How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Not an issue at all, many others have extended out too.

Now franticly googling side returns, would be game changing for our house, the back end is very Victorian and disjointed from the garden

Have a look at your street on Google maps. Satellite view will quickly show up those on the road that have it, then you can probably find any planning applications on (quickly stalks...) Lewisham planning portal

Impressive work - might end up doing this so great to know it’s possible.

The roof pitch in the side return is dictated by the right to light of the adjacent properties windows. Hence why you’ll rarely get flat roofs on side returns. I don’t think it makes a lot of sense in that specific scenario, but it’s a case of a planning guideline being designed for one scenario and having to be applied to all.

Most relevant things to look at are the permitted development guideline. pdf.- to decide if you need full planning - if so - the local council's SPG (residential design guide).is next. Different councils have different rules for boundary wall height. some as low as 2.6m. "Rights to light" is separate to planning legislation - its civil law i think. The borough will have a standard for what's acceptable on a side return they are considering loss of outlook, privacy, amenity - generally for habitable rooms only.

maybe....

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I’ve excepted I’ll prob need a macerator despite one guy saying he. An just drill through the beams (sounds a bit sketchy but they were recommended by @Fox).
Also prob going to have to settle on the basic cladding too, going to get a “LLL” neon for above the bed and be done with it.

Thinking this now.

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Where are you going to keep your clothes?
What does transom front mean? Do you mean a mansard?

Make up station!!!

Yeah totally, always get those two mixed up for some reason.
Clothes would be in the storage in the other room. Does anyone manage to fit wardrobes in lofts? Our neighbours haven’t.

I suggest for two people, that's not enough wardrobe space. Or perhaps I own an abnormal amount of clothes. Obvious place for more full height storage would be the 'makeup station' and move that nearer a window.

Hmmmm…. That also sounds good.

The problem with this is if you raise the floor in the extension over the outrigger there won't be enough ceiling height!

(sounds a bit sketchy but they were recommended by @Fox)

Is this the Enfield plumbers?

Nah Dream Loft guys, liked him but unsure about messing with structural beams.

U still gonna use Alex? I've still yet to apply for planning as the architect is fking me about which is annoying.

Under bed storage with auer boxes (a la @dbr) works great I have every day clothes in these 3 x boxes

Fwiw I had a saniflow in my last house and in the 5 years it was there never had a problem with it. The key is drilling into the doris not to chuck make up wipes down it and to use saniflow toilet cleaner once a month to descale it. No problem with it blocking up or smelling. It only went off every other flush.

Yeah, I trust him.

Our cat went through a phase of sleeping in mine, had to have a sacrificial sweater at the top of the pile

auer boxes

Plastic crates or something more specific? Doesn't random crap fall into them if they don't have lids? I have under-bed boxes with lids and the lids collect a lot of dust and stuff.

I also have at least as much hanging space as cb116 is showing just for me. And some other big bags of out of season stuff (gets swapped round summer/winter) or things that need repairing. I think perhaps I do have an abnormal amount of clothing...

Under the bed boxes are good for storing winter clothes when it's summer etc. Not so great for anything else. They are uncomfortable to use. Clothes in them get neglected because who wants to get down on their knees for a t-shirt? Maybe good for shoes?

Also, you do find cats in them, yes.

Now that I don't wear suits and shirts my day to day clothes storage doesn't take up much space. I think wardrobes in lofts tend to emphasise the low ceiling.