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My son has been trying to buy a house for well it seems to be forever so I suggested to him to take a walk round our area to see if there was anything there he might like and low and behold it has been siiting in front of us the whole time!!

He said "why dont we extend our house? we got enough space to do it."

We live in a 4 bed semi garage out to the side of house garden front and back. Our neighbours across from us did an extention on their house last year so we went over to have a look and chat with them. They gave the telephone number and told us to speak to Ralph who is the project manager for Prestige Builds for the building company they used.

We called them up spoke to an advisor and made an appointment for that weekend. He came with his head builder we gave them a tour of the house and then sat and discussed what we had in mind and the budget we had to spend. They helped with all sorts of things like designing the extension, permits we may have to get from the council, what would comply with building regulations, because, he explained, if we ever wanted to sell up all the works would have to be approved by a surveyor and how they had seen some jobs that a surveyor deemed unsuitable or the house unlivable and have the work pulled down which end up being expensive mistakes. I was glad he took the time to explain all these things to us. We decided to use them. He went away to get some designs made up for us and he would sort out all the other stuff like the permits etc then get back to us with a quote. Within that week we had seen and approved the designs and went ahead with the extension. We went for a double storey extension from garage to the side of the house with seperate entrance. It would, in affect, be a small 2 bed house. If he were to buy something like this on the open market it would cost him up to 3-4 times as much as we spent and it really is a cheaper altertanitive to buying one. My son loves his little house it has more than enpough room in there for him and his girlfriend and for them to start their family.

I would tell any parent to do the same to try and help their kids, budget permitting of course and I would definatetly say to use the guys we used. In my opinion they helped us above and beyond. Thanks to all at Prestige builds.co.uk for all you helped with and done and the end product.

I wish I had done this with my parents!