Move into w house few months back, and have been thinking about replacing the kitchen, however, it is rather small... and someone suggested we covert our conservatory, which, as we dont use it, it is wasted space, and this seems like a great idea! The conservatory does have a rad in it, so does this then actually make it a habitable space rather than a conservatory!
We have had a builder round, and are awaiting a quote, and we discussed most of the things that will need doing. Its a 3 sided lean to dwarf walled conservatory (wall is double skin about 1m high), and approx. 3.2m deep and 3.5m wide. It is at the rear of our property beyond the dining room. The current kitchen is next to the dining room and does extend perhaps 1.8m alongside the conservatory. This then leaves a space of approx. 2.2m wide and 1.5m in front of the kitchen which we could extend the conservatory to, so it then goes across the full width of the house.
The first thing that was mentioned was going to a solid roof, the need for steels, pillars and bricking up one of the side walls of the cons. Leaving tehr front glazed, with corner pillars, and we would open up the other side leading into the small extension which would be a utility space.
This then led onto the foundations, which would require some investigation, as if not 1m would need to be, or underpinned...
Are their any option we can consider (other than diy'ing, as this is well beyond my means and the missus would never let me do anything building wise!), such as a lighter weight roof, which may negate the need to do any further works to the foundations?
Im not looking to cut corners, just want to look at all options and materials that may be available to make the project more cost effective.
Ive read a general rule of thumb for costing an extension is around £1200 per sqm, So as the size of the new room would be approx. 16sqm, then £20k should just about cover it. Im also hoping that because we are converting one structure into another rather than building from scratch, some of the groundwork may already have been done. Or, because of the type of conversion, we may as well look at as a completely new build?
Would appreciate any advice...
Cheers
We have had a builder round, and are awaiting a quote, and we discussed most of the things that will need doing. Its a 3 sided lean to dwarf walled conservatory (wall is double skin about 1m high), and approx. 3.2m deep and 3.5m wide. It is at the rear of our property beyond the dining room. The current kitchen is next to the dining room and does extend perhaps 1.8m alongside the conservatory. This then leaves a space of approx. 2.2m wide and 1.5m in front of the kitchen which we could extend the conservatory to, so it then goes across the full width of the house.
The first thing that was mentioned was going to a solid roof, the need for steels, pillars and bricking up one of the side walls of the cons. Leaving tehr front glazed, with corner pillars, and we would open up the other side leading into the small extension which would be a utility space.
This then led onto the foundations, which would require some investigation, as if not 1m would need to be, or underpinned...
Are their any option we can consider (other than diy'ing, as this is well beyond my means and the missus would never let me do anything building wise!), such as a lighter weight roof, which may negate the need to do any further works to the foundations?
Im not looking to cut corners, just want to look at all options and materials that may be available to make the project more cost effective.
Ive read a general rule of thumb for costing an extension is around £1200 per sqm, So as the size of the new room would be approx. 16sqm, then £20k should just about cover it. Im also hoping that because we are converting one structure into another rather than building from scratch, some of the groundwork may already have been done. Or, because of the type of conversion, we may as well look at as a completely new build?
Would appreciate any advice...
Cheers
