House extension help!

Epetti10

Hi,

We are currently in a 2 bed semi and we need to add a third bedroom and ideally extra living space, we have 2 options (I think!) build a downstairs extension measuring 5.5x3 to accommodate a small kitchen and bedroom or try and go sidewyS to create a 1 1/2 or 2 storey extension of 2 x 4 (need ur help for size!)for kitchen downstairs and bedroom upstairs, main question is we have 2.3m at side of our house to boundary, what width would a room be, would we manage to make it 2m? And also which one would be cheaper? I'd rather have all bedrooms upstairs x

Tia!

Errata

2m will look like a corridor on steroids.

theGrinch

very narrow tbh. it wont look good. have you considered ground floor extension for the kitchen and loft for bedroom?

Epetti10

Our loft isn't suitable, don't think it's high enough, we need to do something and room wise if it just the downstairs extension they will b small and we will lose a good chunk of our garden
We tried to sell but ended up having to lower price to below our mortgage and it still didn't sell, we have just had a 3rd child so need to fit in a bedroom somewhere!!

neneromanova

Have you got any plans of the layout of your house so we can see if there could be a way of you extending?

Failing that, can you not buy a Sofa bed and put that in the living room so the adults have the living room as their bedroom and the kids have the 2 upstairs bedrooms?

richardw

If it was about 2m wide how long could the room be?

BuildingFife

It depends on whether you would get planning permission to build to the boundary or not, as they sometimes require you have a minimum of 700mm of the boundary then if you have windows on that wall they must be thermoglass aswell.

What sort of space do you have out the back of your home for an extension as that could be an option?

Epetti10

richardw wrote: »

If it was about 2m wide how long could the room be?

I was thinking 4m, our living room is only 3 x 4 so have tried to judge it by that.
Could be longer tho but aware of cost as can't really go upwards of 25k, was sort of thinking as long as it was wide enough for a single divan (which is 190) we could be ok?! But don't know how much of the 2.3m we would lose to bricks, insulation other requirements


Garden size is about 6.5m x 7.5/8m so if we went 3/4m back would be leaving ourselves with a small garden

Neneromanova, hubby is a police officer so works random shifts so he needs a bedroom!

I really need a lottery win or magic wand!!!

sweaty_betty

I second the poster who said to check about the rules on how far to the boundary you can build to. Around here you have to be 1m away, which would be no good to you.

Because of this rule, our new bedroom is approximately 6'1" x 12', it fits a single bed and a cupboard at the end, but not a great deal more. I'm sure I've read guidance for what counts as a single/double bedroom when you're selling a house etc and this one is on the edge, so I'd definitely not go any smaller.

If you can afford it, how about contacting a designer/architect and getting their thoughts on what you could do to extend your living space?

BuildingFife

Have a look at other houses in the street do any of them have extensions built to the boundary, if so you will more than likely get planning to build to the boundary, but generally they want 700mm to boundary unless there is reason to go to it, which in this case I'd say their is, due to how small the room would be otherwise.

Basing your extension on the rule of thumb though saying it was 2.5x4m just for ease of figures your extension could be done for approx 15k (minus furniture, architect, building reg fee's etc)