How to extend floor plan
Hi,
We would like a minimum of an extra bedroom and study.
Ideally we would also like to open up the family room and extend the patio to be a deck which would mean ?moving the laundry.
Having trouble working out what the best way of doing this would be due to the slope in 2 directions.
Bathrooms also need complete re-do and kitchen could use some work.
So alternatively, do we knock down and rebuild for the cost?
What would you do?
Note: the garage was never built. There is a carport down that side. This is where we are thinking of extending but not sure how that would work with the slope and don’t want to completely lose car spaces.
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dreamer
10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoIn your particular situation a knock down rebuild may be very expensive. The site works would take a huge amount of your budget. I would stick with your current home. Depending on setback allowance for front yard, I propose extending a study and bedroom out from the living room. This appears to be level land. The north side could have wonderful large windows. You already have wonderful skylights in the living room. You can still access your carport and drive through access. Renovate your bathrooms and kitchen, add a large deck at the rear side. There should be no reason to move the laundry. It gives easy access from the deck to the toilet when entertaining.
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siriuskey
10 months agoGreat Eighties house, I certainly wouldn't KDR it. Is this the Site plan or do you have a better one
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Kate
10 months agoReplace carport at front of house. This allows the extension to make the most of northern light
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10 months agoThanks everyone!
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Temperate climate - not too hot, not too cold year round. winter average - high 18deg and low 4deg. Summer average - 29deg and low 17deg. Tends to be a cold house though.
Young family - 2 adults, 3 kid. Needing a place to work from home in evenings which is ok in the living/dining area at the moment but won’t be suitable as kids get older.
Satellite view
Front of house
Rear from near play equipment
Rear from middle of back verandah. Neighbour in white house has plans to add pool and deck off back of house soon.
Interior - not my photos or furnitureKitchen
‘Family room’ on plan
Living/dining
Living toward foyer
Master bedroom
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10 months agoAnother suggestion, without the boundary distance and setback, possibly you could build to the boundary already having the carport to it.
Separate flat roofed Carport done mid Centuary style, with access from there into the house via the Study, a new Master suite with attacked study.
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