powerwrx

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Moving house at some point and wanting a decent size kitchen.. one that can be used as a family room to spend time in.

Not sure on budget as yet though as it depends on the price of the house

andy97

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Can't show any pics. I built a 2 bed 2 storey extension on an original council 2 bed semi. Then stuck a 20x12 ft kitchen diner extension on the back.

Result 4 double bedrooms 3 bathrooms(inc ensuite) two reception rooms and very nice kitchen diner. Integral garage.
Lovley rental return

powerwrx

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Sounds nice..can i ask what sort of price tue extention was roughly

DoZZa

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pimmo2000

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powerwrx

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kitchen ??

The Pink Ninja

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If I hadn't googled for what I was gonna post I wouldn't have found out what that was

pimmo2000

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looks like a leg brace to me.. apparently not .. don't fancy trying it myself .. I'll live with my 13inches

tarmac terror

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For a finished single story extension work from about £1,300 per square metre, if you are going for two floors, add about 50% again; add to that professional fees (budget for 15%) for architect, structural engineer, planning application, building control and you should have budgetry numbers to work with.

If your plans are to add a kitchen add on antoher £15 - £20K depending on the size and finish you want in your kitchen.

DONT FORGET ABOUT VAT!

I added a double length garage and extended the original storage space over the first garage into a first floor bedroom spanning both garages(8m x 8m useable floor space) with huge amounts of built in storage with some re-arrangement of the first floor for access about 8 years ago. Personally I wouldn't take that route again, I would buy the house with the space that I wanted / needed even if it meant stretching myself a bit, extensions done right are not a cheap way to add space to an existing property in my opinion.