We are a bespoke kitchen wardrobe and furniture design and manufacturer. We are based in Regent Street NW10, I would love to get involved. Please let me know if we can be of any assistance. Nicholas Goldman

Thanks, really helpful. Think I know what doing, was just looking to see how and if could be done for now. In terms of light, the rooms effected would only be the master ensuite with no window and the stairs and hall as all would be internal. The main bathroom window would need moving to end of one of the wing gables. I don’t mind these rooms having light effected. The kitchen has a large window already. Yes it is a decent sized house with large rooms which could be reconfigured to utilise space more effectively but do love current layout and why fell in love with house. We really do use every room. With a growing family the main things really is downstairs layout with no downstairs toilet and don’t like walking straight into kitchen. Also the storage for such a big house isn’t great. The centre part in between the u is such wasted space and just a gravelled area. Extending upwards would give another bedroom. It isn’t totally needed to extend upwards as only for a family of 4 and already technically a 5 bedroom house. But only has 3 doubles, a single with no wardrobe space and a room used as a dressing room as would struggle to fit a single bed in. More space for guests and wardrobe space would be great and turn a home we love into the perfect home. For the extension itself would just be one front wall with gable and then roof joining. Simple. I wish!!!!! Very expensive and maybe easier and cheaper to just move house but love the place and area. Will have to move forward with some quotes but no rush as not looking to start for a while. I know it’s impossible to say how much without seeing it but what’s the guesses for the building work? Doncaster, Yorkshire 5 x 5 extension.

Choice of insulation New doors and door handles- to match the rest of the house? Style of windows What type of flooring and what colour? Match skirting boards to rest of house? Wall lights? Plug sockets- best to have a think before about where things will go in the room Style of radiators Choose specialists for tiling, flooring, plumbing and electrics etc rather than letting the builders do everything Bathrooms Where you want the bath, shower, loo, sink Colour scheme Make of shower Type of shower base Where you want tiles in bathrooms and what kind/ size Height of toilet Style of toilet Type of flush on toilet Consider an "ass shower" (mostly found in Asia and take up less space than a bidet). No toilet roll fears in lockdown Type of sink unit and surface on it Style of taps and plug Style and material of bath Which end of the bath you want the taps Shaving sockets? Electric toothbrush chargers? Cabinet or mirror above the sink? With lighting? Good luck!

I think if you moved the toilet over to the fireplace wall in the dining room then the dining room becomes basically a corridor between sitting room and kitchen. Having it tucked under the stairs is prob best use of space. Could you not use the dining room as a dining room still, with the kitchen (I assume it's a one wall set up) and island in the kitchen as that is the largest space. If you have pocket doors or barn style doors leading to the sitting room you will save a lot of space for the dining table. Agree with Rinked that more light would be a good thing. If no scope to put in a rooflight could you break a window(s) either side of the fireplace?