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Sounds like you might get quite a bit of moisture in there the vent of the window may help a bit or it might be worth considering a fan?

Example of neighbour with extension.

The site plan above was actually the first draft but takes a lot of the rear garden up. the reason for the front design was to fit in with the street scene. It’s all 3 bed 1950’s semi’s. A few people have added a side extension and that effectively what I’m doing but with a new detached house. it would seem to make more sense pushing the side boundary as it’s the end of the road next to a local park so I can go right up. The site plan above wastes a lot of outside space to the back left.

The garage would be mainly for storage and my motorcycle. My current garage is 2200mm wide and works fine. This would be 900mm wider. most people don’t use garages for cars anymore but a quick google search would suggest people wouldn’t buy a house without one. (Excluding inner cities maybe). My mother-in-law converted hers to a dining room years ago and has forever regretted it. Loss of storage for a room she uses a few times a month at most. im at the end of a cut-de-sac so entry/exit shouldn’t be a concern.

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Thank-you all for your input. I can see the benefit of getting rid of the garage but is a small plot and apart from maybe a small shed there not much room for storage. i'm also not sure if for resale-ability people would want no garage for, say a dining room or second lounge? It would be a fairly easy conversion project if someone wanted that? Pretty much the RHS is for K/D/L. Are you saying make it more open plan? I'll probably live here for 3-5 years, I'm going for a 3 bed/3 bath (left hand bedrooms will be one). I thinking now to turn the stairs to gain more downstairs hallway space and for the WC. I am conscious that the hallway upstairs is wasted space i've had my guy amend slightly but still not right IMO. Assuming all the windows stay the same position anyone ideas for better layout?

Thanks for feedback. North is to the left, font is west facing. boiler/plant could go in the utility or garage? stacking WM is good idea, thanks. i may turn the stairs and could put the wc to the left of the front door. haven’t thought about insulation/building regs yet. But could maybe go flat roof although a pitched roof does have a nicer/softer look. I need a garage and no room on plot for external. Not sure what K/D/L is?

First draft came through on may self build. In general it's where i want to be but some feedback would be appreciated. In particular not sure on the dining table area, it's an odd shape to maximise internal area. Upstairs i've lost a small front central bedroom to get natural light in hallway and made the whole upstairs left hand side two bedrooms instead on one large master suite. Im guessing this would be better or saleability (4 bed 2 bath over 3 bed/3bath. If i did decide to make the whole upstairs LHS 1 room ideas for ensuite/wardrobes keeping window placement at front and rear. Thanks

Yes thanks for advice everyone. I was looking at ripping the trees out I’m now exploring ways to maybe keep one hence my question. The tree is already over 25m tall with a 1m+ diameter.

Ok that’s sounds good then, I did wonder as nothing in any planning documents I’ve seen said it can’t be done without proper consideration to the new build and the tree itself.

Ok probably best if I reword. has anyone built less than 6m from a large tree? Don’t care about cost etc just can it /has it been done . Everything on google talks about RPA and deep foundation, I know about all that. I just need to know if the planners will allow it with suitable workarounds etc. Thanks

Getting a soil survey done but could probably clay. Hence a heave risk hence looking for a workaround

Taking into account that I will require a specialist foundation realistically how close can I build to a mature oak tree? im looking at 5-6m. can this be done?

Well the point I’m getting at is I’m looking at the plot as a potential site for a self build. The trees are 7-10m from the existing house and would be in the way of any development. removing the trees may pose a risk to the existing property. so I’m wondering if it’s worth the punt to secure a potential plot or whether to walk away before I spend a fortune of expensive surveys.

I would but sadly can’t build a house on top of a 50’ oak tree!