Finally,finally, got my planning
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excel monkey said:
Keep your study downstairs if you can!
I have mine in a loft room, and its a pain in the ass when you're working from home and need to go down two floors to make a cup of tea or answer the door.
Agree a million % ! (and mine's only on the first floor). Although the upside is at least you get a bit of exercise!I have mine in a loft room, and its a pain in the ass when you're working from home and need to go down two floors to make a cup of tea or answer the door.
Dave_ST220 said:
Keep it IMO, large halls are pointless IMO, even if it ends up as a dumping ground it's a room. Good luck with it all, what's the planned timescale?
Good if you are constantly going out or coming in though.As I have been bemoaning on other threads we are always going somewhere and even when at home are zipping around the local area so having a large hall to take coats and shoes on and off and to put the bags for packing in the car in the morning, staging post for shopping and it also make the whole place look nice and spacious in the right colour.
Will grant you though that a galleried landing, whilst attractive, is a waste of space.
Congrats. Have you got a budget and time scale? Not that I'm asking for details... just a yes or no.
Did you at any point consider doing what Canadians often do (my relatives have them anyway) and have a basement as a bonus room? They're bloody gigantic, and if underground rooms aren't a problem in Canada, they shouldn't be here. Weather wise that is.
Did you at any point consider doing what Canadians often do (my relatives have them anyway) and have a basement as a bonus room? They're bloody gigantic, and if underground rooms aren't a problem in Canada, they shouldn't be here. Weather wise that is.
good luck with it - you've a lot on your plate. Are you doing this because you need the space with the sprog or because you want to add value before selling a few years down the road?
I guess even if it does cost you £XXX,000.00 to a proper job, thats only a bit more than it would cost in sdlt to move up to a similar place of similar sq ft'ge
I guess even if it does cost you £XXX,000.00 to a proper job, thats only a bit more than it would cost in sdlt to move up to a similar place of similar sq ft'ge
Irish said:
Looks a nice project Tonker. Trying to acquire a plot myself so studying this forum. Please keep us update with build pictures. Do you have a % overrun target?
Surely the target for that is always zero? The more accurately you can price it from the start the better. Plus most of the "extra" costs come from over-speccing things or adding and changing bits.Muncher said:
Surely the target for that is always zero? The more accurately you can price it from the start the better. Plus most of the "extra" costs come from over-speccing things or adding and changing bits.
Yes, but you alwasy need to have the up-speccing budget. There is alwasys something to tip it over - the builder will never charge you less than the quote for a start!Very minor point. The door into the dining room from the hall. Make that swing open into the hall. The only time you'll ever use that is for people exiting the dining room into the hall and then if it opens into the dining room you're going to get the door bashing chairs or the hassle of people having to move so the door can be opened. See what I mean?
Probably a bit off topic for this thread, but it's related to layout.Before last year (when I knocked through) we had a separate dinning room, but we made a point to use it most days even though it was a bit awkward going from the kitchen down the hall and into the dinning room. Since I made it one big (well not as big as yours 
)kitchen/dinner we use the dinning table virtually evey day as it's more convienient to get to. It's closer than carrying your food through to the living room, which may be part of the reason, but I think it's good to sit down as a family and eat. We used to do that when I was young, so I like to do it in my own home.
)kitchen/dinner we use the dinning table virtually evey day as it's more convienient to get to. It's closer than carrying your food through to the living room, which may be part of the reason, but I think it's good to sit down as a family and eat. We used to do that when I was young, so I like to do it in my own home.It's a shame they know about it now.
You might have been able to get away with just putting a new roof on and saying it was built like that originally.
I can see all of that making sense for new build stuff, but to alter a roof on an existing build is just bonkers.
Who is sorting all the paperwork/legal stuff, is it you or an architect/designer?
You might have been able to get away with just putting a new roof on and saying it was built like that originally.
I can see all of that making sense for new build stuff, but to alter a roof on an existing build is just bonkers.
Who is sorting all the paperwork/legal stuff, is it you or an architect/designer?
Have you made a Building Regs application yet?
I'm assuming you, or your architect has gone down the route of using the local council service?
I'd be ringing around a couple of independant Building Control companies and asking them to have a look over the plans / existing. I always find the approved inspectors who are in private practice to be far more pragmatic in regard to existing buildings, when compared to the council service.
If they come back with a more favourable view, then provided you haven't actually started work, you can pull the application and re-submit to the approved inspector.
I'm assuming you, or your architect has gone down the route of using the local council service?
I'd be ringing around a couple of independant Building Control companies and asking them to have a look over the plans / existing. I always find the approved inspectors who are in private practice to be far more pragmatic in regard to existing buildings, when compared to the council service.
If they come back with a more favourable view, then provided you haven't actually started work, you can pull the application and re-submit to the approved inspector.
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