Too narrow for side extension??
I would love to knock down our garage at the back and have it brought to the side of the house, then add an extra bedroom on top. But looking at the size of our driveway it's just too narrow. 2.3m.
Also looking to add a small utility and toilet downstairs but I can't figure out how to make it all work.
Do you think a garage adds lots of value? I'd much prefer the larger garden. BUT we do need storage for bikes and we do a lot of handy work... we use the garage more as a workshop. Perhaps this could just be a small shed at the back of the garden, still making room where our garage currently is...
I'd love your ideas!
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2 years agoLaura N
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Comments (6)Excellent job! Well done in transforming the space and thank you for sharing this with us. It really shows the difference!...See MoreFinishing ideas for narrow shower room extension
Comments (6)Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Have been thinking long and hard about it. We’ve revisited the shower position and we do want to keep that where it is with some waterproof shutters for the sake of modesty, helped by the fact we are up a slope from the road, and nothing above single story opposite. The WC space is a good question. We’ll continue to think on that. The current utility space is incredibly cramped and will become walk in storage, a kind of hybrid larder/vacuum cleaner space. Would love to remove a wall in there but that’s a huge job as it’s holding up the stairs! Anyway, thanks for challenging our ideas. Always good to go over everything again and we’ll no doubt continue to do so until work begins! Well, hopefully not that late in the day... Angie...See MoreReconfiguration without extension - so narrow!
Comments (7)Does the window on the right mean there’s not a house attached? One option might be to make the bottom half of bed 2 the smallest room, say 2.2x2.2m (small single), and then knock together the rest of it with bed 3 (which then ought to be big enough for a double bed with room either side and wardrobes at the end... lots of faff as you’d have to put a new window in but would give at least one decent bedroom? If you wanted to go all out on that you could also move the stairs across to where the cupboards are, but that would involve moving the downstairs loo and probably the front door so I suspect not financially sensible unless you’re a builder (or have one in the family :p)...See Morea kitchen diner with one side of the extension at an angle
Comments (6)Thanks for your replies, apologies for not getting back sooner. Our plan is to remove the walls between reception & extension, put in RSJ to support. Keep a small section of old kitchen for utility room & increase wc space. The reception room area will be our chill out space overlooking the new kitchen. Just finding it difficult to line everything up with the units running down one wall with an island parallel & dining table with all converging at narrowest point. Hope I haven’t confused the issue with too much info. Thanks Evelyn....See Morearc3d
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2 years agoYes and problem is that the beauty of terrace houses is in when they are identical or when they relate to each other in some way.
Random extension and rooflines from full width extensions butted up against each other look awful and will bring the value of the area down.
It's usually the fault of the planning departments. They shoot themselves in the foot. If they give one neighbour permission to build to the boundary they will have to give it to the other too. The end result is just an ugly hotchpotch and can cause neighbour disputes. It probably just hasn't happened on your street yet. Only a matter of time with house prices as they are.
Laura N
2 years agoThis is a house just up the street. It's definitely all the way across. Doesn't look too narrow to me either... But I guess you'd have to hope that your neighbour doesn't also extend. I could cope with a very small room I think, so long as it gave us the function we need.
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