Hello dear forum community 🙂
I have been reading along for a while, but we are no longer planning to build a complete single-family house. Instead, we have purchased an existing property.
It is clearly too small, so we want to extend it.
The plan is to add about 50 sqm (540 sq ft) of new living space, plus a kind of transition area between the old and new parts.
Since the former vestibule was built illegally by the previous owners, we will demolish it and move the main entrance into the extension, or rather the transition area.
Additionally, we plan some alterations inside the existing building. For example, we want to convert the kitchen into a room. The heating system is currently there, so it will need to be relocated to a utility room in the extension.
The extension will include an open kitchen, dining, and living area, as well as a workspace (for sewing), a small shower bathroom, and the utility room.
We already have an architect, but the process has been a bit bumpy...
So we tried planning the layout ourselves, and this is the result:
(very amateurish, hand-drawn, and not entirely to scale 😉 )
North is to the left, where there is a tall, dense thuja hedge. The street runs along the bottom, and to the right is our garden.
We want to build the extension using timber frame construction with a mono-pitched roof.
Our budget is a maximum of 100,000€.
Do you think this is feasible?
And do you have any suggestions or points of criticism regarding the floor plan?
The windows and terrace doors shown are just examples—do you have ideas about the best placement for them?
I’m curious to hear your thoughts and thank you in advance for any answers (:
Best regards,
GriMarie
I have been reading along for a while, but we are no longer planning to build a complete single-family house. Instead, we have purchased an existing property.
It is clearly too small, so we want to extend it.
The plan is to add about 50 sqm (540 sq ft) of new living space, plus a kind of transition area between the old and new parts.
Since the former vestibule was built illegally by the previous owners, we will demolish it and move the main entrance into the extension, or rather the transition area.
Additionally, we plan some alterations inside the existing building. For example, we want to convert the kitchen into a room. The heating system is currently there, so it will need to be relocated to a utility room in the extension.
The extension will include an open kitchen, dining, and living area, as well as a workspace (for sewing), a small shower bathroom, and the utility room.
We already have an architect, but the process has been a bit bumpy...
So we tried planning the layout ourselves, and this is the result:
(very amateurish, hand-drawn, and not entirely to scale 😉 )
North is to the left, where there is a tall, dense thuja hedge. The street runs along the bottom, and to the right is our garden.
We want to build the extension using timber frame construction with a mono-pitched roof.
Our budget is a maximum of 100,000€.
Do you think this is feasible?
And do you have any suggestions or points of criticism regarding the floor plan?
The windows and terrace doors shown are just examples—do you have ideas about the best placement for them?
I’m curious to hear your thoughts and thank you in advance for any answers (:
Best regards,
GriMarie
I will now try to clarify the current situation and our needs:
We are two adults and two children (2 and 6 years old), with no plans for more children. Accordingly, we need two children's bedrooms and one master bedroom. A kitchen, living room, and dining room, as well as a sewing room, since I run a business from home. The existing bathroom is too small for four people and is also outdated, so we need an additional bathroom with a shower. There is no basement, so a utility room is necessary—especially because the current kitchen houses the gas heating system, and this area is planned to be converted into living space. The main electrical connection and fuse box would also need to be relocated there.
Our plot is 767 m² (8,250 ft²), and the existing house is situated toward the back of the lot. I have made a sketch showing how we envision the extension:
This is a sketch of the existing building from the architect, as we don’t have original plans 🙄
Do you have any ideas on how this could be solved? Possibly with an extension of around 50-60 m² (540-650 ft²) of living space?
Thank you in advance (:
We are two adults and two children (2 and 6 years old), with no plans for more children. Accordingly, we need two children's bedrooms and one master bedroom. A kitchen, living room, and dining room, as well as a sewing room, since I run a business from home. The existing bathroom is too small for four people and is also outdated, so we need an additional bathroom with a shower. There is no basement, so a utility room is necessary—especially because the current kitchen houses the gas heating system, and this area is planned to be converted into living space. The main electrical connection and fuse box would also need to be relocated there.
Our plot is 767 m² (8,250 ft²), and the existing house is situated toward the back of the lot. I have made a sketch showing how we envision the extension:
This is a sketch of the existing building from the architect, as we don’t have original plans 🙄
Do you have any ideas on how this could be solved? Possibly with an extension of around 50-60 m² (540-650 ft²) of living space?
Thank you in advance (:
I know this all seems a bit unstructured...
And it kind of is. We had an architect on board specifically, but the process is rather slow and not quite going the way we envisioned. So I thought I’d get some ideas from other sources.
Next Sunday we’re going to a homebuilding fair, and I’d like to approach potential builders there with somewhat more concrete ideas. Maybe all of this could even be done without the architect.
Originally, we wanted to keep the existing building as it is, but the longer we live here (yes, there are actually four of us living here right now :eek 🙂, the clearer it becomes what we want and need.
Maybe the whole thing is too complex and complicated to discuss from a distance in a forum 😕
Now, to your questions:
I don’t have any visitors for work, so the home office can be adjoining the living area.
The existing structure presents some challenges in terms of load-bearing elements; the central longitudinal wall is load-bearing and cannot be removed.
In terms of layout, this is currently our preferred option (not to scale):
Hmm, I’m not sure if this helps... 🙄
And it kind of is. We had an architect on board specifically, but the process is rather slow and not quite going the way we envisioned. So I thought I’d get some ideas from other sources.
Next Sunday we’re going to a homebuilding fair, and I’d like to approach potential builders there with somewhat more concrete ideas. Maybe all of this could even be done without the architect.
Originally, we wanted to keep the existing building as it is, but the longer we live here (yes, there are actually four of us living here right now :eek 🙂, the clearer it becomes what we want and need.
Maybe the whole thing is too complex and complicated to discuss from a distance in a forum 😕
Now, to your questions:
I don’t have any visitors for work, so the home office can be adjoining the living area.
The existing structure presents some challenges in terms of load-bearing elements; the central longitudinal wall is load-bearing and cannot be removed.
In terms of layout, this is currently our preferred option (not to scale):
Hmm, I’m not sure if this helps... 🙄
Yes, the old bathroom will probably be used mostly by us parents, while the children mainly shower and could then use the new bathroom.
We would like to use the large extra space as additional room for the children and their wardrobes, since the bedrooms are quite small.
To the left of the shed on the plan, we thought about including a storage room, as there is no window there. We would like to keep the shed standing.
We would like to use the large extra space as additional room for the children and their wardrobes, since the bedrooms are quite small.
To the left of the shed on the plan, we thought about including a storage room, as there is no window there. We would like to keep the shed standing.
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