Advice on patio/deck from extension onto garden
Hello! We have just bought a house and are having it extended at the back. There will be 5m sliding doors leading out onto the garden, but the level of the extension will be higher than the garden so there will need to be steps down. We are keen to have a BBQ/seating area, potentially off to one side in the area outside the existing room on the right and we don't want to lose too much from the garden as we are already eating into it a fair bit with the extension.
We are not sure whether to go for a decked or tiled area (the inside will be concrete effect porcelain tiles so we are considering using the same tiles for a continuous effect). We have young children so we need it to be safe for them too.
Any advice/suggestions on what we should do would be greatly appreciated!
Below is a picture of the back of the house as it is currently (the extension will be single story and will square off the back of the house from the level of the room on the right):
This is how the back of the house will look:
Here is the current view of the garden from the back of the house:
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6 years agoRuth Liddicoat
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