{"id":4051,"date":"2020-01-10T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildteam.com\/blog\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2022-04-28T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T09:39:11","slug":"new-year-new-decade-new-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buildteam.com\/blog\/new-year-new-decade-new-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Decade, New Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the start of the New Year it may be time to start\nthinking about the possibility of extending your home to gain more space and\nimprove your quality of life. There are many different reasons to extend your\nhome, a growing family, improve the flow around your home or the desire to reconfigure\nyour living spaces. Below are just a few of the reasons and ways in which you\ncan improve and extended your home this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adding More Space <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the most common reasons for an extension is to gain\nmore space, but whether it be a 5 or 55 square meter addition, adding more\nspace is always beneficial. Most Victoria era terrace properties have an\noutrigger housing the kitchen space with windows down the side return, these\nside returns are usually wasted, unused space which can be built into to widen\nyour kitchen. If your home doesn\u2019t have a side return you may still be able to extend\nto the rear adding valuable living space and allowing you to open up the back\noff your property to make better use of the garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you can extend to the rear as you have a small garden, or\nyou live on the top floor of a house that has been converted into flats, then\nyou can consider the possibility of extending upwards. Loft spaces are usually\njust underused storage areas, but through a conversion you can add an\nadditional floor to your home while still maintain some well-designed eaves\nstorage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greater Amounts of Natural Light<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When extending your home its important think about natural light and ventilation of the spaces, terrace housing is notoriously dark so you are going to want to improve that with any possible extension. Opening up the rear of the property with full width doors or a trio of skylights across the side return means the extension will be flooded with natural light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All glass roofs, although more expensive, will draw in even\nmore light and create a beautiful architectural feature that will give your\nhome a real wow factor. You can also look at installing an inflected skylight\nto the part of the new extension roof that meets the rear reception room, this\nwill mean that light can be inflected back into the heart of the property too \u2013\nfinally bouncing that much needed natural light right into the centre of the\nhome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Improved Layout and Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Redesigning the existing space and adding more square meters\ngives you the opportunity to also improve the flow and layout of you home to make\nit more functional for everyday family life. Our home life has changed over the\nlast 100yrs, when many of London s homes where build, and so the layout of our homes\nneeds updating too. Adding a second entrance into the rear reception room from\nthe kitchen, for example, is a common way of allowing the flow of the home to\nbe improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layout problems are even more common when a property has\nbeen carved up into flats, a lot of flat conversion retain the front reception\nroom as the living space, with the kitchen at the rear which is not practical\nfor modern open plan living. Often we also find the main bathroom is off the\nkitchen which means the early morning journey to the bathroom from bed is a\ncold one. By extending the kitchen space and relocating the bathroom into the main\npart of the property you can create a more spacious open plan living area which\nopen up to the garden space and often even create an additional bedroom too –\nallowing the flat to grow with your family rather than needing to move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creation of Additional Rooms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re looking to create an additional bedroom, bathroom\nor home office then the loft can be a great place to add more space. A loft\nspace of at least 2.4m or more from the floor to the ridge beam means that you\nhave the headspace to create at least one room. Subject to planning you maybe\nbe able to create a large \u2018L\u2019-shaped extension that can add up to 2 bedrooms and\na bathroom, creating a whole new floor to your property and adding value to\nyour home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whatever the reasons there any multiple places that you can\nextended you home, be that to the rear facade, along the side return and up\ninto the loft space. Give our team a call on 0207 495 6561 or email hello@buildteam.com<\/a>\nto find out more about our services and what our team of talented Architectural\nDesigners can do for you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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