Construction Of The "West Wing" & "Orangery" Commences

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we gave up late last year looking for somewhere in a location we liked that we could afford, so we are extending our humble abode.

Nothing in comparison to some on here, but thought I'd share anyhow.

It's a 3m x 3m double storey extension to give a larger office upstairs & a laundry/utility downstairs.... or that was the plane. After seeing the mess the ground works created we decided to get the conservatory done at the same time.

Build started just over two weeks ago, the ground works taking the majority of the time, the brickies only came to site on Monday.

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Floor joists for 1st floor go in today weather permitting.

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Plans below for the utility/office, nothing by some standards, but will make the house a more useable size. The conservatory was an afterthought once the ground works started, so awaiting plans now....

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mgtony said:

Looking at the plans, I'd be tempted to open up the whole wall between the kitchen and planned utility and make the utility room the kitchen. I'd leave the extra existing units down the right hand side as well. This will give you a decent sized kitchen/breakfast room with a big window looking onto the garden when you're in the kitchen.
Everyone seems obsessed with utility rooms, I'd rather have the extra space and the appliances in the kitchen, unless it incorporated a downstairs toilet.

I want the washing M/C & tumble drier in a separate room.

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Scaffold went up Thursday, so up goes the build Friday.



Guys on site today again.

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Onwards & upwards



Hopefully wall plate will be done today.

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Ready for the roofers tomorrow....

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KTF said:

Do you really want the utility in the garden?

Potentially that could be a kitchen/dining area with a bit of a view instead if you changed the layout a bit?

Utility in garden as it gives easier access to the washing line! We had though about dining room, but it's a bit small for a dining room to be honest, our current dining room is way larger & already looks out through the French doors.

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furtive said:

Where is the Orangery?

It will be on the concrete slab that's bare currently, won't be going up until all external work completed as we don't want to risk anything going through the roof.

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hornetrider said:

Surely you should bin the idea of the utility and open plan the extension into the orangery and kitchen. Much better use of space.

We want the utility totally isolated, so we don't hear the washing MC

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GreatGranny said:

Get a quieter washing machine :-)

Nice cladding next door! Are you installing a fence?

That's actually the stone the house is built from!!!!!!

Fence is going up one coservatory (sorry orangery) is up as the end wall is replacing the fence where the conservatory is.

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Weather permitting the roof should be complete tomorrow, no work on site today as teh weather is ste.

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Andehh said:

I presume you get on well with your neighbours? Fence taken down, loss of light (?) on their patio etc?

It doesn't effect the light on their patio any more than the 6ft fence that was there before to be honest, we spoke with them before we applied for planning.

The fence was due for replacement anyway as it was rotting out, it's their fence, but we said we'd pay to get it redone as they have been good enough to put up with it being down.

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It's actually starting to look like a house now.....

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Presuming Ed said:

I need to do the same on my property. Can I ask how much something like this costs?

The build is a smidge over 30k, plus another £15k or so for the conservatory.

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pimpin gimp said:

Christ, having paid £30k for a bricks n mortar 2 storey extension I'd really baulk at paying £15k for a glass box!

It is a high spec one, enrgy efficient glass, auto vents, full electric s and plaster, plus 5m wide bi fold doors, which alone add 5k

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Windows have gone in upstairs so at least one room is weather tight.



The upstairs room that's been extended is actually are really good size now, we're really pleased with the feel of it at the moment.

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Finally the scaffold is down.

Upstairs room being skimmed today.

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Upstairs room was plastered just before the weekend.....





Really pleased with the room size

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rufusgti said:

Looks good. Nice big windows. Doesn't look like you'll get those trickle vents back on though.

If they don't go back on, the builder doesn't get his last £5k.