I am new to this forum. I have joined because we are considering the drastic sounding step of demolishing and rebuilding our house. Work will not commence for over a year, however I am putting in a lot of effort at the moment to understand the options and possibilities that we have.   The purpose of this post, probably the first of many, is to outline the overall high level plan that is evolving in my mind. It seems important to me to get these early big decisions correct as they may o