To work out your views you need to set up a gauge rod
go and buy a length of roof batten 4.8m long.
Mark on it your finished floor height( roughly) then mark on it your ground floor ceiling height, then how high your floor joists will be roughly 300mm this will give you first floor height.
If one of you holds it up it will give you an idea of how high you feet will be off the ground when stood upstairs
go and get a big stepladder or hire a small scaffolding tower and set it up, both get up there with a cup of tea and have a good look and think.
Spending £200 now could be the best decision you make.
I will tell you a story about mine,
we have stunning views, the sort of views you would pay hundreds of thousands for.
we Have a BIG picture window in our bedroom, I showed my mate around the house a few months back, as we have known each other 30 years he speaks his mind with me which is cool, the conversation goes like this.
Him. You cocked up here, you should have a patio door there
me. Why
him. So you can walk out of your bedroom and look at the view
me. Who would want a patio door in the bedroom
him. Well I have one in mine, it’s excellent
me. Really, oh, how often do you use it??
him. Ooh I don’t know, haven’t been out of it for————— a few years I reckon, tbh I think we lost the key to it.
So have a really good think of how YOU will use the house.
Because of our views every designer we talked to wanted to put in 6-7m wide bi folding doors, we used to live in Australia so out there it would be the thing to do, but over here, really, how many days of the year will they be wide open, we went for a large sliding door and a big picture window so we can enjoy the view from the comfort of indoors.