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I can't imagine an obscured glass window in a living/dining space not looking crap
Maybe a long thin, high strip - although I imagine that would be expensive to achieve.
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I think that other room in the middle of the house just doesn’t sit right. Maybe we work from home forever but probably not or it could be a snug but reckon that space is better served than a box in the middle of the house.
Appreciate the budget point but getting the bones of the building right seems the best use of money - you can improve the rest over time
J0nathan
Tenderloin
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That was quick. Useful stuff - thanks all
@Tenderloin - I think your suggestion is as close to objectively the right answer as we can get, but with a budget closer to 40k than 60k+ I'm not sure we could do it justice. Got a decent sized garden but it moves in the same direction as the wonky outer all so cuts off any extension past the existing rear wall on that side of the house at a funny angle.
@J0nathan - the exterior wall in the second reception is also the boundary to the property, we're not overlooked on that side (grounds of a small block of flats) so I don't quite know where we'd stand on permissions there but I imagine it would have to be obscured glass if allowed at all. I only thought to include it in the one version because I can't imagine an obscured glass window in a living/dining space not looking crap. To be honest I can't find an example of it in a kitchen either. Knocking through front two rooms is possible though and would certainly help with light.
@chrisbmx116 - existing end wall of the kitchen is only about 2.1m high due to a sloping roof so a door there would be an uncomfortable squeeze. Part of the getting-light-in plan would be rooflights on both side at the rear - north-east facing so no worries about overheating.
Part of the puzzle I can't fit together is figuring out what the current 'other' space would be useful for if the dining area stays where it is now. Could stick a desk there but some level of separation between home working space and other living spaces would be nice (ie not essentially in a dark corner of the kitchen or living room). Especially as I have an ugly non-negotiatable standing desk!