Extensions, loft conversions and refurbishments in Hove, from a family firm based a few miles up the road in Brighton.
County Structures are builders in Hove as well as Brighton. We are a small family firm with over 35 years in the building trade, and our office is at Stanford Gate on South Road, Brighton, a short drive from most Hove streets.
We build extensions, convert lofts and basements and refurbish period houses. In Hove that has included building work on two semi-detached houses. Grant leads every job, and he is the person who comes to look at yours.
Building work on a pair of semi-detached houses. It was the first of two jobs for the same client, who came back to us for the listed building conversion below.
An 1850s listed building converted into four top-end flats, working within the limits that listed building consent sets.
Two self-contained flats created in the upper floors of a Victorian house, finished within days of the date we predicted. Many large Hove houses suit the same kind of conversion.
Hove’s houses vary a lot from street to street, and each kind needs a slightly different approach. Near the seafront, Brunswick Town and Adelaide Crescent are Regency and early Victorian stucco, much of it split into flats. The Avenues and the streets around them have large late Victorian and Edwardian houses, many with cellars and big roofs. Further north, around Hove Park, Hangleton and West Blatchington, you find 1930s semis and bungalows.
Each type fails in its own way. Stucco cracks and lets water in. Victorian bays drop and wall ties rust. Interwar semis often have small kitchens and lofts that are easy to convert.
The most common extensions on Hove houses are rear or side return kitchen extensions on terraces, and single storey rears on 1930s semis. Many can go ahead under permitted development. Others need planning permission, especially in a conservation area.
Terraced and semi-detached houses share a wall with a neighbour, which usually means a party wall notice before foundations are dug. We explain that at the first visit so it does not hold up the start. Our house extensions page has more detail.
Planning building work in Hove?
Call Grant on 07885 325954 or the office on 01273 950800.
Planning in Hove is handled by Brighton and Hove City Council, the same as in Brighton. A good part of central Hove is in conservation areas, including Brunswick Town, the Willett Estate, the Avenues and Old Hove. Some of these have Article 4 directions, which take away certain permitted development rights such as changing front windows or doors.
We check this early, before any drawings are done. If you need an architect or engineer, we bring in the ones we use regularly, and our design and build service keeps the whole thing with one firm.
Yes. Grant visits, walks round the job with you, then sends a written price. The visit and quote cost nothing, you’re under no obligation, and there is no extra charge for Hove.
Many single storey rear extensions fall under permitted development. If your house is in a conservation area or covered by an Article 4 direction, you may need permission. We check this with you at the first visit, and you can confirm it with Brighton and Hove City Council.
Grant leads each job. He is your contact throughout, organises the trades, deliveries and building control inspections, and walks round the finished work with you.
We work across Hove, including Central Hove, Brunswick, the Avenues, Aldrington, Hove Park, Tongdean, West Blatchington, Hangleton and Portslade, as well as Brighton and Shoreham.
Builders in Brighton · Design & Build · House Extensions · Loft Conversions · New Builds & Flat Conversions
Call Grant on 07885 325954 or the office on 01273 950800. We will come out, look at the job and give you a free, no-obligation quote.
I can confirm that Grant has worked for me on two projects. The first project was to build two semi-detached houses in Hove. The second project was to convert an 1850s listed building in Brighton into four top-end apartments.
Grant is a very practical builder and gets on well with people, particularly neighbours, helping projects run smoothly. He works to a high standard and, should you decide to have him work for you, will leave you with a feeling that you would willingly use him again.
Grant and his team carried out our flat conversion (converting the top two floors of our Victorian house to two self contained flats) last year.
For our works they started on the agreed date and finished within days of the predicted finish date. For us the work was all to a very good standard and we have been very pleased with the finished job.
The team were friendly and approachable, happy to change or add little things as the conversion evolved. Grant and John were always at the end of the phone if needed. I would not hesitate to recommend them and if I need further construction works carried out would look to them first.
Tell us a little about your project and we will call you back. If you have drawings or photos, mention it and we can arrange a site visit.
County Structures Ltd
Stanford Gate
2nd Floor, South Road
Brighton
BN1 6SB
