1930's semi - small extension and remodel
Adam Stimpson
6 years ago
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Comments (22)I think making the extension smaller will work, but you've thrown something extra in to the mix by way of a music room and a separate lounge. The designs above are good, but none of them have room for dining. ( except for Jonathan's ) I think as Jonathan suggests that you need a definitive list of items that you have to have, and items that you'd like if it were possible. I fear you will not fit all of them in and something will have to give. You barely have enough room for everything ( excluding the music room ) with a full width extension, if you make that smaller you will have to do without something. Maybe the office could treble up as the office / guest room / music room? Or dining could be dining and music? Therefore, a concept planner is a must. As you can see, it is possible to have the rooms opened up like this ( bearing in mind a supporting wall has been taken away to make extra room - so extra cost ) - however, the furniture placement isn't in my opinion favourable - so that's where a concept planner comes in - They know the sizes of the objects and what can fit in where. They can also 3d the plans so that you can have a look round them. Your plans are ok, but they haven't taken in to consideration the furniture and what you might be able to fit in the spaces, thus they don't work so well i'm afraid. This is the whole thing made smaller - As you see the downstairs loo went in favour of a hallway to the downstairs bathroom, the loo becomes a utility cupboard. You have a bench dining area with table etc This is it made a little larger:- The extra metre makes a big difference!...See MoreMaking our 1930s semi work for our family
Comments (27)Ah, I didn't realise the stairs comes up in line with the bathroom wall so yeah, you can't move the bathroom wall out really as there won't be enough head space walking down the stairs. I think your only option is to either live with the small bathroom - or extend out over your GF extension (if that is even possible - depends on your extended roof and also the footings as they might not be deep enough to take the weight of a 2 storey extension). The cost of a loft conversion is hefty and especially if you don't have decent head height in there as you will end up with a tiny room in the middle (I'm guessing??). Our loft is original (bungalow) and was always a room but it cost us £20k just to re-tile, reboard/plaster/insulate and put an en-suite in! An extra £6k if we pushed out the hip (which we didn't end up doing). Dormers are possible to gain headspace but it's the overall roof height that is the issue. Sometimes you could lower your floor level to gain head height but for the cost involved, you really would be better moving....See More1930s semi plans: have we got it right?
Comments (20)The first render has an island, it's just against the wall to give you more counter space. However, you could shorten it down and leave a gap both sides. I hear what you're saying about having what you want, especially if you've set your heart on an Island. It's the entrance that causes the problems for you as it eats in to the room and thus causes a problem with enough room to walk around . In order to get your 1m gap to walk through you have to move the island 1.5m from the Units, and that's fine if you don't mind that. You could swing the whole thing round like this:- It does create a funny little gap between the entrance and the island, but that too is fine, if you don't mind. However, of course you are quite right, you can amend the length and depth of your island and go for a different sofa layout! Super !...See MoreHelp with plan 1930's semi
Comments (2)Its unfortunate you've got so many load bearing walls to go through, that will always be expensive I'm afraid. There are some things you could do to trim costs (some I think you've already worked out which is good) Changing the wc so the toilet is on the outside wall will make it much cheaper then trying to go inside. keeping the french window the size the window currently is will be cheaper as widening a window is arguable harder then putting a new one in. I'd back what Sarh123 said, if any were helpfull / friendly ask them if they can work out a way to trim the costs, it could be as simple as knocking a foot or two or the length of one of theose major beams....See MoreAdam Stimpson
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