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The series
With unrecoverable moving fees often eclipsing the cost of a major renovation, deciding whether to build or buy requires looking closely at the cold, hard numbers. We break down the honest 2026 maths of extending versus moving across North-East London and Essex to help you make the right financial choice.
Eight checks (permitted development, designations, the neighbours' history, the street's ceiling price) before you make an offer.
Appeal or resubmit, how to read your refusal reasons, and the twelve-week window nobody tells you about.
Why permission is a clock starting, which conditions block your start on site, and how long discharge really takes.
Extensions, lofts and outbuildings you can build without a planning application, and the traps that quietly remove those rights.
The consent most rear extensions discover late. What triggers it, what it costs, and when to start it.
The returns by house type, when three-to-four bedrooms pays, and when the numbers say leave the roof alone.
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