Useful home improvement contacts

• How to add value to your home
• Plan a loft conversion
• Build an extension
• Buy a better kitchen
• Add an extra bathroom
• Invest in a conservatory
• Go for eco-friendly upgrades
• Useful home improvement contacts

Loft conversion Gallery Loft, www.gallerylofts.co.uk, The Loft Shop, www.loftshop.co.uk

Extensions Architect Your Home, www.architect-yourhome.com, Royal Institute of Architects (RIBA), www.riba.org

Kitchen & bathrooms Harvey Jones, www.harveyjones.com, The Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom Specialists Association (KBBA), www.kbsa.co.uk

Conservatory Anglian Home Improvements, www.anglianhome.co.uk, Bartholomew, www.bartholomew-conservatories.co.uk, Conservatory Information, www.conservatoryinfo.co.uk, Ultraframe, www.ultraframe-conservatories.co.uk

Energy saving Energy Saving Trust, www.energysavingtrust.org.uk

• For information on planning and building regulations, visit www.communities.gov.uk or www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/planning. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), www.rics.org/extendingyourhome) publishes a free leaflet called Extending your Home. It also offers a Building Cost Information Service, www.bcis.co.uk.

• For the Federation of Master Builders’ free booklet The Essential Guide to Home Improvement, visit www.buildingarticles.co.uk.

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