Porch Building Gosport

For the planning and design of a porch it is best to consult with a competent builder in Gosport. You will also get lots of inspirational and innovative ideas for porches online.

If you decide to start the ball rolling and build a porch, you will first need to consider your preferred materials for the door, the windows, the walls, the roof, the ceiling and the floor.

More elements to think about include: decoration, furnishings, storage options, internal design and electrics.

Do Porches Require Planning Permission? As the law stands at the time of writing you do not need planning permission to build a porch in Gosport if no portion of the porch construction is more than three metres above ground level, no component of the porch is within 2 metres from the boundary of the property or within two metres of any highway, the construction does not exceed a ground area of three square metres, your property is a house, and not a maisonette, flat or other form of building.

It's probably best to shoot down to your local planning office before proceeding with your porch. Your chosen Gosport porch builder should be happy to liase with the planning office. You should always be sure when it comes to planning permission.

Building Regulations Relating to Porch Building: You should bear in mind that planning permission is different to building regulations approval. You won't need building regulations approval if the present external door remains in place, the porch area is below 30m2 and on ground level and all disabled access is preserved. Building regulations approval is always needed for certain windows and all electrical installations.

The Benefits of a Porch Extension: There are certain benefits to be gained by putting in a porch, including: making your access more secure, enhancing the appeal of the property to buyers if you ever need to put it on the market, giving more character to a currently plain doorstep, offering a place to leave a bicycle, reducing heat loss through your front door, raising the value of your property, providing somewhere to hang coats, stand wet brollys and leave muddy shoes and give you a bit of additional storage space.

Gosport porch building specialists will likely help you with porch guttering, porch lighting, house porches, porch roofing, porch remodelling, aluminium porches, porch planning permission guidance, porch waterproofing, wood porches, brick porches, insurance quotations, porch columns, porch canopy building, porch extensions, cheap porch installation, glass porches, front porch ideas and designs, porch canopies, porch repairs, affordable porches, porch awnings and other porch related services in Gosport, Hampshire.

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