Extending and Renovating a Home in Basford, Newcastle-under-Lyme

By Staff4dshire Properties · Published 20 October 2026

Staff4dshire Properties is the main contractor on a rear extension and whole-house renovation on Basford Park Road in Basford, Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is one of our bigger domestic jobs this year: new structure, a new roof covering, new windows and doors, new heating and electrics, and new finishes throughout. Here is how a project like this is put together.

Extension roof framing by Staff4dshire Properties

The paperwork comes first

Before anyone picks up a tool, the job is set out in a written building contract with a bill of quantities, Building Regulations drawings, structural calculations from a structural engineer and a construction programme broken into eleven phases. Payments are tied to stages of completed work, and any change is agreed in writing before it goes ahead. Building Control inspects the work at the key stages and signs it off at the end.

Strip-out and demolition

Work started with setting up the site, putting up the scaffold and protecting the parts of the house that were staying. Then came the strip-out: internal finishes to the work area, an old timber outbuilding, existing hardstanding and the rear wall where the new opening was being formed, with temporary propping in place while the structure was opened up. The back garden was dug off to make room for the extension.

Groundworks and floors

Our groundworks team dug and poured concrete strip foundations, built the blockwork up to damp-proof course level and connected new below-ground drainage into the existing system, with a new inspection chamber and gully. Inside, the existing ground floor was broken out and rebuilt with a new membrane, so the old and new floors finish level and are ready for underfloor heating.

Walls, steel and the first floor

The new external walls are insulated cavity construction. A steel beam on padstones carries the wide opening between the house and the extension, and new lintels go over the other openings. Opening up an older house always reveals things a survey cannot. Once the ceilings came down here, the first-floor structure was changed to a new engineered joist system, agreed in writing before it went ahead.

A new roof

Our roofers are stripping the old tiles and battens and re-covering the roof in concrete interlocking tiles on a breathable membrane, with a dry ridge and dry verge system, new lead flashings, the chimney re-flashed, a new roof window, and new uPVC fascias, soffits, gutters and downpipes. The loft insulation is being topped up to 300mm. See our roofing page for more on this kind of work.

Windows, doors and services

The house is getting bi-fold doors to the garden, new windows including a circular feature window, and a new front door. Windows and doors are made to measure, so the supplier surveys once the openings are formed and then manufactures them. Inside, the first fix covers a full rewire, a new boiler, underfloor heating, radiators and bathrooms.

Plastering, then the kitchen

After first fix, the walls are insulated, boarded and skimmed. The kitchen supplier can only take final measurements once the plastering is finished, and the units are made to those measurements. That is a common cause of delays on renovations, so on this job it is shown as its own step in the programme. Second-fix carpentry, decoration, and the kitchen and utility fit-out follow.

Outside and handover

The external works include the driveway and wall, fencing, turf and a concrete pad. At the end, the electrics and gas work are tested and certified, we do a snagging walk-through with the homeowner, and Building Control signs off the work before handover.

Quick checklist for an extension and renovation

Get a written contract, a bill of quantities and a programme
Make sure structural calculations and Building Regulations drawings are in place
Tie payments to completed stages of work
Agree every change in writing before it goes ahead
Allow for lead-in times on windows, doors and kitchens
Plan the kitchen measure-up after plastering

Frequently asked questions

Do you work in Newcastle-under-Lyme?

Yes. Staff4dshire Properties is based in Rugeley and takes on extensions and renovations across Staffordshire, including Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent.

Can you handle the roof, scaffolding and groundworks yourselves?

Yes. Our own companies cover scaffolding, groundworks and roofing, so one contract and one programme cover the whole job.

What happens if something unexpected is found once work starts?

We explain what has been found and what it means, price any change, and agree it in writing before that work goes ahead.

About Staff4dshire Group. Staff4dshire Group is based at Unit 7 & 8 Kimberley Business Park, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Our companies cover building and landscaping (Staff4dshire Properties), roofing (Staff4dshire Roofing Specialists), scaffolding (Staff4dshire Scaffolding), groundworks, drainage and utilities (Staff4dshire Groundworks & Utilities), plant hire (Staff4dshire Plant Hire) and renewables (Margav Energy). We work for homeowners, developers, principal contractors and local authorities across Staffordshire, Birmingham and the West Midlands, and we are a registered supplier with Walsall, Tamworth, Sandwell, Dudley, Birmingham, Telford & Wrekin, Wakefield and Bradford councils.

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