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PLANNING YOUR PERFECT EXTENSION

The few weeks before you actually start the building work are some of the more exciting of the whole process. After all, you’ve got none of the bad stuff yet – dust, builders hanging around telling you that the original price wasn’t quite what you expected, and so on – and still all of the hopes, dreams and vision for what will come.

There’s no doubt that building projects like extensions are exciting, but spending those vital countdown weeks

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