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House Extension - Where to Start?

damojag · 2022-09-10 16:41:20

Hi all, we're planning to plan a house extension but have no idea where to begin. Should we get in an architect first to give us an idea of the scale and possibly a ballpark costing, or go to the banks first to see if sorting a remortgage is possible? On the remortgage, we were lucky enough to get a County Council mortgage…

10-09-2022 5:41pm

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damojag

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Hi all,
we're planning to plan a house extension but have no idea where to begin. Should we get in an architect first to give us an idea of the scale and possibly a ballpark costing, or go to the banks first to see if sorting a remortgage is possible?
On the remortgage, we were lucky enough to get a County Council mortgage with a low interest rate (just over 2%). I don't know if the County Council do an equity release or would it better heading to a bank and transferring the mortgage?
Any and all help would be appreciated.

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#2 11-09-2022 3:50pm

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Architect is better off having an idea of budget, otherwise there's no point. So get that agreed in principle first.

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#3 11-03-2023 12:02pm

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And where would starting point be for getting an idea if budget, the bank I have my existing mortgage with? An independent broker? Credit union/other bank/mortgage lender?

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