Where to start.... the existing bungalow has downstairs - sitting room, 2 bedrooms, study, bathroom, kitchen and dining room. There are stairs in the dining room going up to the first floor where there are 3 more bedrooms and a bathroom. So it is a substantial house already. It was built by Stephen's father and mother in the 1980s and was their family home.
However it does have a few issues eg. you have to go through the sitting room and then dining room to get upstairs. So one basic thing we need to address it the siting of the stairs, they need to be in the hall ideally. To get the space to do that we need to remove the study and the upstairs small bedroom - that creates a nice big hall and also gets the light into the corridors. Might still need a wee extension out the front.
Overall we want to try to get some benefit from solar gain - our new extension which will house a kitchen diner will be south facing so this will be the main living area - provided we can get planning permission. I am hoping that there will be little overshadowing to our new neighbour.
This is all probably very hard to imagine - need S to publish the existing floor plan!
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