Extensions & Refurbs
Single and two-storey extensions, loft and garage conversions, and full house refurbishments in Washington.
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Builders, electricians, plumbers and roofers for every Washington village: Fatfield, Oxclose, Barmston, Columbia, Concord, Biddick, Usworth and more. Every trade on our own books, one fixed price.
Washington was designated a new town in 1964 and laid out as a set of numbered villages, each with its own estate of homes. Most houses date from the late 1960s onwards, so they share the same kind of problems, and the same opportunities to extend.
We work across all of them: Albany, Ayton, Barmston, Biddick, Blackfell, Columbia, Concord, Donwell, Fatfield, Glebe, Harraton, Lambton, Oxclose, Rickleton, Sulgrave, Usworth and Washington Village.
Single and two-storey extensions, loft and garage conversions, and full house refurbishments in Washington.
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Get a quote →Many Washington homes are 1970s and 1980s estate houses with integral or attached garages, flat-roofed porches and garages, and small kitchens. Garage conversions, single-storey rear extensions, kitchen knock-throughs and flat roof replacements are the jobs we do most here.
Houses of this age are often due new boilers, consumer units and windows, and some ex-council and housing association homes need full refurbishment. Washington Village, around the Old Hall, is older and more traditional, and is a conservation area.
Washington is part of the City of Sunderland, so planning and Building Control are with Sunderland City Council. Some estates have covenants or planning conditions that affect extensions, and we check those first.
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All of them, including Fatfield, Oxclose, Barmston, Columbia, Concord, Biddick, Usworth, Sulgrave, Albany, Glebe, Rickleton, Harraton and Washington Village.
Usually, yes. We check whether your estate has planning conditions that remove permitted development rights, then design the conversion to meet Building Regulations.
Yes. We replace old felt roofs on garages and porches with EPDM or GRP systems that last far longer.
Sunderland City Council handles planning and Building Control for Washington.
Yes. Changes to the outside of older properties there need more care, and we check with the council before design.
No. Site visits and quotes are free, with no call-out charge and no obligation. We look at the job and come back with a fixed price in writing.
Yes. We are Gas Safe registered, NICEIC approved and NAPIT registered, TrustMark members, and we carry £10m public and employer’s liability insurance.
Whatever the brief, the route in is the same: ring us, we'll visit, we'll come back with a fixed price in plain English. Free site visits across the whole North East.
Or email enquiries@atkinsonsgroup.co.uk
No call-out charge for quotes. Fixed prices, in writing.