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  1. Joannteg
    Great idea to run past architect to make most of space but look to the future.
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    That’s good thinking, husbands all for upstairs bedroom.
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    Perfect thank you
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    ? thank god you said that about the tv as I was panicking! Great to hear your obviously went well. That’s great advise about upgrading at a later date never thought of that.
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    lol thank god im not alone, that’s a really good idea. Could put the baby with my youngest for a few years so we all sleep upstairs and eventually move downstairs as they get older and want more space. It’s so intimidating starting but I’m hoping it will come together.....really hoping!
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    Yes that’s just the house we have the site, funny you should ask my husbands cousin is building a 3000sq ft at the top of the field and is at roof level now. They are slightly more elevated but should be similar ground....hopefully. Watching these building programmes we are yet to see 1 go smoothly, on time or anywhere near initial budget ??
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    I will get on to amazon now to get that book cos those tips of cheapest shape etc are exactly what I want. We do need to do a lot with connections to grid water etc. My husband is an account and runs his own business (not your typical 9-5hrs and I’m due baby number 3 in sept so not a lot of hands on unfortunately) we really need as much help and advise as we can get so things don’t run off on us.
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    Yes budget is £250,00 so no Hugh Hefner’s luxury pad ? I am very realistic and very willing to work within the budget as I don’t want the house to become a dead weight of debt hence the begging for help. Everything seems to change so fast and new advances and ways to save money ??
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    Perfect! I am a very visual person need to “see” it. We are only going to do this once so don’t want to look back and regret too much (I know nobody gets it 100%)
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    That’s what my mum suggested too, excellent advise. Hubby proposed a 2 story garage to double up as a games room/man cave. We live in the country so this would be ideal to keep kids safe but still have their own space to socialise.
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    That’s such a good idea Mike! It will gave the architect the sense of style we like instead of being shown their latest drawings. I must look into making a virtual scrapbook to keep ideas together and easily forwarded to he architect. Your right too on the size as we don’t plan on opening a B&B when the kids do grow up lol.
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    Lol that’s my problem I’m thinking probably too far ahead, I’ve us 1 foot in the grave already. My sister has her master bedroom downstairs too and always thought it was a good idea as I’ve had a few knee injuries and had to move into my parents house a few years back for the downstairs bedroom. As you said this is our forever home so don’t want to have to do renovations down the line. I’m itching to see other plans with a similar floor plan with good use of space so we can go with a clear plan and not be swayed.
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    Fantastic thank you for that tip that’s exactly what I need as we have seen a few beauties built close to us. Unfortunately I found that after a recent meeting over plans, we left with modern build plans nothing to our taste. We are not fans of the industrial look that’s popping up everywhere.
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    Thank you very much for that it’s really helped, we have never done anything like this before so have no clue as to what we are suppose to come prepared with. I am very flexible and realistic and 100% understand we have to work with what we have onsite and financially as we don’t want to put ourselves under pressure for the sake of vanity but would also love to know the tips and tricks to get the best we can afford. If anything COVID has taught us you never know what’s ahead of you.
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    Thank you Christine, I see what you mean about the separate floors with young kids. Was thinking more down the road to save us climbing stairs in old age lol. We’re debating a family room or sunroom, we have a sunroom now which is being used as the kids dumping ground for toys and another living room which is being used as a temp office for my husband cos of COVID. My main request is a lot of storage as I hate clutter and having kids and clutter go hand in hand.
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