House extension
Is Planning Permission Required for a Garage Conversion?

As the experts in garage conversions Essex customers trust, we are used to dealing with a range of enquiries. One of the things we are asked the most is ‘do you need planning permission for a garage conversion?’. The answer is no – but sometimes,...

The Top 5 Benefits of a House Extension

Have you been searching for the leading specialists in house extensions Essex has to offer? Then welcome! Here at Add a Room, we are here to transform properties and the lives of people who own them with extensions. Here are just five of the benefits...

How Do the Types of Loft Conversions Differ?

A loft conversion is one of the easiest ways to add space to a property, and we are seeing an increasing amount of demand here at Add a Room. One of the most common questions we are asked by potential customers is what kind of...

What Does Our Loft Conversion Process Involve?

With smarter home storage solutions now available, and more homeowners than ever before using marketplace sites like Facebook and eBay to get rid of old furniture and items, lofts which were once filled with old unused items are now starting to become attractive-looking extra rooms. Here...

Loft conversion
Loft Conversion Project – Westcliff on Sea

Our customer wanted to extend the already substantial house to gain a master bedroom with ensuite shower room. They wanted to free up the bedrooms downstairs for the teenage children to have their own rooms. We did a full design package and planning submission to the local...

Kitchen extension
Home Improvements Standford Le Hope

This was a nice little job for us. The Client wanted to increase the ground floor footprint of her house, to incorporate a new kitchen and cloak room. In order to add lots more light to the room we used a roof light fitted directly...

House extension
Single Storey Extension Hornchurch

The brief we had for this was “wow factor” incorporating a new kitchen/living space and a new bathroom. Our architect started with two centrally located roof lanterns, electrically operated from the kitchen. This allowed the light to flood the room even on gloomy days. This,...

Loft Conversion with 2 Bedrooms & Ensuite

We were contracted by Hillside 10 developments to carry out the loft conversion of this large refurbishment. It consisted of 2 x dormers and a clipped hip-to-gable creating a master bedroom, small bedroom and an en-suite. The conversion and refurbishment was finished to a high...

Loft Conversion with Bi-Folding Doors & Terrace

This was a high end conversion creating a self-contained apartment on the 3rd floor, consisting of 2 x bedrooms, 2 x en-suites, living room and roof terrace. The construction was done using the Telebeam system with 5 x new dormers constructed. The conversion has brought...

Rear Dormer Loft Conversion

Kally & David did not enough head room in their loft for a conversion (until we arrived). After surveying their home in Leigh on Sea we came up with a solution where by lowering their internal ceiling level on the 1st floor and re constructing...