Extending house foundations - advice please

mb80b60 · July 06, 2012, 03:16:07 PM

Hi, i have a site with full planning permission for a storey and a half dwelling. The planning permission was obtained years ago and the foundations were dug. However, now it comes to actually building the house and I would like to make it a little bigger.

So, basically I have two questions:
1) are councils strict on planning permission at the moment? I.e. what is the likelihood of the extension being approved?
2) is there much work involved in amending the current foundations to allow for the slight alteration?

Many thanks for your help.

mb80b60 · July 07, 2012, 10:59:16 AM

anyone?

Denn Forever · July 07, 2012, 11:44:01 AM

Don't really know anything but have you looked at the Thread on building a house?

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=18673.0

It may be a long trawl but there may be some thing you can use there.

Also, what juristiction are you in? Planning laws may be different depending on where you are.

Tyronelass · July 07, 2012, 11:01:13 PM

Are you in the north or south? There are such things as permitted development rights that mean u can extend ur home up to a specified amount subject to certain criteria ie. not within a certain distance of a neighbours boundary etc without the need to apply to the Department
PM me with the detail if u want & I'll check it out for u

illdecide · July 08, 2012, 12:44:00 PM

You can apply for an amendment to your original planning approval which the planning service will decide on, as long as it's nothing out of the ordinary then it should be straight forward enough. As for the foundations it will be straight forward enough to extend them to suit the proposed extension unless you have piled foundations then it will be easy done but expensive to bring the piler in for half a dozen additional piles...but if you've the money you can have whatever you like.

Even though its only a single dwelling put the contract to build your home out to tender for a list of contractors to bit for your home, that way you can pick between the most reliable and cheapest (don't always go with this one unless they're reputable and you know them). Remember it tough times for the builders and you hold all the aces so don't be afraid to use them.

ziggy90 · July 08, 2012, 12:59:33 PM

What do you do for a living? You're just the type who encourage the cowboy practices that go on in the building trade. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys!!!!

sammymaguire · July 08, 2012, 04:54:46 PM

Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2012, 12:59:33 PM
What do you do for a living? You're just the type who encourage the cowboy practices that go on in the building trade. If you pay peanuts you get monkeys!!!!

Who is this directed at exactly?

ziggy90 · July 08, 2012, 05:18:39 PM

It was in reply to the post above mine, why?

illdecide · July 08, 2012, 05:36:32 PM

Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2012, 05:18:39 PM
It was in reply to the post above mine, why?

You're talking bull. You just don't pick the 1st contractor who says they'll do the job plus when they have to tender for it then they know their price will have to be competitive for them to get the job.

Who mentioned anything about paying peanuts? The client with the money in todays climate holds all the aces as i stated...wind your neck in

macdanger2 · July 08, 2012, 05:59:56 PM

Does planning permission not expire after 2 years unless you have substantial work completed??

ziggy90 · July 08, 2012, 06:07:05 PM

Quote from: illdecide on July 08, 2012, 05:36:32 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2012, 05:18:39 PM
It was in reply to the post above mine, why?

You're talking bull. You just don't pick the 1st contractor who says they'll do the job plus when they have to tender for it then they know their price will have to be competitive for them to get the job.

Who mentioned anything about paying peanuts? The client with the money in todays climate holds all the aces as i stated...wind your neck in

In that statement there you alluded to screwing the contractor. If you skimp on prices the man doing the job has to make his LIVING somehow and will resort to shortcuts in order to do so. I'm hearing horror stories of the wages HONEST men are being payed for a days work in Ireland, if you think that's acceptable that's your perogtive but opportunist parasites have no place in my admittedly small world.

Tyronelass · July 08, 2012, 08:54:21 PM

Quote from: macdanger2 on July 08, 2012, 05:59:56 PM
Does planning permission not expire after 2 years unless you have substantial work completed??

In the north, full permission is 5yrs, reserve matters 2yrs, once development is commenced it's granted in perpetually. In the north development is classed as commenced once hard standing is laid on site - this doesn't have to be the full foundations.

JimStynes · July 08, 2012, 09:35:15 PM

Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2012, 06:07:05 PM
Quote from: illdecide on July 08, 2012, 05:36:32 PM
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2012, 05:18:39 PM
It was in reply to the post above mine, why?

You're talking bull. You just don't pick the 1st contractor who says they'll do the job plus when they have to tender for it then they know their price will have to be competitive for them to get the job.

Who mentioned anything about paying peanuts? The client with the money in todays climate holds all the aces as i stated...wind your neck in

In that statement there you alluded to screwing the contractor. If you skimp on prices the man doing the job has to make his LIVING somehow and will resort to shortcuts in order to do so. I'm hearing horror stories of the wages HONEST men are being payed for a days work in Ireland, if you think that's acceptable that's your perogtive but opportunist parasites have no place in my admittedly small world.

Catch yourself on ffs

sammymaguire · July 08, 2012, 09:46:19 PM

Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2012, 05:18:39 PM
It was in reply to the post above mine, why?

I don't think you know what you are talking about tbh

el_cuervo_fc · July 08, 2012, 10:41:56 PM

Quote from: mb80b60 on July 06, 2012, 03:16:07 PM
Hi, i have a site with full planning permission for a storey and a half dwelling. The planning permission was obtained years ago and the foundations were dug. However, now it comes to actually building the house and I would like to make it a little bigger.

So, basically I have two questions:
1) are councils strict on planning permission at the moment? I.e. what is the likelihood of the extension being approved?
2) is there much work involved in amending the current foundations to allow for the slight alteration?

Many thanks for your help.

If you are applying for a change or house type you would need to show evidence of when the works had commenced on the site if the planning has expired.

This will be the first thing the planners look into if that's the case. If this issue can be resolved then granting of approval will largely depend on the characteristics of the site. If it is only a slight amendment then it might not be too difficult to gain approval.