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Working with people you trust to do a great job, who respect your budget means you can enjoy seeing your project come to life. A home is a feeling. From extensions, loft conversions, renovations and eco-refits, be inspired to create a home you can fall in love with. If your extension is in a flood area then your local council can ask for expensive information.

Inside this easy to ready free guide, you will learn how much extensions, loft conversions and other renovations to your home are typically priced. Inside this easy to read free guide, we will teach you the key things you need to know about planning permission. We are Yoop Architects based in Stanmore to St Albans. We help people take the stress out of home improvement so you can enjoy your dream extension, loft conversion, build or eco friendly home.
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Get started with your loft conversion, extensions and much more with our FREE GUIDES designed to help make things easier for you to understand. On a daily basis, our team receives requests for us to recommend design professionals. To make this process easier, I have listed the design professionals that we trust for specific types of projects.
There are many different ways to improve your home, from extensions to loft conversions and full home renovations. Home Improvement Cost Calculator Use this free guide to calculate the indicative costs of your next home improvement. Single Storey Extensions A single story extension is typically the best way to add value to your property.
Extending a home is a great way to add extra space to your home without having to move but can seem a bit daunting when you first start looking into it! Do you know what type of extension will be the best for what you want to achieve with your home? There are lots of ways to extend a home - rear extension, double rear extension, side extension, double side extension, different types of loft conversions.
You can achieve almost full width and depth, but no higher than the existing roof. The best roof type for the loft extension is a gabled roof (2 sides slope) rather than a hipped roof (all 4 sides slope). Always remember, you may lose a bit of space on the floor below when installing the staircase.
The rise of the kitchen at the heart of the house creates a very liveable home and a kitchen/dining/living space is easy to create with a rear extension. Up to 8 metres (for a detached house)/6 meters (for a semi-detached/terraced house) from the original rear of the property can be typically achieved via Permitted Development.
Reviews (9)
May A.
May A.
Dec 05, 2021
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An absolutely fantastic team. We had a house renovation, rear, side, and loft extension on our hands and they made the process effortless. Martin and Roberto are very responsive, polite and go out of their way to help. Our project is in a conservation area which means the design phase is that much more complicated, but they managed to achieve an approval in a timely manner. Gordon oversees the whole project from beginning to end which adds an extra layer of communication and direction. Can't praise them enough.
Simon Porter
Simon Porter
Oct 07, 2021
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I have known Gordon through business for some years, with many mutual clients and finally got round to using him for a personal project and couldn’t be happier. The brief was listened to, improved upon and we got the required planning first time round. Both him and Roberto have been a pleasure to deal with. Would highly recommend and use again without a second thought!
Michael Harper
Michael Harper
Jul 27, 2021
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Positive: Value
Very easy to deal with. Very clear fees structure.
They designed an extension for us that was a good use of space and were willing to provide answers to builder's questions even after they had provided all the drawings.
Sylva Nassif
Sylva Nassif
Dec 19, 2020
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Very professional. Fantastic services. Great company to work with. Many thanks for your help.
David Levy
David Levy
Oct 24, 2020
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We recently used YOOP for a development scheme in Watford. Would highly recommend. Great and professional service. - AAA PREMIER GROUP
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Uk Recruiting Ltd
Sep 16, 2020
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I would thoroughly recommend YOOP Architects . YOOP have great attention to detail. The support and direction throughout the project was faultless. The result of the build is extraordinary. A true professional and a pleasure to work with.
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Michael Hegarty
Sharon Dray
Sharon Dray
Aug 22, 2020
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We live in a grade 2 listed building, in a conservation area, within green belt. YOOP Architects understood all of the challenges we might face, gave us great advise, prepared various design options and demonstrated high integrity and patience! Our planning permission was granted on time and without any objections. We thought this would be a long drawn out process but the team at YOOP delivered what the planning authorities required thus a stress free experience! Thank you to Gordon and Martin and the team at YOOP.
Richard Lambie
Richard Lambie
May 05, 2020
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Gordon and his team helped us navigate the process of building a 4m extension- great service and ideas (including Sun mapping for where to put the roof windows!). Nothing was too much problem.
Highly recommended!
Andrew Clifford
Andrew Clifford
May 08, 2018
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Yoop understands how people live and how houses work. They love a planning challenge or a tricky construction detail. Don't look any further, call them.