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Extensions and roof extensions in Zaandam
Soft peat ground and timber foundations: here every conversation starts below the floor.
The Zaan region sits on peat, which makes it the area where we most often recommend a foundation survey before anything at all is drawn. An extension that is not founded correctly settles visibly here and pulls the joint with the existing house open. That is not a theoretical risk, it is why you see leaning facades in older Zaandam streets.
Good news for roof extensions: precisely because the subsoil is soft, weight is the deciding factor, and a light timber frame structure is exactly the right answer to that. Post-war districts such as Westerkoog and Rooswijk also have many houses with flat roofs, which is the simplest starting point there is.
What it turns on here
- Peat ground
- Foundation survey first
- Light timber frame
- Flat roofs in post-war districts
Districts
- Westerkoog
- Rooswijk
- Poelenburg
- Kogerveld
- Zaandam-Zuid
Our two solutions
What we do in Zaandam
More space downstairs.
Uitbouw
An extension does not change one room, it changes the way you use your whole ground floor. The kitchen gets room to breathe, the dining table finally seats everyone, and the garden becomes part of the house.
- Larger living room
- Open-plan kitchen
- Dining space
- Play space
More space upstairs.
Dakopbouw
A roof extension delivers what an extension cannot: bedrooms. A room of their own for the third child, a master bedroom with a bathroom, a study with a door that closes. A whole extra floor, in the place you already live.
- Extra bedroom
- Master bedroom
- Children’s room
- Home office
An extension or roof extension in Zaandam?
Tell us your address and your plans. We look up what is allowed on your plot and come and see what is structurally possible.
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