My House Refurb (House Purchase 8/10/2013)

[Too Late]

So thought i would post up my blog as well as post some updates here. Main reason for the blog is so that family can keep up with the build

http://we-love-diy.blogspot.co.uk/

Currently we are searching for an architect in the essex area.

The house was built around 1950's and the previous owners built the house when the plot came up for sale. The plots were offered to developers but they ran out of money and a handful of the plots went up for sale to anyone



The layout is a bit messy:



Dining Room 11'8" x 8'8" (3.56m x 2.64m)
Kitchen/Breakfast Room 13' x 9'5" (3.96m x 2.87m)
Lounge 20'10" x 11' (6.35m x 3.35m)
Master Bedroom 13' (3.96m) x 11' (3.35m)
Bedroom Two 9'9" (2.97m) x 9'6" (2.9m)
Bedroom Three 9'7" (2.92m) x 9'4" (2.84m)
Gardens 70ft approx

The plan is to knock the carport down and build a 2 story extension, this will include a brick built garage and 2 bedrooms on the second floor above the new garage. We also want to join the 1+1/2 length garage to the property to have a man/dog cave and utility space

Any suggestions or ideas are welcome!


Mod note: Hopefully that's fixed it...

Edited by Bill on Wednesday 23 October 10:16

[dustybottoms]

I don't know about your user name being Too Late, but on this occasion you have somehow time travelled a year forward to purchase your new house?

Anyway, nice plans and ideas and good blog.

All the best.

Edited by dustybottoms on Tuesday 22 October 14:46

[Cobra Andy]

Nice project.

Will you be extending the dorma across the new extention ? or going the whole hog and reprofiling the roof. ?

[Too Late]

We would like the dorm to extent across the new extension and also across the other side, like the rear of the property. We don't like the flat roofs on the dorms either so will look at getting them pitched.

Thanks
N

[roofer]

You don't have the ridge height to pitch the dormers i suspect. Running the pitch over the garage is simple enough, but foundations of garage will need looking at first.

[Edit] Must read properly .

Edited by roofer on Tuesday 22 October 21:14

[King Herald]

I'm confused. Your title indicates you are building a house, starting next year, but the thread is about an existing house, and you want to add an extension??

It is not really a 'house build' per se.

[Bill]

Hopefully it's a bit clearer now.

[Too Late]

So, one architect down and one who "forgot" the appointment!
Anyway, it has got me thinking...
Current layout:

Ground Floor


First Floor
Design is a 3 meter deep extension across the back of the property, Garage and workshop have to go.

First Floor now includes 4th bedroom, family bathroom and 2 en suites.
Its a rough idea, just something I can give to the new architect next week...

N

Edited by Too Late on Tuesday 5th November 12:35

[worsy]

You really need to get the bathrooms close to where they are now. Unless you plan on completely gutting the place the soil pipes will be tough to connect to.

[Too Late]

Architect fees:

Building Regulation fee: approx £600 inc
Planning fee: is £172 inc
Design Fees:
1 Produce drawings for approval by you and ready to submit to the local authority.
2 Price includes any updates required by you or the council and liaising with the planning or
building regulation department
3 Does not include planning or building regulation fees.
4 Drawings will take 10 days from site survey to 1st draft
5 Measured site surveys takes 2 hours. 6 Structural calculations are not included and are priced separate
7 Drawings supplied in pdf format and/or A3 prints
8 Ongoing help as required. 9 Plans submitted online on your behalf.
Planning application drawings ready to submit
including 2 x versions of the 1st floor £1200.00
Later stage:
Building Regulations drawings £400.00
Structural engineering £400.00

We have another architect coming this Saturday

[Too Late]

worsy said:

You really need to get the bathrooms close to where they are now. Unless you plan on completely gutting the place the soil pipes will be tough to connect to.

Yeah, we are looking at that now, thanks!
Would it help that the kitchen is below when i suggested the bathroom to be?

[worsy]

Too Late said:

worsy said:

You really need to get the bathrooms close to where they are now. Unless you plan on completely gutting the place the soil pipes will be tough to connect to.

Yeah, we are looking at that now, thanks!
Would it help that the kitchen is below when i suggested the bathroom to be?

All depends where the drains are. Getting hot\cold water piped to a location is the easy bit. You could of course put new drains externally with an external soil pipe but IMO they look unsightly.

Your architect will be able to help I'm sure.

[singlecoil]

Too Late said:

worsy said:

You really need to get the bathrooms close to where they are now. Unless you plan on completely gutting the place the soil pipes will be tough to connect to.

Yeah, we are looking at that now, thanks!
Would it help that the kitchen is below when i suggested the bathroom to be?

Soil pipes are often taken through kitchens in one of the included corners of the kitchen cabinet runs, boxed in. Just a question of getting it to the drains after that.

[Too Late]

singlecoil said:

Soil pipes are often taken through kitchens in one of the included corners of the kitchen cabinet runs, boxed in. Just a question of getting it to the drains after that.

I think mine run on the external wall at the back,
Will check, thanks!

[Too Late]

2 months on and we have the designs:


Current layout:








Option 1









Option 2









We both loved option 2, so we have submitted some changes to see if they are possible or not



Our idea was to extend the Garage/Store to the Utility room door, meaning a kit car could possibly be built and stored in the space later..... The kitchen would then extended across the back of the Garage\Store increasing the kitchen and dinning space. This would enable us to have bi-folding doors across the whole kitchen and dinning area

The Games room would also have bi-folding doors looking out into the garden

This is all subject to whether or not the Architect can improve our designs or whether or not they are doable.

Edited by Too Late on Thursday 9th January 11:07

[Lynch91]

I look forward to seeing the build progress on this. I agree I think option two looks good

[Luketopps]

+1 for Option Two! Both look good though - interested in seeing the progress.

[Too Late]

So MR Architect has come back with a layout to get into the Man Cave\ Games room, very pleased....

Along with this we got 2 other alternatives to the kitchen without joining to the games room

Edited by Too Late on Friday 17th January 09:35

Edited by Too Late on Friday 17th January 09:35

[Luketopps]

Wow even better!!

Is the games room a flat or pitched roof? If its flat, have you looked into roof lanterns/orangeries? Just an idea!

[Too Late]

Luketopps said:

Wow even better!!

Is the games room a flat or pitched roof? If its flat, have you looked into roof lanterns/orangeries? Just an idea!

So the Games Room/Man cave has a pitched but we are looking into roof lanterns/orangeries. Thanks for the idea!