New loft extension, house extension and full refurb London NW10
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Rosemary Lakeru
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Comments (8)I like your plan, I would put an external door on the utility instead. and ideally get the boiler in there if you can. (boiler there more important than door- if its a choice) block up external door to office (not needed) put a cloak room under stairs and use the doorway space - access cloak room from under stairs. Just need to know where your external soil pipe is to confirm. i can recommend an architectural technician. (although you could probably sketch it yourself) he also does B.regs / project management as well, if required re the construction, over hand block build the party wall side. brick and block the rest, you will need a steel over the bifold if wider than 3.6m. cheaper option is to have larger french doors with fixed glazing either side, (then you may not need the steel.) you will need one for the internal partition. so delivering two easy as one i may be able to supply the easi joists and 18mm osb for the roof (bit of a small job) get your services (lights) up in there easily . 5m easy to span try and get a warm roof if poss. (insulation on top and then ur choice of roof covering) check heights when designing and submitting plans) cold roofs are a pain. good luck , happy to help Chris...See Morehouse refurb how dusty?
Comments (9)Having just finished our renovation, which sounds similar to yours with an added full "roof off" loft conversion ... imagine stairs becoming a waterfall feature, I kid you not ... I can say with experience that the dust (and wood shavings, rubble, mud, screws, nails, bits of wire ... and much much more) gets absolutely everywhere. Covering stuff will help, though the covers themselves will get filthy so it's practically impossible to keep things 100% clean. You don't say if you're going to be living in during the build, but we did throughout the majority of ours so some things were out all the time (TV, sofas, beds). Despite all of that, most of our stuff has emerged pretty much unscathed....See MoreLoft conversion & Kitchen extension Newbie!
Comments (10)Hi @Emma CW If it's any use as a very rough comparison, you can see our project here: https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/5865541/utility-kitchen-design-feedback As we've come closer to obtaining quotes (planning with our council took 6 months due to Covid delays), it seems we're likely to be looking at £125k (or about £2500 per square metre), excluding kitchen. Our U-shaped kitchen, which fills a space roughly 4.5 X 3.5m is looking like an additional £20-35k fitted (range based on direct-from-manufacture web retailer, to bespoke local supplier), with mid-spec appliances and sourcing our own quartz worktops. No idea how one might get a high spec kitchen for £5k as suggested by Base 2 (- appliances alone could easily cost this). Do note that we require demolition of two existing structures and we have limited side access to our property (i.e. little room for machinery to excavate foundations). Of course, interior furnishings, landscaping and contingency costs will all be in addition to the above estimate. When we went into this project, after reading years worth of home building/renovation magazines, we thought we'd be able to realise our plans for under £100k. Unless we were going to actually do the work ourselves, it quickly became apparent this wasn't realistic when ringing around for quotes on some of the big ticket items (e.g. glazing, kitchen, groundworks), so my main advice would be to speak to your architect/designer about probable costs based on comparable projects they've worked and ask a couple of local builders to give you a rough guide from your plans....See MoreAny ideas for bungalow layout and possible extension?
Comments (12)It can be done within your existing footprint, but I am worried about the budget - extension or no extension. After ensuring the structure is safe: 1. Open Plan - Open up the wall between kitchen and dining room to give you your open plan living. Insert a doorway to new OP kitchen from the Lounge 2. Bigger Bedroom 3 - Extend the wall between the Living Room and new Open plan Kitchen and square it off when you get to B2. Remove the existing door wall to B3 to make it bigger. Insert a new doorway for B3 into the new wall 3. Larger Bathroom - extend the cupboard (outside the bathroom) depth till it is level with the bathroom door. Square it off with the bathroom and open it up into the bathroom. With the larger Open plan room, you will have plenty of cupboard space in there 4. Utility room - I’m afraid you’d have to lose your cloakroom. Alternatively, you could use the enlarged cupboard o/s the bathroom and not have a larger bathroom. Tbh, the bathroom is big enough. You could move the toilet to where the shower is, and have a nice walk-in shower on the wall opposite the bath wall, and with nice lighting and fittings, you could make the existing bathroom ‘wow’. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS :) 1. Unless you are a builder intending to do the works yourself, your budget may leave you with a shell only, but not a nice place to live. With these sort of works, ideally, you should do a full refurb. Twice the sum, and you’ll have a great luxury interior place. Good luck....See MoreGoldman and Rankin
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