What counts as an extension?

TankGuy

Hi Folks,
I have just filled out the grant application for external insulation on my house on the seai site. Part of the form when it asks "what year was your house built?" it has in brackets (To qualify for grant support a home must have been constructed prior to 2006 and measures must not comprise an extension or material alteration as defined in the Building Regulations.) .

Can anyone expand on that? I have tried to look it up and have gotten no where. My house does have an extension but i know when i bought the house the surveyor said it wasnt big enough by building regulations to have to worry about searching to see was planning permission sought.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Poor Uncle Tom

TankGuy wrote: »

Hi Folks,
I have just filled out the grant application for external insulation on my house on the seai site. Part of the form when it asks "what year was your house built?" it has in brackets (To qualify for grant support a home must have been constructed prior to 2006 and measures must not comprise an extension or material alteration as defined in the Building Regulations.) .

Any addition to a house is an extension, a material alteration of a house is the addition of floorspace through, say, the conversion of an attic, etc.

TankGuy wrote: »

My house does have an extension but i know when i bought the house the surveyor said it wasnt big enough by building regulations to have to worry about searching to see was planning permission sought.

This doesn't make sense. Every building, whether extension or not, regardless of size, should be constructed in accordance with the Building Regulations.

There is a size limit, however, below which some extensions may be exempt from the provisions of Planning Legislation (they may not need planning permission).

TankGuy

Thanks for the response. Ok so is the grant scheme with saei null and void if your home has any extension?

Poor Uncle Tom

No it's not, it just means that you may not qualify for a grant for the extension, it would depend when it was built.

No6

A lot of people are building extensions and doing grant work at the same time, the grant will not cover new work relating to the new extension but will cover work to the house if it was built prior to 2006 (including any old extensions!!) They may reduce the grant amount paid if you are building a very large extension that leaves little of the original house behind!!

TankGuy

Thanks for that. That explains it very well, better then the form. And thankfully it still means im eligible:-)

No6

You should be most people that I have come across doing extensions got the full grant too!! As long as the work costs more than the grant seem to be the way!!