Everything an extension needs

Extension Builders in Oxford

An extension is eight or nine trades in a particular order, plus a planning process and a party wall procedure. All of it sits with Oxford Builders Ltd — one quotation, one programme, one number to ring.

What we take on

From the survey to the skirting boards

Most of what goes wrong on an extension happens in the gaps between contractors. There are no gaps here — the people who dig the trench are the people who hang the doors.

Extensions

Single-storey extensions

Rear extensions under permitted development or prior approval — foundations, shell, glazing and the fit-out that follows.

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Side return extensions

Infilling the alley beside a terrace kitchen, with the glazed roof and party wall procedure that go with it.

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Two-storey extensions

A bedroom and bathroom above the new ground floor, including planning and the roof tie-in.

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Wrap-around extensions

Side return and rear combined in one programme — the most complete change you can make to a terrace ground floor.

Behind the extension

Groundworks

Excavation, trench fill and deep foundations, drainage diversions, build-over agreements, slabs and external hard standing.

Structural design

Engineer-designed beams, padstones and openings, with calculations submitted to building control.

Planning & approvals

Measured surveys, drawings, permitted development checks, prior approval and full applications, prepared and submitted for you.

Finishing the space

Kitchens

The refit that usually follows an extension — services moved, floors levelled, units fitted, tiling and extraction.

Bathrooms

New bathrooms and shower rooms, including the ones added above a two-storey extension. Drainage, tanking, tiling and ventilation.

Renovation & making good

Plastering, joinery, flooring and decoration where new work meets old — and through the rest of the house if it needs it.

How we quote

A price built from a survey, not a guess

Extension quotes go wrong in the ground. Trench depth, tree roots, the position of the drains and the state of the existing rear wall all move the number, and none of them can be read off a photograph.

So we visit, measure, look at the access, and quote against an agreed scope in writing. Where something genuinely cannot be known until we open up, we say so at the outset rather than presenting it as a variation later.

  • Free, no-obligation site visits
  • Written quotation against a scope
  • Costs agreed before any change
  • One point of contact throughout
  • Building control inspections managed
  • Site left clean at handover
Foundations and drainage being prepared for an extension in Oxford
Free, no-obligation quotes

Not sure which extension you need?

Most people start by describing the problem — the kitchen is too small, there is nowhere to eat, we are short a bedroom. Tell us that and we will tell you the options.