Putting a dormer on a bungalow

Adam3885

I am considering buying a bungalow and the property next door, which is identical, has a dormer. There dormer actually extents higher than the original roof line. I was wondering how much work, cost and planning would be involved in the job? I will try and post picture of neighbours dormer. 

DevilDamo

 Oh wow!

[Deleted User]

Care to elaborate ?

Doozergirl

DevilDamo said:

 Oh wow!

It's better than some of the things I can imagine the new PD rules will result in.  🙁

dogshome

If your Bungalow is the brick faced building in the foreground and the tile faced building is the one behind it, it seems that  their roof change is not a 'Dormer', but a complete 2nd storey

The dwellings in the background all seem to be bungalows, which could point up a problem as on clay soils Local Authorities restricted new builds to Bungalows & Chalet Bungalows with Dormer windows,  to keep the weight on the foundations down.

These rules were relaxed some years ago, but only if the foundations were 2metres or more deep - Ask your neighbor how they got on with their build, and if they bought it with the roof already done, ask your Local Authority  

edgex

You could see if they submitted decent plans for PP, then use them to get some quotes...

gamston

i've a dormer bungalow, you are better of getting a house if you want a 2nd floor

dogshome

2nd thoughts

The next door house has a tile hung facade, so the entire 2nd storey could be timber studwork, which being lighter than brick may be allowed by the Local Authority. -  Talk to the neighbors

Doozergirl

dogshome said:

2nd thoughts

The next door house has a tile hung facade, so the entire 2nd storey could be timber studwork, which being lighter than brick may be allowed by the Local Authority. -  Talk to the neighbors

That is very much a dormer, not a second storey.   It's an unusual shape, but it is definitely a dormer.  It will be made from wood.  

It's for a structural engineer to decide on foundations for a second storey, but that is not one.   Local Authorities definitely do not have their own rules about storeys and foundations.  

Foundations mainly about ground movement, not so much about the weight on them - certainly not the difference between a one or two storey house.   Our timber framed bungalow has 2.4 metre foundations.  Equally, we've built 4 storeys in London on little more than 1 metre.  

It's an interesting story (forgive the pun) but it's
not at all relevant to the OP.  

Apodemus

Doozergirl said:

That is very much a dormer, not a second storey.   It's an unusual shape, but it is definitely a dormer.  It will be made from wood.  

I guess we differ on how to define a dormer! I would have thought that a dormer inherently refers to a window and the necessary additional roofing to enable a vertical window to be inserted into a sloping roof. What is in the picture is a lot more than that and it's not clear from that aspect, just how big a role a window plays in the new structure.

One thing's for sure, though...it's not a thing of beauty! 

koalakoala

What an eyesore. Why would you ?