the beginning of this month planning permission was again deferred for a basement installation on the London...
Basements are for the whole family – we all want that perfect area that everyone can enjoy. In densely populated cities like London it can be difficult to find more space for your expanding family without uprooting everyone with an expensive house move. So we...
Planning has changed. It’s had to. There are so many different ways of improving and developing your home now that the old planning rules didn’t quite cover – and sometimes this has led to people taking advantage and over-developing their properties. This isn’t something we...
... in Russian they have a much bigger problem to deal with. Police in St Petersburg discovered a Nile crocodile living in the basement of an apartment building they had just raided. They had arrested a man on suspicion of having illegal weapons and stumbled across...
Do you remember when they said that the basement ‘trend’ was coming to an end in 2007? Well, according to research undertaken by Halifax Britain saw 183% rise in planning applications for basement extensions in 2017. This comes as no surprise as the cost of moving...