Structural Alterations in Edgware, HA8
Opening up the ground floor, removing load-bearing walls and forming new openings in Edgware houses, with our own structural engineers and building control approval.
Covered under one contract
- Architectural and structural design
- Planning or lawful development certificate
- Foundations, walls, roof and steels
- Glazing, rooflights and doors
- Kitchen designed and fitted
- Building control and party wall handled
Structural Alterations in Edgware.
Most of the houses in Edgware were planned as a series of small rooms. Opening them up, whether that is knocking two reception rooms together, taking out the wall between the kitchen and dining room, or forming a wide opening onto the garden, is structural work, and it needs to be designed rather than improvised.
Our engineers design the steel beams, padstones and any temporary works, and our team installs them. The beam is usually hidden within the ceiling so the finished room shows no trace of the wall that was there. Building control inspects the work, and where the wall is shared with a neighbour we serve the party wall notices.
Structural alterations are often the first stage of a wider refurbishment, and we plan them as such, so the services, floor levels and finishes that follow are all designed together.
- Area
- Edgware, HA8
- Council
- London Borough of Barnet and London Borough of Harrow
- Housing
- 1930s semi-detached and detached houses on wide plots, larger houses around Canons Park and Edgwarebury, post-war houses and new apartments near the station
- Transport
- Edgware (Northern), Canons Park (Jubilee)
- Rear or side return, on site
- 10 to 16 weeks
- Design and approvals
- 8 to 14 weeks before start
- Glazing lead time
- 6 to 10 weeks, ordered early
- Consent
- Permitted development or householder application
- Party wall
- Notices served by us
Edgware: the houses and the planning rules.
Edgware is the northern end of the Northern line and one of the most generously planned of the inter-war suburbs: wide avenues of 1930s detached and semi-detached houses, the larger homes around Canons Park and up towards Edgwarebury, and a town centre that is being rebuilt with new apartments.
The plots are wide enough for side extensions as well as rear ones, which opens up the whole ground floor, and the hipped roofs convert well. We do full refurbishments, double-storey extensions and lofts here, and the detached houses around Canons Park attract projects at the top of the suburban market.
The Edgware Conservation Area covers a small part of the old High Street and Canons Park; most streets are unrestricted.
Barnet and Harrow
Edgware straddles the two boroughs; Barnet covers most of it. Both allow most single-storey extensions and lofts under permitted development outside the conservation area.
Side extensions
Single-storey side extensions up to half the width of the house are usually permitted development; two-storey side extensions need a householder application.
Canons Park
Around Canons Park, the conservation area and protected trees affect what can be built and how close to the boundary.
Approvals for structural alterations in Edgware.
Structural work needs building regulations approval and an engineer's calculations; where the wall is shared with a neighbour, party wall notices are required, and listed buildings need listed building consent for internal alterations.
Edgware straddles the two boroughs; Barnet covers most of it. Both allow most single-storey extensions and lofts under permitted development outside the conservation area.
What structural alterations in Edgware includes.
- Architectural and structural design
- Planning or lawful development certificate
- Foundations, walls, roof and steels
- Glazing, rooflights and doors
- Kitchen designed and fitted
- Building control and party wall handled
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit & consultation
We visit, listen and measure. Brief, budget and constraints understood before any advice is given.
- 02
Design & itemised quote
Our architects and engineers draw the scheme, and from that we provide a transparent, itemised quotation for your approval.
- 03
Planning & approvals
Planning applications, building control and party wall matters handled for you.
- 04
Build, managed weekly
Our own trades, sequenced by a site manager. Progress reported every week.
- 05
Handover & aftercare
Joint snagging walk-through, documentation, and a guarantee on our workmanship.
Structural Alterations in Edgware: your questions.
Can you remove a load-bearing wall in a Edgware house?
Yes. Our structural engineer designs the steel beam and padstones, building control inspects the work, and if the wall is a party wall we serve the notices. The beam can usually be concealed within the ceiling depth.
Do structural alterations need planning permission?
Internal structural work does not need planning permission, but it always needs building regulations approval. Listed buildings need listed building consent for internal alterations.
Which parts of Edgware do you cover?
All of Edgware and HA8, including Edgwarebury Lane, Broadfields Avenue, Canons Drive, Green Lane, Hale Lane, Penshurst Gardens, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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