ElliotS Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Afternoon all, I'm seeking some advise and opinions on what to do in my current situation. so we purchased a bungalow in 2019 and modernized it up to our liking and since then added a fantastic extension in 2021 to the house. We added an open plan living room from the existing kitchen and an amazing upstairs room with bathroom. Unfortunately we are in no position to use this upstairs room as we have 2 young children and we definitely cant be upstairs while they are down. We knew this when we did the extension, it was part of the bigger picture for if we came to sell the house. anyway, the original bungalow seems to have been built around mid to late 40's but has no cavity, so the front of the house is very cold. The layout isn't great for the size of the house either. We want to change the front of the house to suit our needs better and importantly, make the house warmer. - Do i knock down the front part of the house and rebuild to modern standards but keep the new extension up (i really love the extension so I don't want to change anything with it) - Do I keep the downstairs as is and add another floor and roof space to the original part? I've not got the exact date of when the house was built but I'm touch and go on the permitted development side of things circa 1947. - Do a double hip to gable conversion and possibly a dormer up to modern standard to make space for upstairs bedrooms and insulate as best as possible. - Call it quits on cost & planning and look for somewhere else. Main things i want to achieve here are warmer bedrooms & better bedroom layouts to make use of the master bedroom built as part of the extension. If id of known what i know now, i would of knocked the lot down when i first got the house. some background on the house - currently front of the house is a hipped roof which is just storage/loft space first bungalow in the row, house next door is a 'normal' two storey house. purchased house for just less than 150k, now worth around 450k (that is undervaluing if anything) so we have made plenty of money on it. i have a log burner downstairs which is currently not in use as its now one of the kids bedrooms, this winter already we are feeling the effects of not having it running as it usually heats the front of the house for us so heating costs have gone up considerably. current front of bungalow size is around 8mx8m, extension about 7mx7m to the rear. stairs already in as part of extension so no need to lose a room for that. fire over any questions, happy to discuss opinions and suggestions. Attached current layout, only difference is 'office' is where the stairs are. Living room at front is now also bedroom. 850_GA-003 PROPOSED PLAN.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 It might help to break your question down into manageable chunks as people’s attention span is short until they are ‘hooked’ on your issue, as it were 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETC Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Can you show the stairs and the upstairs plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotS Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 13 hours ago, ETC said: Can you show the stairs and the upstairs plan. I sure can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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