You won’t be able to add a basic room ie living for under $120k. Is that in your ballpark? Just to give the plan people on here the scope on whether to stick within the current floorplan or if you have the budget for an additional living.

Yes definitely budgeting to spend $ on an extension. Thanks for clarifying!

Love a mudroom link. This one’s in a great location for the carport and into the middle of the house.

Thanks so much for this oklouise! I like the idea of a standalone extension for staging renos - what sort of dimensions is that? Do you think it would be too awkward in terms of flow to have the extension off the old bed 4 instead to keep the extra bedroom closer to the bathroom?

@bigreader, yes having external access to the link looks good for unpacking groceries to the kitchen too!

the extensions is about 7m square plus the link so about 60sqm of new work plus renovations inside but there can be some variations within the same location but the placement of the link between original house and extension is very specific and the short answer to your question is NO!.... the attached plan shows that by using your idea the link will not reach the extension unless you swop the alfresco with the new family room and kitchen and then it's it's a long walk from the kitchen to answer the front door or use the bathroom (maybe you need a powder room in the extension?) and you would have to go inside the house or through the carport to be able to reach the backyard from the driveway and the old bed 4 isn't big enough to divide into a hallways plus separate bedroom/playroom sized room

Ah, I see what you mean - thank you for explaining!

I’m not sure if I need to start a new thread to ask some more questions on this floorplan?

I have been thinking about ways to keep more rear garden - so rather than a linked extension, maybe adding a master or bed and bathroom to rear and adding some open plan living to back of kitchen. Any further ideas very much appreciated!

this is much more complicated and expensive to build and do you plan to demolish the old garage and carport, what is the total width and length of the block and the distance from the existing house to the rear and both side and front boundaries and between the house and existing garage

Hard without knowledge of roof, slope, existing standard.

Thanks oklouise, that is good info for me. I didn’t realise it would cost more to build. I wasn’t planning on going as far back as the garage or demolishing at this stage.

doesn't cost anything but our time to test other ideas but we need more information as already requested and a Google Earth image of the roof of house and garage and some photos would help

I don’t have all the measurements yet. Google earth shows the roof but the garage is hidden by a large tree.

Thanks Kate, I had been playing around with some thought bubbles like that, wasn’t sure if 2.7 or what would be left of width if I added a hallway as sketched is a bit of the skinny side for a bedroom (teen kids so planning for queen beds).

2.9x4.6 incl wardrobe should work. 100 for stud wall 900 hall.

attempting to find the most economical renovation these suggestions include a new master suite that avoids space wasted with the extra hall needed for two extra bedrooms and bathroom, the enlarged family bathroom steals space off the original master bedroom but all the kids' bedrooms are still big enough for a queen sized bed plus biw...the new kitchen dining opens to the new deck, changes to the laundry allows for extra storage without the "exposed to the weather" western entry door and, keeping all existing windows saves money for now but double glazing and sliding glass doors for the dining room and shelter for the deck and a front porch could be added when funds allow ...

Thanks so much for this, oklouise - much appreciated. I was actually thinking something along those lines, but the worries bed2 would end up too narrow - it’s currently 3.9m wide. The other hallway in the house is 1050 wide - but maybe it doesn’t matter if they are different widths? Love the very practical family bathroom layout you have added to allow for multiple users!
I had also been thinking about using bed 3 space as hallway, bathroom, storage like in this sketch- sorry it’s so messy!!! I can see it’s a lot more changes though than your more streamlined suggestion…

Extending the existing roof beyond bedroom 2 only is much cheaper than your option.

Thanks Kate, that makes sense. Do you think it matters to have a narrow hallway there and wider ones elsewhere? It’s an older house with high ceilings if that makes a difference.

all my suggested rooms are based on available space and the halls are in different locations although it's quite common to have one hallway with several different widths along the length but, attempting to add a family room to the back of the house by removing an external wall, is not the best option as i expect that the single beam to support the opening will cost more than the new kitchen and where is the laundry and a deck or steps to connect to the garden.... using minimum sizes for your rooms there is now no access to the carport and the extension is about 45sqm... you need to make proper scale drawing with furniture to better understand your own plans...a rough sketch is fine as long as the dimensions are accurate but i think this is what you have drawn

..i suggest that you engage a builder to inspect your property and recommend options and restrictions for what you want to achieve

Thanks for your suggestions :)