Hello!
Last week, I bought a house that has a sort of conservatory extension on two sides. The roof is tiled, and there is a wooden base around 1 meter (3 feet) high, with insulated sash windows up to the ceiling. The floor is paved, which obviously can’t stay like that. The extension is also heated. To me, it looks like a previously roofed and then enclosed terrace. How should I proceed now? Remove the paving stones? And then what? I have no idea where to start or exactly what needs to be done. The budget for this is also quite limited...
Thank you! Tina
Last week, I bought a house that has a sort of conservatory extension on two sides. The roof is tiled, and there is a wooden base around 1 meter (3 feet) high, with insulated sash windows up to the ceiling. The floor is paved, which obviously can’t stay like that. The extension is also heated. To me, it looks like a previously roofed and then enclosed terrace. How should I proceed now? Remove the paving stones? And then what? I have no idea where to start or exactly what needs to be done. The budget for this is also quite limited...
Thank you! Tina
Tina1979 schrieb:
I haven’t received any information about heating costs.And what does the energy performance certificate say? Or is the house located in Austria, where different regulations might apply? Musketier schrieb:
Interesting floor plan.… as Biolek would say. “Interesting” as a synonym for “not acceptable.” I can’t make sense of the floor plan either. It’s very unusual, and the secondary rooms separate the living area from the entrance and kitchen. Everything leads through a convoluted bathroom. It looks more like a practical joke or the house of an enemy.
Sorry, but that’s just how it is.
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Jesse Custer17 Sep 2025 20:29Musketier schrieb:
Interesting floor plan. From the kitchen through the sunroom, then the bathroom into the living room? Who would design something like that? I would like to suggest (based on my experience working on similar houses on weekends during my youth—there were many of those built after the war in this region) that this was originally a very small housing unit, possibly a weekend house or even an unauthorized extension.
It probably started with the small section consisting of the hallway, kitchen, storage room, and the lower part of the bathroom. Over the years, more and more additions were simply built onto it.
At this point, demolition might have been the more sensible option...
Jesse Custer schrieb:
I would like to suggest (I often worked on such "houses" on weekends in my youth, many of which were from the post-war period) that this originally started as a very small living unit, possibly a weekend house or an unauthorized building.
It probably began with the small area consisting of a hallway, kitchen, storage room, and the lower part of the bathroom. Then, over the years, it was simply expanded bit by bit.
In this case, demolition might have been more reasonable...I had the same suspicion that it could be an extended weekend or holiday home. In the photo, it also looks somewhat remote. I hope the original poster here is not also facing additional zoning restrictions for an outlying area.
Musketier schrieb:
Interesting floor plan. From the kitchen through the conservatory, through the bathroom into the living room? Who designs something like that? I hadn’t noticed that at all. The house is empty, and the real estate agent put that together.
Musketier schrieb:
I had the same suspicion that it might be an extended weekend or holiday home. The picture also looks somewhat remote. I hope the original poster doesn’t have to deal with additional restrictions related to being in an outlying area. 1000 m² (10,764 sq ft)… on the edge of a field, so that could very well be the case. But there are plans for everything; otherwise, the bank probably wouldn’t have approved it. Yes, I probably got into this a bit naively. My apartment is being sold, so I have to move out with my three almost adult children and a dog, and I haven’t found anything yet. So I invested my savings and now I’m just seeing what comes next. It will work out!
ypg schrieb:
And what does the energy performance certificate say? Or is the house located in Austria, where different laws apply?
…as Biolek would say. Interesting as a synonym for "completely unacceptable."
I can't make sense of the floor plan either. It's very unusual, and the auxiliary rooms separate the living area from the entrance and kitchen. Everything leads through a convoluted bathroom. It looks more like a foolish prank or the house of an enemy.
Sorry, but that's just how it is.It’s energy class G. The floor plan is nonsense! The living room will become a children's room and was probably once a garage. And the living room is supposed to move to the conservatory or the upper floor. The sauna will be removed and replaced with a laundry room, and above all, a window will be added.
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