Extending a semi detatched when neighbour has too

notanewuser

There's going to be a ceiling price for that type of house in that street/estate/village. What do they tend to go for unextended? You have to consider stamp duty bands too.

Kitchen extension might add £15k (?) to the value of the house. Perhaps a little more. Depends how you do it and how nice your garden is.

neneromanova

notanewuser wrote: »

There's going to be a ceiling price for that type of house in that street/estate/village. What do they tend to go for unextended? You have to consider stamp duty bands too.

Kitchen extension might add £15k (?) to the value of the house. Perhaps a little more. Depends how you do it and how nice your garden is.

We bought our house for £167k 3 years ago. It was this price as it hadn't been updated for god knows how long, needed a new front door, replace kitchen, replace bathroom. The house opposite (still 3 beds, went for 170 as it needed work too. The 4 bed up the road (detatched) went for £205ish (sold nearly 2 years ago). All the houses on the road though only have tiny kitchens like ours. plus only 1 bathroom.

Here is next doors plans when they were selling when we were buying (never did sell though)

This is the garden (plus back of the house where it would be extended for the new kitchen) Although 2 trees have been taken out so does look a little different.

neneromanova

These 2 are in the next road and are pricing to sell for £199,950

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-28137684.html

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-27356484.html

But they both have small kitchens (really want a big kitchen if you hadn't noticed )

notanewuser

Have you a plan of your existing upstairs? Just wondering about a double storey extension on the back (although that would require a reworked roof).

neneromanova

notanewuser wrote: »

Have you a plan of your existing upstairs? Just wondering about a double storey extension on the back (although that would require a reworked roof).

The main bedroom could be extended out over the dining room as when that was built, the foundations were built deep enough to extend over

I_have_spoken

Award?? The term is Party Wall Agreement (from the Party Wall Act).

Award is a legally binding document prepared by specialist "party wall surveyors”.

Agreement is a document between neighbours on an informal basis

https://www.gov.uk/party-wall-etc-act-1996-guidance

notanewuser

neneromanova wrote: »

The main bedroom could be extended out over the dining room as when that was built, the foundations were built deep enough to extend over

Putting a bathroom in the 3rd bedroom wouldn't be easy anyway. (£££££).

This is complicated. I don't know that it's going to be possible to do what you want to do. Well, not if you want rooms to have windows, anyway!

neneromanova

notanewuser wrote: »

Putting a bathroom in the 3rd bedroom wouldn't be easy anyway. (£££££).

This is complicated. I don't know that it's going to be possible to do what you want to do. Well, not if you want rooms to have windows, anyway!

Yeah I know what you mean. Who needs natural light anyway :rotfl:

neneromanova

Would this work? Or are you not allowed to put a window overlooking someones house? (The bathroom would have this)

I_have_spoken

Just looking at what's been permitted around my way, the 1st floor extension over kitchen would need to be done as a dormer with peaked roof at right angled to main roof line.

However, can't see you'd get planning to push the dormer out to the full length of planned kitchen, so you'd need steels in and maybe a post to hold up the masonary over kitchen.

Must you have a 4th bedroom? Any space created upstairs, I'd be thinking on en-suite for the master bedroom, keeping to 3-bed with family bathroom.