As you can imagine, the construction industry has ground to a halt as people aren’t advised to socially distance and stay home unless absolutely necessary. It’s a tough time for all involved, luckily for us we have plenty of project work to be getting on...
As the leading independent basement design specialists you can imagine we deal with hundreds of enquiries a year. Many basements projects are undertaken in order to create a bit more room for the family or perhaps a nanny or elderly relative needs to move in....
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
Excavating a new basement is a great way to boost the square footage of your home. You might be renovating an unused area to increase your living space or, even digging a basement under the ground floor or garden. It can be expensive business and...
Basement conversions – we’ve all read about them and heard the horror stories of houses collapsing due to cowboy basement converters and the controversial super-basement boom. Well you won’t hear any horror stories from us as we know what works, unless you ask about the...