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Anonymous user 23 February 2024 - 2.43 PM
I have recently moved into a 3 bedroomed detached 1960's property and would like to make some external and internal changes, not having done any structual work before am in need of help. The front of the house is flat but the front porch, attached garage and downstairs wc extend out the front with a flat roof. Firstly we would like to extend the ground floor out to the level of the porch making the living room larger. We would also like to either convert the garage into a hall moving the stairs and the wc from the current side of the wall to the garage side of the wall making the lounge a square. At the end of the garage the house recedes by the width of the garage, we would like to do a double extension a door width short of the garage (access to outside) to make the kitchen bigger and also the single bedroom upstsairs into a small double. Failing this demolshing the garage and building a double storey extension leaving access at the side. This would make the upstairs bathroom, landing and bedroom bigger. We have various inside renovations as well, but, don't know whether to contact a builder first or to contact our local council for advise (as we don't know if we will need to move drains soil pipes etc.,) or to contact an architect first. Any advise would be helpful as we just seem to be going round in circles!!!! Thanks
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