• Looking at buying this in Wanstead:

    https://www.stowbrothers.com/property/wanstead-park-avenue-wanstead-2/

    We would want to knock down / rebuild the lean-to kitchen, as pictured here, and build it up on the same footprint, but to the height of the property next door:

    We would move the kitchen into the morning room, and have sink, fridge, dish washer, washing maching tumble dryer, in the new extension.

    Any roughly indicative costs?

  • Costs would be enough to make you think twice about rebuilding something that’s kind of silly anyway.

    It will also limit your options to redo the ground floor later.

    Better to go big and fully extend the ground floor. Disruption will be greater and there will be more decisions that need to be made but you’ll end in the right place after all the effort.

    Or just leave the lean too as is until redoing the ground floor is practical.

  • I don't really want to do the full width extension off the back. I think it would destroy the charm, and robs light from the reception room and morning room.

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