Porch Building Potters Bar

You will need a qualified builder in Potters Bar to help you with the design and planning or your porch. If you need more inspiration and creative ideas, try looking online.

If you decide to go with building a porch, one of the first things you will want to consider is what materials you are going to be using for the walls, the floor, the roof, the windows, the door and the ceiling.

More elements to think about include: furnishings, power sockets, internal design, decoration and storage.

Do I Require Planning Permission for a Porch? You may not need planning permission to build a porch on your property in Potters Bar if the following conditions are met: no section of the porch construction is within two metres from the property boundary on which it is being built or within 2m of any road, no element of the porch construction is over 3m above ground level, the porch construction does not exceed a ground area of 3m2, your dwelling is a house, not a flat, maisonette or other kind of building.

You can always pop along to your your local planning office for a chat if you're unclear whether you need planning permission or not. The quotation from your preferred Potters Bar porch builder will most likely include this liason with the planning office. To be on the safe side, you should always check.

Building Regulations: You should take note that planning permission is completely different to building regulations approval. If your project means that the present external door is not removed, the porch construction is less than 30 square metres and on ground level and all disabled access is retained, you will not need building regulations approval. Certain types of window and all electrical installations in porches will be needing building regulations approval.

Porches - The Benefits: You might be curious to know about some of the benefits of a porch, these are: enhancing the property's appeal to prospective buyers if you ever need to sell it, extra storage space, offering somewhere to leave bicycles, giving character to a currently plain doorway, decreasing heat loss through your front door, increasing the value of the property, an extra deterrent to burglars and providing somewhere to leave muddy shoes, stand umbrellas and hang coats.

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