oor with its three new ensuite edrooms and an open landingofice area. With planning permission finally in place y August 2019, David and Lisa moved into his mothers home in uddersfield ahead o the builders moving in at the beginning of October. Within a very short time the building company had removed the roof over the main part of the bungalow (excluding the garage area), demol- ished internal walls, and reduced the bungalow to a shell. They also removed a line of over- grown trees to the front of the property to bring more natural light onto the site and improve the property’s kerb appeal, before covering the front lawn with hardcore. “The builders, (Feathered Edge Joinery and Builders) were bril- liant,” says David. “We live in a cul de sac and wanted to keep disruption to our neighbours to a minimum, so we created space in the front garden for the skip and parked vehicles to avoid blocking the road. We hired a small shipping container which created a small onsite ofice or the builders and storage for us.” nside, the original oors  which were mainly wood over concrete – were taken up and the new steels craned into place to create the


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structure for the raised section of the bungalow. “We were travelling every day from Hudders- field at this point to see how things were pro- gressing, says Lisa. t was very eciting to see the speed at which the original bungalow was partly demolished and the new structure started to take shape.” The exterior walls and roof were raised by one metre over the main part of the bungalow in what turned out to be a very straightorward process. t was really pretty simple,” says David. “The builders took the roof off and then built another metre of stonework and blockwork on top of the exterior walls to raise the height.” They didn’t have to do any digging to check or strengthen the foundations as the extra height was minimal and would not cause undue stress to the existing footings. n act, the hardest it was convincing the planners that this was a good idea,” says David. ortunately  knew that a neary house had done a similar thing and they had employed a planning consultant, ndrew Windrass o  Planning to get it through. We contacted him, and he used the fact that there was a local precedent to make the case. t sailed through without a problem.”


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