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From my experience, ripping out walls is often way more expensive than building them!

Probably the best place to start is with an architect/structural designer/builder looking at what is easily removable/non-structural and go from there!

Tha original house footprint- 1st floor layout is all good, 3.4m
Ceilings, ornate cornices etc, once various en suites are removed is ok, the guest house ground floor extension is just that- lots of bedrooms, separated by stud walls.

It’s the bit in the middle that’s requiring a bit more thought. The dining room/kitchen/ground floor bedroom.

For context of scale, said dining room is 6.4x4.2m

The place is fkn massive

Rich B wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:59 am From my experience, ripping out walls is often way more expensive than building them!

Probably the best place to start is with an architect/structural designer/builder looking at what is easily removable/non-structural and go from there!

My mates an architect and I started life as a building surveyor..

I did a lot of work in the last house, doing is ok, the vision of what it can be less so

DeskJockey wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:41 am Is it for you to live in or to flip?

Live in most likely

The front room” bedroom” which is the formal lounge in these type of properties,
It’s 5.85x 4.75m




Cornice detail

First purchase will be one of those gps trackers for your car keys as it’ll get boring very quickly when you lose them in that hotel

Dave!

I understand it was called the Overlook Guest House yeah? Jack. I mean Foz.

mik wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:03 pm I understand it was called the Overlook Guest House yeah? Jack. I mean Foz.

If it is to live in, then definitely go nuts on the cinema/games room.

What’s the square footage/meterses

mik wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:21 pm What’s the square footage/meterses

About 350ish

DeskJockey wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:09 pm If it is to live in, then definitely go nuts on the cinema/games room.

That’s the current favourite idea

Foz wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:30 pm

mik wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:21 pm What’s the square footage/meterses

About 350ish

It’s spacious without being silly-spacious then for a home. Nice.

I can hear the builders.

I wish I couldn't hear the builders.

"Have you seen the state of this gable end?"

"It's all over the place this (a wall). It's a right f**kin' mess"

mik wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:38 pm

Foz wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:30 pm

mik wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:21 pm What’s the square footage/meterses

About 350ish

It’s spacious without being silly-spacious then for a home. Nice.

Agreed, last place was 316, this is bigger but once you start opening it up it is sensible, it will be 5 or 6 bedroom house when finished

Swervin_Mervin wrote: Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:39 pm I can hear the builders.

I wish I couldn't hear the builders.

"Have you seen the state of this gable end?"

"It's all over the place this (a wall). It's a right f**kin' mess"

They try that shite with me until it becomes apparent that I know more about that stuff than they do.

Nah these guys are good. And I've now seen what they were on about

Photos?

Simon wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:37 am Any chance of a look at your plans for the conservatory replacement @McSwede? Would like to see the before/afterness of it all.

See below for images of hideous old conservatory. As it's so unusable in the colder months it just becomes a dumping ground, especially as we're in the midst of transferring stuff from boxes in the garage into the loft. Lovely crazy paving laid on top of original paving . All shit will be to rip up at some point . Roof is a lovely shade of green. I'd cleaned it when we moved in and now it's even worse than it was before.

I cannot wait until it's gone!!

What are you planning for the inside wall?