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Groundworks and roofing are the most weather-sensitive stages of any extension, which makes late autumn and winter starts marginally more exposed to weather delay — but a well-managed build programme accounts for this rather than avoiding winter starts altogether.
The bigger factor in timing is usually the planning and design process upstream of construction — starting the site visit, quote and planning/Building Regulations process in autumn or winter, so that construction begins in spring, is a common and sensible approach, but waiting for "the right season" to even start the conversation often costs more time than it saves.
We build to a realistic programme whatever time of year work starts, with appropriate contingency built in for weather-sensitive stages rather than promising an unrealistic best-case timeline.
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