Guides

Straight answers on probate, extensions and selling as-is

Written from the jobs we do every week, with the numbers left in.

Grant, valuation, insurance, council tax, clearance and the sale itself: the order to do things in, and where the delays actually come from.

Yes to marketing and agreeing terms, no to exchanging. How executors use the wait so completion follows the grant within days.

Per-m² rates for single, double and wraparound extensions, three worked examples, and the professional fees that sit outside the build price.

A worked example on a £220,000 Northwich semi that needs work: where the headline price goes once fees, time and risk are counted.

The 3 m / 4 m rule, the larger-home prior-approval route, height limits, and when Cheshire conservation areas take the rights away.

Insurance claims, make-safe, the rebuild-or-sell decision and how we price a fire-damaged property.