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I can imagine.
We were talking about a loft conversion at some point.
Part of the reason is that we think(!) there's less thought than with an extension - which would require redesigning the kitchen and dining room which then knocks on to a whole load of other things.
At least the loft conceptually is "just":
- can we get planning for a gable
- work out the staircase solution (which in turn answers the question of beds / baths/ etc.)
- can we get planning for a gable
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Decision fatigue is one of the worst aspects of a big extension/renovation. (After the money part).
We've got the builders coming back (2 years after they finished) to assess re-doing the extension roof completely as it's leaking. Mrs-ru is having to leave the house as she can't even bear to see them again.
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roof was a big one. I know that seems like pretty fundamental but I honestly just couldn't motivate myself to care about what type of roof we got on the new mass by the end of the decision-making process. it was pretty complicated too trying to weigh aesthetics / life of the product / cost / sympathy of aspect to old mass etc by the time we got to the decision point, I was pretty happy to just go with one of the two/three that our architect suggested. I was so fatigued by trying to weight up all the pros and cons, just had to draw a line under it. happy enough with the end product now though, thankfully
there were other smaller things that I would ordinarily have 'agonised' over, had they been part of a smaller/one-room renovations (like radiators, or kitchen handles) that I ultimately just waved through too