When looking at a basement conversion, you must think firstly that each project is different.
In some cases, creating a space underneath the existing building is the only way to increase the usable square footage of the building. This is one of the reasons why basement conversions are so popular in central London, where opportunities for above-ground alterations are minimal.
Besides adding usable space to your home, a basement conversion can help to significantly increase the value of your house.
Depending on the area, factors like access, available headroom, and the potential for natural light can significantly affect the value per square metre of a basement conversion.
In some areas, there is considered to be a ‘ceiling’ value for property prices. No matter how beautifully converted your basement, is hard to surpass.
It can be worth consulting a local estate agent for their opinion before making hard and fast decisions regarding the nature of the basement development to undertake. Some property experts suggests that the right basement in the right area can add up to 20% to the property market value.
Factors affecting cost
A basement conversion will always work out cheaper if there is no excavation required – either to create the underground space from scratch or increase the headroom in an existing basement. Difficulties with excavation can include:
Costs for basement work can vary significantly depending on the jobs to be undertaken
An idea of the costs involved:
Before you embark on your basement project ensure you take all of these factors into consideration to make your investment worthwhile.
By Basement Waterproofing Association
LABS are Gold Members of the Basement Waterproofing Association
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The Damp Shop opened in November 2017 at 66 Crookes. LABS Building Services has been operating since January 2016. The company director has more than 6 years experience with damp proofing and structural waterproofing. The company as a whole, sells mainly damp proofing products and provides damp proofing services. LABS Building Services does not just provide damp proofing services, we are full service building company.
We work with a team of architects and quantity surveyors. This ensures that any major project is carefully planned out and any quotes meets to the planned targets. We aim to meet deadlines for work that needs to be completed.
Even though our specialism is in damp proofing and structural waterproofing. We also consider ourselves as a general building company which has completed extension, chimney breast removals and loft extensions to name a few other completed jobs.
The company director has experience completing various different jobs from mould removal to building a big multi unit extension for a big local student landlord in Sheffield. No job is too small or too big. To discuss any future planned projects, please feel free to visit us at 66 Crookes or make contact through www.l-a-b-s.co.uk/contact/
We sell a wide range of products which is available to see on our online shop under https://l-a-b-s.co.uk/shop/. We cater for the occasional DIYer to the professional tradesperson. We are always on hand to offer advice whenever needed.
However for specialist jobs like structural waterproofing, we would always recommend using a professional tradeperson especially when it comes to getting an insurance backed guarantee. We explain the reasons why under another blog post.
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