Newbie to the forum but have been lurking and reading for a long time, as this forum is quite the font of knowledge.
Bought our place at the end of June with a view to redevelop. Its currently a 2 bed bungalow that we wanted to extend to a 4/5 bed house. After several discussions with our architects and many other people, the clear direction was to demolish and rebuild rather than refurb as the VAT savings and thermal efficiency/new design would mean we end up with a very similar cost outlay, but a better house overall.
Been through a couple of iterations and we're very close to signing off the final version of the floorplans so we can get them submitted for planning. Wanted to get others' opinions on how you would change/tweak these.
Inhabitants of the house will be:
- Grandparents living on the ground floor
- 2 very young boys taking up the front rooms on the 1st floor
- Wife and I in the master suite. Both WFH and therefore need a dedicated office/study area.
Going from this:
To this: