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