Sustainability in a home extension usually isn’t about anything dramatic. It’s mostly about insulation, glazing and airtightness, done properly, which building regulations require anyway but are worth understanding rather than just ticking off. Insulation is where the real gains are A well-insulated extension with decent windows will outperform most add-on sustainability features you could bolt […]

A lot of extension designs start from a Pinterest board or a photo from a magazine, and there’s nothing wrong with that as a starting point. The part that matters more is whether the layout actually suits how you use your house day to day, not just how it photographs. Ask what’s actually broken first […]

It’s easy to focus entirely on the inside of an extension, the layout, the light, the finishes, and forget that the outside of the house has to work too. We see this most with rear extensions, where a beautiful open-plan kitchen can end up looking bolted on from the garden if the roofline, materials and […]