Seventy1
Established Member
Hi everyone,
First of all I'm going to state that the layout of my house is far from ordinary, but thanks to everyone posting their projects on this forum I've decided to convert the space under my house into an entertainment area.
The basics
The house is an end terraced house that is 5 floors high (built on a hill) you walk in from the main street onto the ground floor and then there are 2 floors above you and 2 floors below.
Currently the only way to access the 2 floors below is to go outside and walk round the back of the property then enter through the garage door.
I plan to add access from the main house down into the 2 floors below and convert the 3 rooms on the lower floor into a small bathroom, kitchen and home cinema.
A gentleman 3 doors along has done a conversion already and its outstanding.
The current state
Currently the lower 2 floors haven't had anything done to them since I bought the house 4 years ago. There is a fair amount of water coming into the back room, all the walls are bare, but there is basic electrics and cold water running down there. From what evidence I've seen the previous owners grew a lot of illegal plants down there.
Background info
I'm a video and media designer from Yorkshire in my 20's, I'm on a very modest salary and I'm funding the whole project myself so I aim to carry out most of the work myself (which can be done legally) and with help from friends.
I'm very fortunate to have a lot of friends in different trades who have agreed to either do the work I need at 'mates rates' or for free.
The aim
I'm hoping to achieve this conversion on a very small budget and if I succeed in doing so I hope that this thread will showcase the project to help others in a similar situation.
Whats been done already
The back room where the 1st set of stairs are going to be was waist height in junk, rubble, bricks, wood, coal, dirt etc so me and a few good friends helped me fill a skip and clear the room.
I've spoken to planning and an architect and I just need to go through building regs and not planning for this project. The architect is coming round this week to measure up. Once we've finalised the plans and they've been approved I aim to install a damp proof membrane and sump pump to stop the water.
I don't want to ramble on too much so I'll post some pictures and videos so hopefully you'll get a better idea. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
David
First of all I'm going to state that the layout of my house is far from ordinary, but thanks to everyone posting their projects on this forum I've decided to convert the space under my house into an entertainment area.
The basics
The house is an end terraced house that is 5 floors high (built on a hill) you walk in from the main street onto the ground floor and then there are 2 floors above you and 2 floors below.
Currently the only way to access the 2 floors below is to go outside and walk round the back of the property then enter through the garage door.
I plan to add access from the main house down into the 2 floors below and convert the 3 rooms on the lower floor into a small bathroom, kitchen and home cinema.
A gentleman 3 doors along has done a conversion already and its outstanding.
The current state
Currently the lower 2 floors haven't had anything done to them since I bought the house 4 years ago. There is a fair amount of water coming into the back room, all the walls are bare, but there is basic electrics and cold water running down there. From what evidence I've seen the previous owners grew a lot of illegal plants down there.
Background info
I'm a video and media designer from Yorkshire in my 20's, I'm on a very modest salary and I'm funding the whole project myself so I aim to carry out most of the work myself (which can be done legally) and with help from friends.
I'm very fortunate to have a lot of friends in different trades who have agreed to either do the work I need at 'mates rates' or for free.
The aim
I'm hoping to achieve this conversion on a very small budget and if I succeed in doing so I hope that this thread will showcase the project to help others in a similar situation.
Whats been done already
The back room where the 1st set of stairs are going to be was waist height in junk, rubble, bricks, wood, coal, dirt etc so me and a few good friends helped me fill a skip and clear the room.
I've spoken to planning and an architect and I just need to go through building regs and not planning for this project. The architect is coming round this week to measure up. Once we've finalised the plans and they've been approved I aim to install a damp proof membrane and sump pump to stop the water.
I don't want to ramble on too much so I'll post some pictures and videos so hopefully you'll get a better idea. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
David
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