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cheero horit
6 years agoMany thanks oklouise.
Really appreciate your helping hand here.
This is the original floorplan when we purchased the property. The "Family Room" is the weatherboard extension which I am planning to extend another meter to a meter and a half. It would just give me room and storage facility. Existing Kitchen is okay but small. No damage in the Laundry room but Wooden floor is a bit soft. I wouldn't use the old sink and gas stove as they are really old and planning to get new. Flatpac cupboard fro the new kitchen is all okay with me if that is what you are asking.My finance is ready now so please share your thoughts in relations to that. I have attached the 2 sets of photos for you and looking for your expert opinion,
cheero horit
6 years agooklouise
6 years agomost of your renovation needs professional tradesmen although you could start with painting and build flatpac wardrobes but my best advice is to forget about the extension and rearrange existing space: start by removing the wardrobes from bedrooms 3 and 4, repair the walls and install new flatpac wardrobes as shown, next, you'll need a carpenter to take out the wall between the kitchen and family room and rearrange the walls for the bathroom and laundry and a plumber and electrician to move the plumbing and power as well as a waterproofer although it is possible to DIY the tiling for the bathroom and laundry.. then you could build the new flatpac kitchen and, if there's any money left, finish the painting and new floors
later, as savings allow, you could add a big deck and consider extending the rear bedroom to create a new master bedroom with ensuite
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agohere's the extension to create an extra bathroom and better master bedroom or bedroom with ens for dad but the only change to the family room is to move the sliding door to allow better furniture spaces and more direct access to the new deck btw windows haven't been included in some places as they should be decided to suit the view and direction of sunlight
the floor area of all the living areas and bedrooms is about 105sq m (including the extra for the extension) and 15 sq m for the bathrooms and laundry so, allowing suitable amount for wastage, new timber floating flooring would need about 120sq m plus 15 sq m floor tiles and, depending on where you want to tile, walls could need about 20 sq m
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