Extension

artyclarty

We were looking to do similar with our property and looked into accepted/rejected plans before we go ahead. In our area at least, planners seem to be automatically rejecting any plans that go up to the boundary. If it's a semi detatched with access around the side, they are ensuring the access is still there. Off the top of my head, I think they are now asking that the building be a minimum of 1m from the boundary of the property. To visualise it, I saw the space they wanted as about wheelie bin/wheelbarrow manouvering width - lots of houses here extended in the past and now dump their bins on the street permanently and it looks a state!

So for us it was a non-starter, but of course with your area, policy is very likely to be different.

Mahmud

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

It could be hard to sell because you've got a 4bed house but on a plot for a 2/3bed, & on a street/estate where your above the ceiling price.
Your also going for a weird/awkward layout downstairs, where everything has to go through two living rooms (anything to/from kitchen, laundry etc)


Have a look on Rightmove at the nearest 4bed houses & look at the plot sizes & layouts.
May even find it's better/easier to move house than do such a big extension.


(To fix the layout, i'd put the kitchen at the front & create a hallway, the rear extension then becomes the living room opening out into the garden. Second living room becomes dining area.
Have you thought about a home office?  There could be a lot more working from home in the future, or could be somewhere for kids to do homework. )

Thank you for your helpful advice I will speak to the architect tomorrow. I wanted a 4 bed house without too much spent. I was hoping to do the extension within 60k is that too
unreasonable? 

Mahmud

lincroft1710 said:

If you only have a 2.5 m width driveway, then your 4 th bed will be quite narrow only 2.2 m wide max. An extension of that size will be quite expensive and very disruptive.

Im thinking now what to do I thought it’d be cheap 

seradane

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

Depends what part of the country, but realistically you're looking more like £2000 - £3000 per sqm...

Doozergirl

seradane said:

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

Depends what part of the country, but realistically you're looking more like £2000 - £3000 per sqm...

Absolutely.  £1000 is never going to happen.  

£60k will not buy a double storey extension.    What the OP has drawn is well over £150k of building work, probably closer to £200k. 

edgex

seradane said:

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

Depends what part of the country, but realistically you're looking more like £2000 - £3000 per sqm...

errr, that was about the cost of moving the METERS

FTB_Help

Mahmud said:

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

It could be hard to sell because you've got a 4bed house but on a plot for a 2/3bed, & on a street/estate where your above the ceiling price.
Your also going for a weird/awkward layout downstairs, where everything has to go through two living rooms (anything to/from kitchen, laundry etc)


Have a look on Rightmove at the nearest 4bed houses & look at the plot sizes & layouts.
May even find it's better/easier to move house than do such a big extension.


(To fix the layout, i'd put the kitchen at the front & create a hallway, the rear extension then becomes the living room opening out into the garden. Second living room becomes dining area.
Have you thought about a home office?  There could be a lot more working from home in the future, or could be somewhere for kids to do homework. )

Thank you for your helpful advice I will speak to the architect tomorrow. I wanted a 4 bed house without too much spent. I was hoping to do the extension within 60k is that too
unreasonable? 

Thats a really tight budget for your proposal.

My SIL did a single storey extention and i think* it cost her around 75k/ 85k in London.

Yours must be double the price especially with all the moving bathrooms around.

If you decide to sell down the line, like others have suggested, would it be cheaper to buy another 4 bed house in the area, if so you might not get many takers unless you're willing to sell for less than you paid/ put in.

Mahmud

FTB_Help said:

Mahmud said:

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

It could be hard to sell because you've got a 4bed house but on a plot for a 2/3bed, & on a street/estate where your above the ceiling price.
Your also going for a weird/awkward layout downstairs, where everything has to go through two living rooms (anything to/from kitchen, laundry etc)


Have a look on Rightmove at the nearest 4bed houses & look at the plot sizes & layouts.
May even find it's better/easier to move house than do such a big extension.


(To fix the layout, i'd put the kitchen at the front & create a hallway, the rear extension then becomes the living room opening out into the garden. Second living room becomes dining area.
Have you thought about a home office?  There could be a lot more working from home in the future, or could be somewhere for kids to do homework. )

Thank you for your helpful advice I will speak to the architect tomorrow. I wanted a 4 bed house without too much spent. I was hoping to do the extension within 60k is that too
unreasonable? 

Thats a really tight budget for your proposal.

My SIL did a single storey extention and i think* it cost her around 75k/ 85k in London.

Yours must be double the price especially with all the moving bathrooms around.

If you decide to sell down the line, like others have suggested, would it be cheaper to buy another 4 bed house in the area, if so you might not get many takers unless you're willing to sell for less than you paid/ put in.

I’m not in London, my sister just did a double storey for £40k but hers is smaller so I budgeted £60k for the building works 

Doozergirl

Mahmud said:

FTB_Help said:

Mahmud said:

edgex said:

Quick look, you'd want to budget £1k per meter, & that doesn't cover the pipes/electrics past the meters, so then you also need electrician & plumber to do that.

It could be hard to sell because you've got a 4bed house but on a plot for a 2/3bed, & on a street/estate where your above the ceiling price.
Your also going for a weird/awkward layout downstairs, where everything has to go through two living rooms (anything to/from kitchen, laundry etc)


Have a look on Rightmove at the nearest 4bed houses & look at the plot sizes & layouts.
May even find it's better/easier to move house than do such a big extension.


(To fix the layout, i'd put the kitchen at the front & create a hallway, the rear extension then becomes the living room opening out into the garden. Second living room becomes dining area.
Have you thought about a home office?  There could be a lot more working from home in the future, or could be somewhere for kids to do homework. )

Thank you for your helpful advice I will speak to the architect tomorrow. I wanted a 4 bed house without too much spent. I was hoping to do the extension within 60k is that too
unreasonable? 

Thats a really tight budget for your proposal.

My SIL did a single storey extention and i think* it cost her around 75k/ 85k in London.

Yours must be double the price especially with all the moving bathrooms around.

If you decide to sell down the line, like others have suggested, would it be cheaper to buy another 4 bed house in the area, if so you might not get many takers unless you're willing to sell for less than you paid/ put in.

I’m not in London, my sister just did a double storey for £40k but hers is smaller so I budgeted £60k for the building works 

Did she build it herself?   All signed off by building control? 

I'm not sure what the point is in asking if you already know better.  

NaughtiusMaximus

edgex said:

May even find it's better/easier to move house than do such a big extension.

This exactly.

Unless you have the skills and time to do a significant portion of the work yourself, buying a house of the desired size makes far more sense financially than building such a large extension.