Discovered cellar under house - how much to reopen?

Hi Claire If you have a under stairs cupboard the access to the cellar would have been most likely from there.If your lucky the original staircase may still be there but covered by a new floor. Hope this helps. Regards Steve

Hi Claire call 3 builders from your area , they will see what is required and price accordingly. Post it on this website on the other section, All the best Wayne

If there's a cellar,there must be stairs down to it somewhere and chances are they are still there,sounds like the doorway's just been blocked off. Do a bit more digging,the original doorway will be around somewhere. Cellars were usually accessed from the kitchen,running underneath the stairs to the first floor. Good luck! Carl.

Hi Claire It would really depend on the amount of work needing done to it, the chances are it will be damp, if the head room isn't high enough then it would need excavated to achieve the head height needed. It would be impracticable for any builder to even give you a ball park costing on this project without seeing the building or at very least a set of drawings. Regards Kenny (concept building and renovation ltd)

Hi, would need to view to give a quote. Thanks, Gary.

As previously suggested, I would expect staircases to run under each other, Head room is likely to be restricted, I imagine you were looking into a coal cellar, Damp depends entirely whether soil has been loaded against the walls, to make the space usable depends upon the intended use! The space could be made permanently accessible for a few hundred pounds(dependent upon finishes) IF you intend to extend into this space, you would have to check permissions,(deeds) even if you own the Free-hold! Mortgage companies are likely to require tanking (with insurance backed guarantees)...possibly underpinning, and certainly party wall awards, none of which are cheap!, Talk to an estate agent to establish the prospective value, this will establish your budget, then approach an architect with your budget, for feasibility! Councils are likely to restrict extension toward a main road, even underground, and you have to watch the possible population density, with the number of rooms you are creating.