bungalow loft extension build
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catfood12 said:
Great thread, thanks for posting so much. I love the look of the flush UPVC casements. I didn't know such a thing existed until I googled after seeing this. What was the price uplift over standard coloured UPVC ?
Not sure I'm afraid. All the windows came to 4k. Think they are called heritage flush. Time for an update. No builders over Christmas, so this is where we are currently up to.
Photo taken from my bedroom, looking toward the dressing room. There is a 2m run along the wall you can see for wardrobes. They still need to build the smaller wall on the closer side to the camera. That wall will allow a 1m wide wardrobe. Not having a door into the dressing area. You can also see on the floor the start of the hallway wall.
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20191220_155905 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
Looking from roughly where our bedroom door will be, along hallway down to my daughters room:
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20191220_155911 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
And looking from my daughters room, back toward my bedroom
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20191220_155938 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
really happy with the window in our ensuite. It lets in huge amounts of light and there are views towards hills in the distance.
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20191221_142726 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
Last job was to get the sheeting off to stop the flapping noises in the wind. It was annoying the neighbours and us. They gave the gables a scratch coat of render and got the dormers covered in waterproof membrane.
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20191221_130336 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
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20191221_125047 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
I have to say, getting the tent sheets off made a huge psychological difference! We have a building now, not a tent! And it doesnt feel like we are hidden away any more. We have had positive comments from quite a few in the village, including regarding the dormers being in festive xmas colours! I really want to hold judgement until its finished, just in case it disappoints in some way, but at this stage Im pleased to say the least.
The builders are back next week, and the plan is to have the structure finished by end of the month We will see!. Then just bathrooms and fit out/decoration to go!
Photo taken from my bedroom, looking toward the dressing room. There is a 2m run along the wall you can see for wardrobes. They still need to build the smaller wall on the closer side to the camera. That wall will allow a 1m wide wardrobe. Not having a door into the dressing area. You can also see on the floor the start of the hallway wall.
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20191220_155905 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]Looking from roughly where our bedroom door will be, along hallway down to my daughters room:
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20191220_155911 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]And looking from my daughters room, back toward my bedroom
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20191220_155938 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]really happy with the window in our ensuite. It lets in huge amounts of light and there are views towards hills in the distance.
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20191221_142726 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]Last job was to get the sheeting off to stop the flapping noises in the wind. It was annoying the neighbours and us. They gave the gables a scratch coat of render and got the dormers covered in waterproof membrane.
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20191221_130336 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic][pic]
20191221_125047 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]I have to say, getting the tent sheets off made a huge psychological difference! We have a building now, not a tent! And it doesnt feel like we are hidden away any more. We have had positive comments from quite a few in the village, including regarding the dormers being in festive xmas colours! I really want to hold judgement until its finished, just in case it disappoints in some way, but at this stage Im pleased to say the least.
The builders are back next week, and the plan is to have the structure finished by end of the month We will see!. Then just bathrooms and fit out/decoration to go!
Great thread - watching with interest.
I've never really considered them but we are thinking about our next move being into a bungalow with the aim of doing similar.
Although bungalows seem to fetch a premium over similar sized houses, bungalow + works such as this to make into a 4/5 bed house does appear to make financial sense.
Also a cheap way into getting to design half your house (the cheaper half) to your exact needs.
I know it wouldn't have applied once you know the ceilings had to come down, but did you consider those outfits who claim to be able to remove your old roof/ install rafters & get weather tight within 1-2 weeks, avoiding the need for a tent? such as https://www.tvmlofts.co.uk/roof-lift-introduction/
I've never really considered them but we are thinking about our next move being into a bungalow with the aim of doing similar.
Although bungalows seem to fetch a premium over similar sized houses, bungalow + works such as this to make into a 4/5 bed house does appear to make financial sense.
Also a cheap way into getting to design half your house (the cheaper half) to your exact needs.
I know it wouldn't have applied once you know the ceilings had to come down, but did you consider those outfits who claim to be able to remove your old roof/ install rafters & get weather tight within 1-2 weeks, avoiding the need for a tent? such as https://www.tvmlofts.co.uk/roof-lift-introduction/
Sorry, I missed these questions. Scaffolding was £6k but I have had to pay another £2k as it has overrun.
My architect did suggest picking a dry week and just getting it on and off in a week. It could work of the whole roof was to truss I'm sure, but we ended up with the dormers being traditional cut roof, so much slower.
Also, as shown at start of this thread we took the roof off and found massive problems resulting in us having to take down the gables and chimney. I guess that would have been a real problem without a tent.
Spend now looks to be £103k all in, excluding bathrooms and finishes. That includes the heating, the oak stairs. The unexpected items were £15k.
We seem to be on course to be finished by end of the month
My architect did suggest picking a dry week and just getting it on and off in a week. It could work of the whole roof was to truss I'm sure, but we ended up with the dormers being traditional cut roof, so much slower.
Also, as shown at start of this thread we took the roof off and found massive problems resulting in us having to take down the gables and chimney. I guess that would have been a real problem without a tent.
Spend now looks to be £103k all in, excluding bathrooms and finishes. That includes the heating, the oak stairs. The unexpected items were £15k.
We seem to be on course to be finished by end of the month
Small update as promised. Plasterboarding is 95% done. Electrics pretty much doen too, with socket boxes put in.
Next week is fitting the stairs. They started putting these together on Friday, and in the photos they are lying in the middle of my future bedroom. Started looking at carpets. Its the one area where the good size of the bedrooms is a little bit painful. The floor area of my new bedroom is 5.85 x 4.1m, excluding ensuite and dressing room. Obviously the roof slope reduces the usable area somewhat, but its still very spacious.
Landing
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20200118_092012 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
Daughters room
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20200118_092024 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
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20200118_092037 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
my bedroom
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20200118_092050 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
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20200118_092110 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
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20200118_092130 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
dressing room
You can see from the above photo that we have an opening to the dressing area, rather than a door. Its a little restrictive on head height, but ok. At its very highest, its 6ft 7, but obviously reduces down quite quickly. Anyone under say 6ft 2 would be fine, We have changed this area from the original plans. We put a winder at the top of the stairs. This allowed us to move our bedroom door which dictates the opening to the dressing area, back into the landing. Had we not done this, it may have felt like a bit of a tunnel to get into the dressing area.
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20200118_092117 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
Next week is fitting the stairs. They started putting these together on Friday, and in the photos they are lying in the middle of my future bedroom. Started looking at carpets. Its the one area where the good size of the bedrooms is a little bit painful. The floor area of my new bedroom is 5.85 x 4.1m, excluding ensuite and dressing room. Obviously the roof slope reduces the usable area somewhat, but its still very spacious.
Landing
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20200118_092012 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]Daughters room
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20200118_092024 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic][pic]
20200118_092037 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]my bedroom
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20200118_092050 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic][pic]
20200118_092110 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic][pic]
20200118_092130 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]dressing room
You can see from the above photo that we have an opening to the dressing area, rather than a door. Its a little restrictive on head height, but ok. At its very highest, its 6ft 7, but obviously reduces down quite quickly. Anyone under say 6ft 2 would be fine, We have changed this area from the original plans. We put a winder at the top of the stairs. This allowed us to move our bedroom door which dictates the opening to the dressing area, back into the landing. Had we not done this, it may have felt like a bit of a tunnel to get into the dressing area.
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20200118_092117 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]I think so, yes. Im very confident we will add £100k to the value. I would be surprised if it doesn't add 125k, possibly even 150k.
We are going from 1 living room, 3 bed and 1 bathroom, to 2 living room, 4 bed and 3 bathroom. Also, it will still be some way off the more expensive houses that are with 100m or so of us, so no problem there.
We are going from 1 living room, 3 bed and 1 bathroom, to 2 living room, 4 bed and 3 bathroom. Also, it will still be some way off the more expensive houses that are with 100m or so of us, so no problem there.
The plastering is now finished and I have started painting! A few photos mid-plastering:
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20200131_160815 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic]
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20200131_160821 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic]
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20200131_160840 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic]
The builders have also finished the cladding on the front dormers. I was nervous about getting the colour right. I think it looks good- hopefully others agree. Im not quite sure what colour they are though? In the first photo, you can see the cladding looks more grey in colour, whereas in the 2nd photo it looks more green. Its like this in real life too. Perhaps its the light, or just whether you see it more in context of the roof of the windows.
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20200207_133448 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic]
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20200131_160815 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic][pic]
20200131_160821 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic][pic]
20200131_160840 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic]The builders have also finished the cladding on the front dormers. I was nervous about getting the colour right. I think it looks good- hopefully others agree. Im not quite sure what colour they are though? In the first photo, you can see the cladding looks more grey in colour, whereas in the 2nd photo it looks more green. Its like this in real life too. Perhaps its the light, or just whether you see it more in context of the roof of the windows.
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20200207_133448 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic][pic]
20200207_134237 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[\pic]Edited by covmutley on Sunday 9th February 22:30
Work continues to progress a little slowly, but well.
This rain is stopping us getting the finish coat of render on the gables, so we still have the scaffolding up unfortunately. The builders are cracking on with finishing bits like the more decorative parts of the stairs and putting in the bathrooms. I will do a single post on this when all finished, although there is a little sneak preview in the photos below.
One thing I did want to post separately was my light switches. I have pretty much let my wife choose all interior finishes, but these are my little baby! They are LightwaveRF dimmer switches. Unlike Philips Hue, it is the switch, not the bulb that is the clever bit. With Hue, you need a separate switch and then a separate phsical dimmer if you dont want to use the app or Alexa/Google voice commands.
They cant do different colour lighting, but you can dim them from the switch, or using Google home app, or voice control. I think they are great. I have a 2 gang switch to control the bedroom light and dressing room spotlights, and a single gang switch for the ensuite.
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20200223_110927 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
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20200223_110918 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
This rain is stopping us getting the finish coat of render on the gables, so we still have the scaffolding up unfortunately. The builders are cracking on with finishing bits like the more decorative parts of the stairs and putting in the bathrooms. I will do a single post on this when all finished, although there is a little sneak preview in the photos below.
One thing I did want to post separately was my light switches. I have pretty much let my wife choose all interior finishes, but these are my little baby! They are LightwaveRF dimmer switches. Unlike Philips Hue, it is the switch, not the bulb that is the clever bit. With Hue, you need a separate switch and then a separate phsical dimmer if you dont want to use the app or Alexa/Google voice commands.
They cant do different colour lighting, but you can dim them from the switch, or using Google home app, or voice control. I think they are great. I have a 2 gang switch to control the bedroom light and dressing room spotlights, and a single gang switch for the ensuite.
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20200223_110927 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic][pic]
20200223_110918 by Chris Cox, on Flickr[/pic]
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