A single-storey extension is a new ground-floor room built onto your house, usually at the rear or side, with its own foundations, walls and roof, creating a bigger kitchen, living space or bedroom without moving home.
Getting a single-storey extension right in Mansfield Woodhouse starts with understanding the house you already have: its age, how it was built and what has been altered over the years. We survey first, then commit on paper to a price that holds as long as the scope stays the same. Across the East Midlands, guide prices run at £33,500–£72,000 including VAT, and homes in Mansfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield are covered too.
- Guide price
- £33,500–£72,000 inc VAT
- Time on site
- 10–16 weeks on site
- Postcodes
- NG18 and NG19
- Planning rules
- England
- Local area
- Nottinghamshire
- Survey
- Free, with a written quote
Single-storey extensions prices in Mansfield Woodhouse
The costs listed here are typical for a single-storey extension around Mansfield Woodhouse and include VAT. They reflect labour and material costs in the East Midlands, about 4% below the national guide, giving a range of £33,500–£72,000. Exact pricing depends on your home, so we only fix it once a free site survey is done.
| Type of job | What it usually involves | Guide in Mansfield Woodhouse |
|---|---|---|
| Small extension (8–12m²) | A modest rear or side extension, such as a utility room or a slightly larger kitchen. | £21,000–£38,500 |
| Typical rear extension (15–25m²) | A kitchen-diner or family room with bifold doors and a rooflight or lantern. | £33,500–£72,000 |
| Large or wrap-around (30m² plus) | A wrap-around or wide rear extension, often with structural steelwork into the house. | £67,000–£125,000 |
Your price depends mostly on:
- Roof type, rooflights, lanterns and the amount of glazing
- Ground conditions, foundation depth and drains to divert
- Steelwork needed to open into the existing house
- Finishes, kitchen, flooring and heating specification
What’s included?
- Groundworks, foundations and below-ground drainage
- Cavity walls built and insulated to building regulations
- Flat or pitched roof, with rooflights or a lantern if specified
- Electrics and plumbing by qualified trades, with certificates
- Windows and external doors, including bifolds if chosen
- Building control inspections and completion certificate
Homes in Nottinghamshire
Nottingham has large areas of Victorian red-brick terraces, with Edwardian villas in Mapperley and Sherwood and big interwar council estates. Mansfield, Ashfield and Worksop have brick terraces and post-war housing built for mining communities, while Newark and Southwell keep Georgian centres. New estates continue to appear around Nottingham and the larger towns.
Terraces commonly suit loft rooms, rear extensions and repointing. Interwar semis take side extensions and garage conversions, and older buildings in Newark or Southwell may need conservation-area window choices.
None of this holds for every street in Mansfield Woodhouse, which is why we look at your actual house before pricing a single-storey extension rather than assuming from its age alone.
Do you need permission in Mansfield Woodhouse?
Planning law differs across the UK. For a home in Mansfield Woodhouse, it is the England rules below that count, and we check them with the council ahead of any quote.
In England, many single-storey rear extensions are permitted development: typically up to 3 m deep on a semi-detached or terraced house and 4 m on a detached house, no more than 4 m high, and covering no more than half the land around the original house. Larger rear extensions can go through the prior approval process. Side extensions, flats, listed buildings, conservation areas and homes where permitted development rights have been removed need planning permission.
Building Regulations approval is needed for almost every extension, covering foundations, structure, insulation, drainage, ventilation and fire safety. If the work is on or near a shared wall or boundary, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 may apply.
Rules change and every property is different, so we check the planning history and constraints for your address before we quote.
What happens after you get in touch?
Free site survey
Book a visit and we'll come to you. The survey covers measurements, the state of what's there now and any obvious constraints, so the price that follows is based on your actual home, not an average.
Quote in writing
You get the price in writing, itemised so you can see where the money goes. As long as the specification stays the same, that is the price you pay for a single-storey extension.
Getting ready
Next comes planning the work itself. We set a start date that suits you, line up the right trades, and make sure any approvals for a single-storey extension are in place before the first day on site.
The work itself
Our trades complete a single-storey extension while your point of contact keeps you updated. When everything is finished, we clear the site, take away waste and go through the result with you before handover.
Working with SK Home Improvements
Questions about a single-storey extension in Mansfield Woodhouse
Do I need an architect for an extension?
You need proper drawings for an extension, but not always a full architect service. A designer or architectural technician can produce planning and building regulations drawings, and a structural engineer provides beam and foundation calculations. If you already have drawings, we price from them. If not, we can arrange the drawings and calculations as part of the project so everything is coordinated from the start.
How much does a single-storey extension cost?
A typical single-storey rear extension of 15–25m² costs £33,500–£72,000, built to a plastered finish ready for your kitchen and decoration. As a guide, allow roughly £1,600–£2,800 per square metre plus fixed costs for groundworks, steelwork and fees. Smaller extensions cost more per square metre. The kitchen, flooring and large glazed doors are usually the biggest extras. We confirm a fixed price for the agreed specification after the survey.
Can you combine a single-storey extension with other work?
Yes. Because we manage several trades under one contract, we can plan a single-storey extension alongside other work on your Mansfield Woodhouse home, such as new windows with rendering, or a kitchen refit with an extension. Combining jobs can reduce repeat set-up such as scaffolding, skips and access, and every element is listed and priced in the same written quote.
Who do I deal with during the job?
One point of contact manages your project from survey to handover. They schedule the trades working under our contract, keep you updated on progress, and are the person to call with any question. You don't need to coordinate builders, electricians or decorators separately, because that is part of what we do.
Can we stay at home during the build?
Most people stay at home while we build a single-storey extension, because the new structure goes up outside before we break through. The disruptive part is usually the last few weeks, when we open into the house and fit the kitchen. We put up dust screens, keep a safe route through the house and agree a temporary kitchen setup if needed. Water and power are only off for short, planned periods.
Nearby towns
Coverage for Mansfield Woodhouse spans NG18 and NG19. Close by, Mansfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield are covered too, and the rest of our UK-wide area follows the same survey-then-quote process from start to finish.