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...
Over the last couple of weeks it has been reported that the new trend on the horizon is the building of Super Sheds. Apparently wealthy home owners with gardens in London have started looking at building these structures in order to get more room on...
While we design projects all over the south of England, it’ll be no surprise to you that most of our projects are for properties in London and the surrounding areas. As a result, we have to work with all the local borough councils to make...
We came across a classic little story on CNN about the basement boom in London from 2015 (yes 2015). Swimming pools and golf ranges in London's insane luxury basements We think using the word ‘insane’ is a little much but keep in mind it’s a story from...
Our friends at PrimeLocation produced an article about some of the most impressive basements around – so we thought we’d share them with our readership as well...
Sometimes you just want to know the facts - here, we answer some of the most common questions we receive....
We found an article in the Evening Standard, Homes & Property section about buying a house next door to someone planning a basement project....
In our last blog we answered the question we get asked the most – will my basement flood – we spoke about how to avoid and solve damp issues in your basement. This time around we thought we should address the second most asked question we...