Cazza

yep, you can, but cannot see it happening as 300k is too much for us. not wanting a mortgage.

I hope so for you as well, we have probably about 200k maybe a bit more, so extension, loft conversion it is. i would love to build a home here and stay for ever but it would be too big for 2 people and too much for us as well. its a fab plot. will be sad to leave, when we do, i expect it will take us a bit longer than we thought.

We have always done really well with our properties, not bought and sold that many, but always sold within a few days, I am told by others I have an eye for decoration and interior design, I have no qualifications in this I must add. I just love furnishing and decorating. But not much experience with renovations.

Hi Lizzie Trouble is i love it here. don't fall in love with a property. its the nicest place we have ever lived.

an extension is being drawn up, architect thought maybe get that through and then apply for planning for a new property on the site, and then sell with pp. I am unsure as i think it will be worth more with the extension and loft conversion. All sounds so clinical, this is such a lovely place.

omg... work work work. wanting to retire soon Bought the bungalow as an investment, do up sell on make a profit, hubby retires, i am self employed and not doing much at the moment as everything is in storage. We really just want to add value to this property and move on to something smaller to finish our days in. lol

omg... work work work. wanting to retire soon

so looks like wrap around with loft conversion, hopefully. We do not want to borrow money for this.

the refusal was size bulk, CS19 i think. we were told that we may get a plan in for a new house and it may go through. We want 4 bedrooms upstairs and living accom downstairs. This is our second architect, our first one was not up to it. He said i put the plans in and wait, he wouldnt phone the case officer or communicate with them at all, it was so stressful, mainly as he was not helping us. So i found a local architect who was too busy for us and he recommended the one we now have he is a technician, but was put onto him by a local architect. He has already told us he will chase the case officer at the 6 week mark. They claimed to have conversed with us over the plan the only thing they did was visit the site the day before decision and then asked for an extra 9 days and at 4.45 that friday afternoon refused it.

hi thank you for the info. dont quite have 250k, maybe 200k without finance, too old for a mortgage.

Pls can i ask the approx. costs?

thank you for the info. will look at them

Hi he said he would do a sketch type thingy for us to ask the local agents, ours is probably the smallest property on this road, some are worth over a million.

Hello have a bungalow in Kent, we have been told we could possibly do better if we knock it down and build a house. Never done anything like this in our lives and not sure where to start, we have no idea how much it will all cost either. Are we mad. The plot is about 1/3rd of and acre, the bungalow is rather small 2 beds, tiny kitchen dining room and sitting room. We have 3 sheds in garden with our furniture. Any advice will be gratefully received. We have had one plan refused and another being done for an extension and loft conversion, but the architect said we would get more if we knocked it down, he suggested to get one plan approved and then put in for a new house. Each one slightly larger than the last.