MTR Developments builds extensions, loft conversions and full renovations across Northfield and B31. We are based in Bromsgrove, so Rubery, Longbridge, Northfield and West Heath are all a short drive up the A38.
Paul, who runs MTR, has 24 years of building experience and runs every job himself. We take on one or two builds at a time, so you deal with the same people from quote to handover.
Most of Northfield is interwar and postwar housing: semis and short terraces built in the 1920s and 1930s, with newer homes around the old Longbridge works. That stock suits rear extensions and hip to gable lofts, which is why they make up most of the work we price here.
Single storey rear extensions on 1930s semis, often opening up the old kitchen and dining room into one space.
Hip to gable with a rear dormer on semis, rear dormers on terraces. Most fit within permitted development.
Rewires, replastering, new kitchens and bathrooms on houses bought to modernise.
Knocking through, steel beams and opening up the back of the house.
Austin Village, the cedar bungalows built for Austin workers in 1917, is a conservation area with an Article 4 direction. Changes there need planning permission that would not be needed elsewhere in B31.
Elsewhere in Northfield, most single storey rear extensions and many loft conversions can go ahead under permitted development. We confirm it at the free survey and handle building regulations either way.
Yes. We cover all of B31 including Longbridge, West Heath, Turves Green and Rubery.
Usually not, unless you are in Austin Village or another protected area. We check at the survey.
We run one or two builds at a time, so we give you an honest start date with the quote rather than squeezing you in.
No. You pay in stages as the work is done.
Tell us what you have in mind and we will book a free visit. Your itemised quote comes back within 3 to 5 working days.