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Underpinning & Basement Creation

If you don't already have a basement or cellar space under your property, we can 'retro-fit' one.

Creating valuable habitable space under the existing footprint of a house has advantages - the cost of excavating will often be less than the cost of moving home and in most cases, your new basement can be created with you and your family 'in-situ'.

Digging down is often the only solution for families seeking extra space in listed properties, or in conservation areas where extending above ground is not an option.

Retreat Rooms' surveyors can assess your property to see if it's suitable for a retro-fit basement, and our specialist architechts will guide you through the process that will provide you with the extra space you need.

When we first come to assess your property and talk about your vision for your new Retreat Room, we often find that to gain the extra head height that is required we have to extend your buildings foundations - a process known as 'Underpinning'.

Underpinning is the process of strengthening, stabilising and extending the foundations of a building to support a completely new basement space or to extend the existing foundations to give the extra head height which is required.

Our structural engineers are experts in designing individual structural support plans that will maintain a building's structural integrity.

Retreat Rooms' structural engineers are key creative members of our team - they are committed to sustainably developing safe buildings that will withstand the pressures they have to endure.

Working alongside the architechts at the design stage to ensure your new underground space is structurally safe and secure, they carry out regular on-site inspections throughout construction, and issue the necessary building control certificate only when they are satisfied that the structural work is sound and complete.