Greg-in-DD Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Hello all and thank you in advance for your help with the thousands of questions I am sure i will be asking over the next year. We bought a bungalow and gift shop three years ago in Dinas Dinlle (roughly the west end of the Menai straight in North Wales) and have been granted permission for change of use from a shop to A3 restaurant and an additional floor on to the bungalow. we will be going for an upside down configuration to make the most of the sea views and utilise the outside space above the restaurant as the plot has a tiny garden. The bungalow hasn’t been lived in for thirty years and is a mish mash of floor levels ‘add ons’ and it is likely that the foundations aren’t up to the additional extension. The bungalow is in a costal erosion zone, in the next 30-50 years, may experience surge tide flooding so building in flood resilience is important. The current thinking is rebuilding in ICF for the ground floor with a steel frame for the second floor. My timeline is to spend the next five months in the design stage with the hope of starting work in Spring and will be wonderful if we can get in for Christmas 2025. I am looking to use contractors for all the major parts of the build and we will do finishing ourselves. In terms of experience, I would say I am a competent DIY’er having renovated a couple of houses but by no means a builder! Thanks, GregMIN Y MOR SUPERIMPOSED.pdf MIN Y MOR ARTIST IMPRESSIONS REVISED MARCH 24.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg-in-DD Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 Current building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Hi and welcome, looks like an interesting project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 This may be an awkward question, but is that the village that is being officially abandoned as in sea defences not being maintained? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg-in-DD Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 1 hour ago, ProDave said: This may be an awkward question, but is that the village that is being officially abandoned as in sea defences not being maintained? Yes ProDave, one of many along the Welsh coast! You know the saying ‘buy cheap buy twice’ but i reckon i will be long dead before loosing it to the sea. In the meantime i am hoping to have many summers looking out to sunsets over the sea and mountains to the east! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Looks a nice location, well done on planning, hope it all moves along as planned now. I have just started an ICF build just finished week 4 of the build, will be updating my blog soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Welcome I like the idea of a restaurant raised up high to get views. There is a place near me that has a great view of a carpark, but non of the sea less than 100 metres away. Have you thought about disable access, we are reviewing all ours at the moment. Judging by the playground in front of the place, what sort of sound proofing you going to need. As for flood prevention, that is a hard one. I think you have to accept that it will get flooded by a storm surge (was 7 metres in Florida a day ago). ICF does seem a solution to this, but then you have to look at what type of foundation system is acceptable for your ground conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg-in-DD Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 On 27/09/2024 at 17:30, Susie said: Looks a nice location, well done on planning, hope it all moves along as planned now. I have just started an ICF build just finished week 4 of the build, will be updating my blog soon. I look forward to reading that and I am curious on what you are doing with heating / cooling and internal walls! Wishing you the best with your build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 If you think it could only have a 50 year life span, should you look at the cheaper options to build it rather than a structure that would be there in 100 years. you could go steel frame with timber infill panels, sitting on piles for each steel stancion look at the Australian view of house building. we tend to overthink things over here. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 13 minutes ago, Russell griffiths said: could go steel frame I'm biased perhaps having designed for steel in flood risk areas. I've also been to and cleaned an old project , built at ground level, that experienced a 1m unexpected flood. It is easy and cost effective to build to a height so that the 'ground floor' is safe. Then you can choose to go higher, for the view and to allow easy cleaning underneath, and perhaps have a useful space. It is wrong to think of this as short lived though. It is indefinite, with good maintenance. It can have any roof and walls you wish. The downside is ramped access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ambrose Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Well congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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