kenshingintoki
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How important is Garden size to you all?
I'm planning an extension in my mind on a prospective property. The Architect advised keeping the garden looking big, so not extending too far out. So maybe a 5M extension or so.
I spoke to my sister however who brought up a good point of going for a 7M extension. She said the garden might be slightly smaller but those 2 metres indoors will matter a lot more to giving space, The extra 2M might've ended up being an outbuilding at the bottom of the garden which isn't very pretty to look at, and it'll add more value to the house. She also brought up some good points being the weather always sucks in the UK so how long and when can you realistically use your garden and that the garden is already fairly wide anyway so losing a bit of length isn't the worst thing in the world (its not that wide, its about 16M-17M wide).
She also hit me with the last line which is 'I doubt you'll ever think to yourself I wish I didn't go a metre further but I guarantee you will wish indoors you could have done a lot more with the meter'.
Any advise or thoughts on the matter? Has anyone done a similar route of going that little bit more.
A few things the architect suggested I just didn't... agree with. For example, I like traditional timeless decor and he reccomended as a 'no-brainer' massive bifolds. I like modern design philosophy but that just wasn't my style. Similarly he advised a 'lantern roof' in the middle of the extension which again, just didn't seem that appealing compared to some form of cathedral style windowing at the top with some beams.
So just wanted to check on other people's tastes!
I'm sure the planning permission will tell me to do one anyway with this pretty... creative extension but we'll see as every other house in the area seems to have gotten away with doing one (albiet I'm wanting to go a couple of metres farther out than them ground floor).
I'm planning an extension in my mind on a prospective property. The Architect advised keeping the garden looking big, so not extending too far out. So maybe a 5M extension or so.
I spoke to my sister however who brought up a good point of going for a 7M extension. She said the garden might be slightly smaller but those 2 metres indoors will matter a lot more to giving space, The extra 2M might've ended up being an outbuilding at the bottom of the garden which isn't very pretty to look at, and it'll add more value to the house. She also brought up some good points being the weather always sucks in the UK so how long and when can you realistically use your garden and that the garden is already fairly wide anyway so losing a bit of length isn't the worst thing in the world (its not that wide, its about 16M-17M wide).
She also hit me with the last line which is 'I doubt you'll ever think to yourself I wish I didn't go a metre further but I guarantee you will wish indoors you could have done a lot more with the meter'.
Any advise or thoughts on the matter? Has anyone done a similar route of going that little bit more.
A few things the architect suggested I just didn't... agree with. For example, I like traditional timeless decor and he reccomended as a 'no-brainer' massive bifolds. I like modern design philosophy but that just wasn't my style. Similarly he advised a 'lantern roof' in the middle of the extension which again, just didn't seem that appealing compared to some form of cathedral style windowing at the top with some beams.
So just wanted to check on other people's tastes!
I'm sure the planning permission will tell me to do one anyway with this pretty... creative extension but we'll see as every other house in the area seems to have gotten away with doing one (albiet I'm wanting to go a couple of metres farther out than them ground floor).