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Dont be afraid to ask
Getting the painters and decorators in'. It's a nightmare for some people. Especially if you don't know anyone who could do it for you, and can't do it yourself. But here are some tips...
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Extending yourself!
If your house is too small you've got three choices. You can put up with it, which can make you feel virtuous and long-suffering but gets on everyone's nerves eventually. You can move to a larger house, with all the associated upheaval or you can enlarge your own.
Extending your own house might seem like the easiest and simplest method but there's still a great deal to think about and very careful planning will be needed if it's going to go smoothly.
The first thing to do is get a large file - you're going to collect vast amounts of paperwork and it's useful to have it all to hand preferably in an easily-transportable form. I have some blank sheets of paper in the front of mine so that I can make a note of any queries that I've got and then cross them off when they're cleared.
When you start thinking about an extension try and think into the future. There's no point in having a simple extension put on the back of the house if you're going to want an extra bedroom above it in a few years. You can't just add another floor on and if you do the work in two goes you'll end up paying for work that you've paid for to be removed - if you see what I mean!
If you do only want a simple extension (the hammering that you can hear in the background is the growing pains of my new kitchen!) then a good builder can probably draw up the plans for you. If it's more than just a "move this wall a metre that way" project you...
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