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

rossyl

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I think the main reason for going over budget is adding extra work on that’s not in the original plan. We went over budget because it made sense to make changes as we went along. Which in time will save money.
Our last build (our current house) we managed it largely in budget, however:
  • the structural engineer went overboard after building regs questioned a foundation pad - this resulted in considerable extra cost!
  • our entire ground floor subfloor needing replacing.

Both of these items could not have been foreseen, building work always throws up these issues!
 

Scaf

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Are you watching that architect program on the BBC where they get two architects to pitch two different ideas? Basically watch all of them and you'll get a gamut of ideas which all basically boil down to: gut the ground floor walls and propup up with steel, rear extension with bifold doors and go from there!
Once you have a blank ground floor and more spce more or less, you can do what you want!

Eb
I wonder if, in a decade or so’s time people will be looking at all the open plan house thinking “blank canvas, where can we put the walls?” :D
 

Ebenezer

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Many years ago now we built a garage. Unfortunately I did not have @Bebs' forsight to think of it as a mancave, but given the deep sewers that were beneath the proposed structure, we blew most of the initial budget as we got to ground level! And to make matters worse, because of tree roots the garage was shortened by the few inches that now prevent me parking the QP in there.

Eb