Bournbrook

Do you know your ridge height?

@ETCwhat about just the left hand part on your design but a bit wider (by say a metre?). Could this mean slightly more roof space and then enough space to squeeze everything else in??

I love this!!

*Velux

I’m sure I’m not using the correct terminology, but by gables I mean the ‘dormer’ type ones in the upstairs rooms. I know they aren’t dormers. I think it would just have to be helix but I appreciate this would create headheight problems. Could we just excavate down a little? We are actually slightly higher than next door anyway (I think). GIA - gross internal area. I thought your programme may just tell you this, so don’t worry. I can work it out based on the measurements you’ve put on there.

Wow I really love this. This is exactly the space, look and feel we are going for! At the risk of feeling like I’m picking holes in it, I just have a couple of concerns: 1. I worry that gables in the roof wouldn’t be allowed due to potential ‘overlooking’ issues. I think the ones facing SE could probably be argued, but unfortunately I think the opposite ones would be disputed by our neighbours for loss of privacy and I think planning would take issue. 2. I am still worried the garden would be too small. In theory a 8mx10m garden is decent, however, given the large sycamore in the back right corner is actually raised by quite a bit form the rest of the garden and has a root protection area of 8.4m, I think it would feel a lot smaller as that whole area could not be levelled off. I love the house having 2 parts as you have drawn and I love the flat roof in between, but I just worry it’s taking up too much garden and wouldn’t allow us to have any decent lawn area, which actually (as I’ve remembered today in the nice weather) is quite important with 2 kids! I know we want a lot from a small plot and it may not be possible to get everything we want. I’m honestly pretty blown away with what you’ve come up with! do you happen to know what the building footprint size is of option 2? And GIA?

Thank you! I’m genuinely so excited to see it! Already loving what you’ve come up with

Yes I was concerned about this. However, someone on here (can’t remember who!) has built a house with 6m ridge height and they had 4m eaves which allowed more space in the roof rooms. I’m sure there are many structural things to consider, but would this be an option?

Wow. Very cool. Thanks so much! I love the double pitch with the flat roof in the middle with roof light in. you’ve managed to fit in everything which is amazing. However, it does only leave a very small garden, so I think ideally we would like to put a couple of rooms up in the roof to make the footprint smaller and the garden slightly bigger. I’ve attached a photo from a holiday home I saw online. I really like the way roof rooms are included (decor is definitely not my thing by the way, just just the concept!) would a double pitch roof like that add on large amounts to cost?

Agreed. More just footprint-wise though. Still struggling to actually imagine the space!

Yes a mirror of that would work well on our plot. Do you happen to have link to the planning application for this so I can find floor plans and dimensions?

I think a basement would be too expensive for us to be honest. the planners have indicated a 2 bedroom property would be preferable, however we would like to push this to 3 (plus a small box room for guests/study). Our neighbours property was described as a 2 bed yet has a large study, separate dining room, etc so hoping we can frame some of the rooms as study and playroom?? we would like a large kitchen/diner/living area and then 3 decent sized bedrooms (not huge but enough to fit a double bed when kids become adults). One bedroom with en suite and a family bathroom. We would also really like a utility room, even if v small. We aren’t too fussed about a garage, but would need some kind of storage area. One of the big things for us would be lots of light and a good connection to the garden.

Looks great. We had been considering going up the side of the plot to give some SE facing windows. Our only concerns with that were that our neighbours in the adjacent bungalow might kick up more of a fuss so perhaps at least that part would need to be a flat roof. the planners have indicated they’d like smaller footprint than next door (which I believe this is?), but would be happy for us to have roof rooms without dormers. Ridge height could not exceed Nextdoor though (5.7m) but we could excavate down. Im also not sure this leaves room for turning a car to leave in a forward gear? Turntable may be option though!!

Funnily enough I’d just been googling them. Might not be a bad shout given the potential gains on such a small plot….

My understanding is it has to be enter and leave in forward gear

Well it’s more about planning requirements!! Needs 2 parking spaces and to be able to leave in forward gear according to highways.

Yes don’t mind garage going. I just feel like it would mean a huge area of the plot being used for parking and manoeuvring (as we’d need to be able to leave drive in forward gear)

Thank you. Would love to get long side facing south but it creates a more tricky space for manoeuvring cars. Maas definitely thinking about losing garage. We would need some storage area somewhere but this could just be a storage shed somewhere. I don’t know much about party wall agreements and need to look into this. Is it only if we go deeper than their foundations? How do we know depth of theirs? Would we definitely need to go deeper? They would 100% be against the build (even though they’ve done it). Can they just refuse??

Thank you. Hadn’t realised this so will take a look

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Hi all. I had a pre-planning meeting today and they indicated that we ‘should’ get planning on a plot on our back garden as long as we take a few things into consideration. I sent them the attached plan and they said the following: - the boundary between the 2 properties would need to move north by about a m to give donor property a bigger garden. - the footprint would need to be slightly smaller than the equivalent bungalow to the west (in neighbouring garden). - they would consider a basement or roof rooms as long as no dormer and as long as height didn’t exceed the height of next door (ridge height of 5.7m). We could excavate downwards. - they would limit to 2/3 bed but I’m think oh we could have study too that would double as a guest room. given all this info does anyone have any thoughts at all on design, positioning, anything?? We will obviously speak to architects and are in the process of doing so, but I’ve witnessed some great ideas on here that sometimes work better than those of architects, so thought it was worth a punt!

Do you mind me asking what your budget is?

Thanks for the update. Who are you getting to erect frame and other bits? Main contractor or are you project managing?

Did you get any other quotes and how did they compare?

Yes that’s what I was going for. The third space is so we know there’s room to turn or to park a car in a different position if want access to garage.