Good Morning, 

 

as a general idea, how much of a price difference is there between getting a 1.5 story kit from the likes of scotframe etc to getting a 1.75 story? i will be emailing kit companies but just thought i would ask here first for a general idea

No personal experience but logically the price should be the same.

additional works and complications bringing the roof/eaves line down, yes there may be a small saving on material amounts but nothing significant.

full 2 story would be cheaper due to simplicity of design and manufacture/build

10 minutes ago, markc said:

No personal experience but logically the price should be the same.

additional works and complications bringing the roof/eaves line down, yes there may be a small saving on material amounts but nothing significant.

full 2 story would be cheaper due to simplicity of design and manufacture/build

thank you for your reply, unfortunatly i am building on the isle of mull so trying to get a 2 story through planning in a rural area is just about impossible, 1.75 is realistic although they seem to push for 1.5.

You won't get 2 storey except perhaps in the town, in the countryside you are expected to have some element of room in roof. 

 

I think our design with gable ends rather than dormers pushes that quite far, almost all of the upstairs space is usable headroom, much more so that a roof with dormers, while still keeping the room in roof look.

 

I got the idea seeing houses like this more common on Skye, so should fit in where you are.