2 storey extension - Edwardian house

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ispcarsurvey said:

Based Berkshire/Buckinghamshire borders.

Got 1 quote in so far. £110k but only up to plastering walls. So no carpentry, electrics, bathrooms, flooring etc as these will be extra.

Luckily the old man has been building handmade furniture for years - http://www.sterlingdale.co.uk/. So at least that shouldn't be too expensive...

pm me if you want the details of the guys that did ours last year.

[ispcarsurvey]

Busa mav said:

After 40 plus years at a drawing board , things like that glare at you.

You definitely don't want a bulkhead in that room.

Start with the floor to floor dimension and see how many risers you need , then have a play.

I also believe , like some others have mentioned , that there is likely to be a better layout within that space.

Buy a tracing pad , overlay the existing floor plans and scribble away

Took your advice. Spent the day reading up on all things stairs (sizes, layouts etc) and grabbed some pens and paper to draw all over the existing designs.

From all my scribbles, have come up with 2 potential solutions - a little rough thanks to replicating scribbles in powerpoint.

[b]Solution 1 -as close to original[b/]

Downstairs - less risers downstairs


Caveat to this, will need to re-work where the loo goes.

Upstairs - had to add some additional hallway to access rooms


[b]Solution 2 - complete re-think[b/]

Downstairs


Lose the "study/bedroom 4" as this becomes an open study/hallway. Use a double winder stair case (faced towards the living area so it goes up in optimal position upstairs) in the middle of the house. Moving the stairs meant it was easier to accommodate a utility/mud room (useful for the dog) that has a door outside. Obviously will need some pillars/walls to hold the house up which will dictate a fair amount!

Upstairs


With the stairs in the middle, can have a smaller but still useable sized bathroom and then convert extra room at the back to a 4th bedroom. The front bedroom becomes a single but this can be vaulted and access a small loft cubby hole (daughter will love that I reckon).

Thanks to all for the advice... maybe this latest set back might be good if we end up with a better place.

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TA14 said:

Single beam side to side above the middle of the dining room table should do it. 406? LHS is no problem with a big footing for the wall. RHS is more tricky with the drain and existing building so worst case is three mini piles. Then it's front to rear trimmers below the upstairs room and a side to side trimmer below the stepped back wall. Why pay £113K for something that you don't want when you can have ideal for £117K? (Unless you haven't got the extra of course... )

Definitely worth extra! A builder has suggested pretty much the same. Needs a 600mm steel but they reckon they can "hide" a fair amount behind skirting boards upstairs. They also showed the better half around one similar (10m wide) that they did recently.

[ispcarsurvey]

Latest plans. Few tweaks to be done but thinking this might now be working better...