Steps inside rear extension or steps down to garden instead?
kwazi19
5 years ago
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Comments (7)Have you chosen your indoor tiles yet? There are a few tiles on the market these days that are suitable for both indoor and outdoor. If you have chosen your indoor tiles, would they also be the right colour for outside, and what is their 'cleanability' / longevity for not gathering moss etc ? I think for me, hardwood decking would suit the house as would big slabs.So it's down to personal choice. Smaller slabs may look a little dwarfed outside with such a good size of garden. Slabs will look great sat on top of brick steps. Can I see the outside there being clad in timber due to all the horizontal lines on the plan? If so, then decking would not be my first choice as it would potentially clash with the cladding. You may also end up looking like you have a great big wooden log cabin with the cladding and decking. So, I think for a traditional look, to tie in with the style of house, it would be large slabs on brick to match those in the house already....See MoreRear extension - slope
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Comments (23)Ta da! Hope you can see the photo ok, had to use the flash (click to enlarge). Tried to keep things fairly simple without compromising on the lawn space and just bear in mind the sketches aren’t to scale. From what you say I think you’ll definitely be wanting a path to link the different areas together but what materials you use for the path is entirely up to you. Hopefully the sketches are self explanatory but I’ll give a little more info. Sketch 1, I added a water feature on the left but you could put anything here, it just breaks up the border a bit. Sketch 2, I brought the pergola forward a bit so it’s not so shoved up the corner. I think this will more pleasing especially as you’d have room for planting behind. In both 1 and 2 the shed is positioned widthways as again I think this would look more pleasing. Sketch 3 is going from Jonathan’s idea of using a curve. Pergola would have to be custom made tho. Used a corner shed and circle patio in bottom left is mainly for decorative purposes. Sketch 4 I’ve swapped things about and created a little yard area for shed on the left which is surrounded by trellis. This might be a great way to disguise unsightly things like compost bin etc. The feature could be anything like a little water fountain, statue or bird bath. Anyway hopes this gives you some inspiration and feel free to plan things how you’d like them and I’m pretty sure Sonia can advise on planting suggestions 🙂. Love 💕 your extension btw....See More
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5 years agoThanks everyone for all your comments. It's really useful to hear and as a first timer on this forum it's a great forum to seek advice! We have 2 children 6 & 8 so they are past the toddler stage so the steps shouldn't cause problems for them (if anything encourage more leaping about!!) The reselling on did make us reconsider if all one level would be best, but we've decided to go with steps. Here's what we are intending. The rear extended part is from dining room and kitchen where the steps are and also adding a store at the front too.
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5 years agoJust a quick suggestion to save you having to go through to kitchen with laundry - this allows you to access more directly when coming down from the upstairs with a full basket on your hip, and also stops loo opening into kitchen and makes kitchen larger with another window for general daylight into that area .... the only casualty is the garden store, but looks to be still useful !
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