Re-model ground floor layout? Budding architects or anyone talented?

Zep · Mar 16, 2021

midlifecrisis said:
He's also gone into the loft.

I bet that reduced the sell price.....

Gazcw · Mar 16, 2021

CatmanV2 said:
Who, me?

C

You are obviously thinking of something else. Want a car

CatmanV2 · Mar 17, 2021

Gazcw said:
You are obviously thinking of something else. Want a car

Gottacar!

C

rossyl · Mar 17, 2021

midlifecrisis said:
Here's some inspiration, the two plans are before and after. I'd already rewired it and redecorated it but then sold it for a very tidy profit. The next guy gutted it and rebuilt it to flip. After 2 years on the market, I think he's just sold it. He's also gone into the loft. View attachment 83062 View attachment 83063

Thanks, good food for thought.

Bebs · Mar 17, 2021

Good luck with this Rossyl. Let us know how you get on and what you decide/end up doing.
Here’s a link to my house refurbishment:

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/37256.aspx?PageIndex=1

Ebenezer · Mar 17, 2021

Bebs said:
Good luck with this Rossyl. Let us know how you get on and what you decide/end up doing.
Here’s a link to my house refurbishment:

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/37256.aspx?PageIndex=1

Wow!
Eb

Vampyrebat · Mar 17, 2021

Bebs said:
Good luck with this Rossyl. Let us know how you get on and what you decide/end up doing.
Here’s a link to my house refurbishment:

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/37256.aspx?PageIndex=1

You have great taste Bebs. You have made a rather dull/drab property into a contemporary/state of the art pad!...........And well done for Project Managing it yourself...

Bebs · Mar 17, 2021

Vampyrebat said:
You have great taste Bebs. You have made a rather dull/drab property into a contemporary/state of the art pad!...........And well done for Project Managing it yourself...

That means a lot to me, thank you. It definitely wasn’t easy, a lot of blood, sweat & tears and could have quite easily resulted in a marriage breakup. We got through it though I’m pleased to say. We are now dealing with the garage which is a far easier and smaller project but equally important to me at least.. think the wife might be slightly less interested though

MarkMas · Mar 17, 2021

Bebs said:
Good luck with this Rossyl. Let us know how you get on and what you decide/end up doing.
Here’s a link to my house refurbishment:

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/37256.aspx?PageIndex=1

Wow! That is a major project.

We only did this, below. (But it still cost nearly £50k and took 4 months.)

Key was to use an L-shaped wall, so no windows had to be moved. The one new window nicely matched one on the ground floor.

It is a HUGE joy to have a proper staircase into the loft (all storage space for general ****), rather than little hatch.

The door to the new en-suite ended us as a sliding pocket door in the end.

rossyl · Mar 17, 2021

Bebs said:
Good luck with this Rossyl. Let us know how you get on and what you decide/end up doing.
Here’s a link to my house refurbishment:

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/37256.aspx?PageIndex=1

That is brilliant. Well done. You went all in there!

This won't be our first renovation/extension etc. Our current house was a complete disaster when we moved in - it was back to brick work, loft and rear extensions and new subfloors as well. However, we do NOT want to go to the same level of work this time. We lived away from the house last time, but do not plan to this time.

Vampyrebat · Mar 17, 2021

Bebs said:
That means a lot to me, thank you. It definitely wasn’t easy, a lot of blood, sweat & tears and could have quite easily resulted in a marriage breakup. We got through it though I’m pleased to say. We are now dealing with the garage which is a far easier and smaller project but equally important to me at least.. think the wife might be slightly less interested though

No worries! Being a Building Surveyor/Project Manager myself I know how stressful things can get and that's just my 9-5. You were actually living it 24/7...

MarkMas · Mar 17, 2021

rossyl said:
That is brilliant. Well done. You went all in there!

This won't be our first renovation/extension etc. Our current house was a complete disaster when we moved in - it was back to brick work, loft and rear extensions and new subfloors as well. However, we do NOT want to go to the same level of work this time. We lived away from the house last time, but do not plan to this time.

I wish we had moved out, just for our little job. Or at least I wish we had moved all the furniture in the affected rooms into storage - we tried just shuffling the furniture around and it was a massive pain.

MarkMas · Mar 17, 2021

Our more challenging project 2016-2020 was my late father-in-law's house.

https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/just-spent-nearly-a-million-quid-on-a-new-garage-for-the-maserati-and-it-wouldnt-fit.30108/page-5#post-771405

But that was just dealing with the insurers, consulting engineers and builders for an empty property.

Gazcw · Mar 17, 2021

MarkMas said:
Wow! That is a major project.

We only did this, below. (But it still cost nearly £50k and took 4 months.)

Key was to use an L-shaped wall, so no windows had to be moved. The one new window nicely matched one on the ground floor.

It is a HUGE joy to have a proper staircase into the loft (all storage space for general ****), rather than little hatch.

The door to the new en-suite ended us as a sliding pocket door in the end.

View attachment 83091

For a second I thought all he has done is move the beds....

Bebs · Mar 17, 2021

MarkMas said:
Wow! That is a major project.

We only did this, below. (But it still cost nearly £50k and took 4 months.)

Good use of that space Mark, makes a lot of sense.

Yes, 50K doesn’t take you far these days. Would have been far easier and cheaper to build a new house for me but the local council would never have agreed to any of my proposals. If it isn’t red brick and magnolia render they don’t want to know!

I did apply for planning originally for a slightly more adventurous design but they threw it out and said - and I quote: ‘We do not want any Star Wars houses around here. This is 2016, not 3016’
They were referring to the zinc roof. Funnily enough, you don’t need planning for a new roof so I fitted it under permitted development! Two fingers to the council.

Ebenezer · Mar 17, 2021

What's the advantage / disadvantage of zinc vs traditional tiles?
Eb

Bebs · Mar 17, 2021

Ebenezer said:
What's the advantage / disadvantage of zinc vs traditional tiles?
Eb

None. Design.

Dan! · Mar 17, 2021

Have a play with this: https://planner5d.com/

Once you get the hang of it, even the free version is pretty good for designing and visualising in 3D

Here's one I made earlier for a garage project idea for a house I was looking at buying that had an acre of land and no garage.

Scaf · Mar 17, 2021

Bebs said:
Good luck with this Rossyl. Let us know how you get on and what you decide/end up doing.
Here’s a link to my house refurbishment:

https://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/37256.aspx?PageIndex=1

Quite an amazing transformation, never had the opportunity to transform a house from top to bottom but would love to have the chance.

Bebs · Mar 17, 2021

Scaf said:
Quite an amazing transformation, never had the opportunity to transform a house from top to bottom but would love to have the chance.

Thanks Scaf, appreciate the kind comments

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