Hi Everyone,
We bought a 1930's semi in July 18 which had been in the hands of its previous owners for over 50 years, both aged 97. We bought with the intention to extend and fully rennovate.
We finally have planning and building regs approval after about 18 months of messing around between architect, council and engineers. It seemed straightforward but various issues caused delays.
I currently intend on doing the majority of the work myself with exception to plastering and electrics and have taken a lot of inspiration from others here who have done the same.
We are going to attempt to build a two story extension comprising Kitchen, Utility and WC on ground floor. We will need to demolish our existing kitchen and bathroom and move our staircase. First floor will be a bathroom, bedroom and dressing room (which will be plumbed encase we want to convert to en-suite in future)
The rest of the existing house requires full renovation. Windows/Doors, rewiring, skimming, insulation, heating and full decoration etc so its going to be a major challenge.
The current plan is to build the extension shell first, we plan on living here as much as we possibly can until we get to a point where it just isn't possible. We both have full time jobs and a 3 year old son. Maybe i'll regret this
Existing:
Approved Plans:
There is a change to create access to garage from utility.
We bought a 1930's semi in July 18 which had been in the hands of its previous owners for over 50 years, both aged 97. We bought with the intention to extend and fully rennovate.
We finally have planning and building regs approval after about 18 months of messing around between architect, council and engineers. It seemed straightforward but various issues caused delays.
I currently intend on doing the majority of the work myself with exception to plastering and electrics and have taken a lot of inspiration from others here who have done the same.
We are going to attempt to build a two story extension comprising Kitchen, Utility and WC on ground floor. We will need to demolish our existing kitchen and bathroom and move our staircase. First floor will be a bathroom, bedroom and dressing room (which will be plumbed encase we want to convert to en-suite in future)
The rest of the existing house requires full renovation. Windows/Doors, rewiring, skimming, insulation, heating and full decoration etc so its going to be a major challenge.
The current plan is to build the extension shell first, we plan on living here as much as we possibly can until we get to a point where it just isn't possible. We both have full time jobs and a 3 year old son. Maybe i'll regret this
Existing:
Approved Plans:
There is a change to create access to garage from utility.