Extension plan .. does it work?
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Comments (7)Hi. A non-pro idea, ignoring the cost of moving utilities.. It's not drawn to scale but I think/hope (!) it would work leaving a 3ft passageway around most things. I'd put sliding or folding doors on the play room so it can be opened and closed as necessary. I'd close off the living room access. You can put a sink/hob etc on the island or alternatively a shorter Island with an L shaped kitchen. You don't get a view of the garden directly from the front door but you do from the hall...See MoreOpen plan/ Extension?
Comments (6)Lauren, I would echo the above regarding questioning whether an extension is really necessary. You need to be conscious of making the property too bottom-heavy. If it is possible to extend into the loft, and increase the number of bedrooms perhaps this isn't an issue. Using the existing floorpan, I would perhaps suggest locating the kitchen along the majority of the left hand side with a bank of tall units (accommodating fridge, freezer & ovens). The storage beneath the stairs could then become a pantry/larder. A generous island could accommodate sink, hob and prep areas, and a breakfast bar would make this an incredibly sociable space. I would also support the idea of a downstairs WC, and possibly also a utility space in the central space around the current store. The existing kitchen could become the dining space, but here I would suggest maximising natural light by replacing doors with floor-to-ceiling glazing, either as doors or fixed windows. Budget allowing, I would suggest minimising the masonry on the corner to maximise visibility to the garden; corner-to-corner glazing would be perfect. Regards, Simon...See MoreQuestions for those in the middle of buiding work/ extension etc
Comments (3)It's funny that you should raise this, because only today we were just talking about this to the chaps who have been doing our kitchen renovations. They are absolutely spot on with everything they do, in fact sometimes overly concerned with the smallest of things, but we're more than happy to put up with their fastidiousness, because the end result is going to be brilliant. But today, I was telling them how much I appreciated their work and was bemoaning the fact that some of the other trades we have had on this job and on previous occasions, have been really careless and slap dash. The latest being the chap who laid the new kitchen flooring, despite doing generally good job, there are a few areas that just let the work down, that would have been perfect if he'd just shown a little bit of care. Prior to that, at other times, we've had window fitters, plumbers and tilers, all of whom didn't seem to take any pride in what they did and did things in a "that'll do" type way. Two radiators on opposite sides of a bay window hung at different heights. Tiling not centred on a floor properly so the room looked uneven (made him take it all up and start again), that type of thing. And don't get me started on the windows.....I don't know about you, but when you spend over £50K on hardwood windows, you'd like them to be installed properly, with the right windows in the right holes at the very least! And then to turn up with a window board, the wrong shape, size, profile and colour for a missing bit and then say "shall I fit it anyway....". As you say, they always rectify the problem, some with good grace, but some with very bad grace and a bad attitude. Like you, we aren't overly picky, but we do expect a good, neat, professional job. And it's made the more annoying because of a lot of it, would have been just as easy to get right in the first place, as it was to get it wrong....See MoreGround-floor planning advice for 1930 semi extension/open-plan
Comments (13)Just on the chimney point. We knocked through between our kitchen and small sitting room. We needed a structural engineer to specify the steel. as part of the work they took out a similar chimney and supported the chimney higher up with a diagonal steel. the whole job was £15k and the diagonal steel wasnt itemised but we had the wall taken out, new plaster throughout, lights, new floor, radiators etc included. so i guess a couple of thousand pounds for the chimney removal to first floor....See Morehapiak
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