What flooring to use for extension?
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Comments (15)I think balconies off bedrooms are a luxury. If you can afford them, great, go for it. If not- invest elsewhere, where something will get more use. Where we live the council are stopping all balconies due to privacy-loss from over-looking, lots of people now doing the juliet balcony/window as suggested above. I think they are awesome for living areas. Again a luxury for a bedroom. I imagine it is not a cheap build option either with glazed balustrade and waterproofing the inside of the room? I work with teenagers. Their idea of decompressing now involves many hours holed-up in a cave (dark bedroom) and on a device!....fresh air and sunlight pfft- what's that!?!...See MoreFloorplan layout advice for ground floor extension
Comments (34)Hi everyone, thanks for all your contributions. Siriuskey, really love that floorplan. To be honest, we came up with a similar floorplan where the kitchen, dining and living were all lined up. However, with 10m in length, my partner and I couldn't see it all comfortably fitting without us feeling too cramped. What measurements did you leave between kitchen bench and island, dining and living area? Our current living area is only 4m x 4m and we already feel that it's a bit cramped, let alone our plans to have kids in the near future where we are hoping to use parts of the living area as the play area (either in front or beside). Using your floorplan idea, I've come up with a slight alternative. The kitchen/dining area is approx. 7m long and living is 9m long - saving us approx. 2m x 10m of internal space when compared to our original final. I've moved the bank of pantry cupboards so they extend along the west boundary where the dining is. Gives us a living area of about 5x 6.5m with the proposed smaller study. I like that the kitchen is now closer to the deck with the north sun coming in. I don't like that we lose a WIP as we love the idea of hiding all our appliances in one. Not sure how much this floorplan will save us in build cost. If it is significant enough, we would be willing to compromise. I've sent the floorplans to a couple of builders to try and get a ballpark figure. In the mean time, what do you guys think of the alternative floorplan? Will it make a big difference to our building cost?...See MoreFlooring in extension, to go with Baltic pine.
Comments (6)Have you considered sanding the old baltic pine back to their natural colour? They come up beautifully. They're quite light and the old boards have a lovely patina, especially when finished with a natural water based finish such as Loba or Bona. That way you have more options to match in the newer part of the house. Worth googling Baltic Pine bona matte. We just had our old cypress floors finished this way and they look lovely :0)...See MoreUpstairs floor plan - house extension
Comments (7)One quick suggestion would be to reduce the size of the bathroom by using a shower bath, OK for kids and introducing a study with a window to suit the western aspect which could add good extra ventilation and natural light. This will make the bedrooms different sizes, but I think the kids would enjoy their new study sitting area...See MoreChristina
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