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@larrythere would be no light lost in bedroom 3 as this room adjoins the neighbouring property. Potentially running the stairs to the attic through the back of this room, we thought would preserve light on the landing as we have a large window over the current ground-1st floor staircase. the front of the property faces east and the rear west. I’ve not got as far as thermal efficiency as yet. I want to get the basics of the layout/cost for build size and scope before we consider other details, but I’m keen to look into all of our options.

@twice round the block I don’t have any plans of the attic but if we did this over a double story extension then ideally the stairs would run through bedroom 3 as per the last image. This would prevent losing light and aesthetics from the window on the current stairs from ground to first floor. we thought maybe an attic conversion maybe less costly than adding a double story extension. But I’m a complete novice in this field.

Hi, I signed up to BH on the recommendation of my Dad who has just completed a rear extension and found the site incredibly useful. I am in the process of moving into a 1930's (ish) semi which I am looking to extend and wanted some input on the ideas I have in order to get the spaces I want to add without blowing the budget and before we engage with an architect. I have attached a copy of the existing floor plans. The bay windows are to the front which faces east and main entry to the house is via the side. Downstairs I'd like to add a porch, boot room, WC and utility room (potentially via a side extension). I'd also like to combine the back two rooms with an extension to house kitchen/diner/living area. We have no restrictions to the rear as there is a very large garden, however, we only have 2.8m from the side of the house to the neighbours boundary (marked with a red line in my mock ups) and we'd like to retain rear access of approx 1m. Upstairs I'd like to make the main bathroom larger and add a master bedroom with en-suite and walk in wardrobe to the rear. The two options we have considered here is a double story extension over the existing kitchen (upstairs image 1), or an attic conversion, with the stairs going through existing entry to bedrooms 3 (upstairs image 2). I have attached some suggested plans but would love others input, as you experts may come up with something I’ve not considered. What are your thoughts?