Q - My house sits over a 4 foot’ ish high crawlspace. I would love to add extra living space by digging out part of my crawl into a basement. I have the man power I need to knock it out in a weekend I ...

Space is a big motivator when it comes to buying a house; sometimes it seems as if people start planning to buy a bigger house the moment they move into their current one. And yet, after years of ...

Dear Amy: My good friends want to downsize for retirement, but the major repairs needed on their house will prevent them from making enough on the sale to buy their next place. They asked me to ...

If you convert your basement without planning permission and it later transpires that you should have submitted an application, you can submit a retrospective planning application and seek permission ...