Side-return extension in a Bishopston terrace
A 19 m² side-return extension with a glass roof, which turned a galley kitchen into a kitchen with room for a dining table.
Area
Bishopston
Time on site
17 weeks
Cost
£118,000
Finished
2025
What we did
House
1900s terraced house
Service
Extensions
Site lead
Marek Nowak
Lawful development certificate and party wall agreements with both neighbours
Build-over agreement with Wessex Water for the shared sewer
Removed the back wall and fitted two steel beams
Frameless glass roof along the length of the side return
Polished concrete floor over underfloor heating
Kitchen with oak worktops, fitted by us
Like most Bishopston terraces, this house had a galley kitchen with a narrow strip of yard beside it. Filling that strip added just under two metres of width, which is enough for a table between the worktops and the doors.
The build took 17 weeks, one longer than planned, because the build-over approval for the shared sewer took a month longer than usual. We had flagged that risk at the first meeting, and the family had arranged to stay with relatives for the two weeks when the back of the house was open.
Renovel warned us at the first meeting that Wessex Water could hold things up, and it did. Because they’d told us early, it didn’t wreck our plans.
Tom and Priya, Bishopston
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Cost
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