How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

If it makes you feel any better the loft conversion chap I use cant even spell ceiling correctly and I suspect he probably earns double what I earn as an in house lawyer with 15 years pqe.

And he’s like a mental toddler.

, 😂

Pics of the Marm’ or gtfo

…put as much insulation in as you can afford. It’s not that expensive in the scheme of things, and makes the space feel so much nicer all year round.

Don’t skimp on glazing; shit windows leech heat and look gash.

Self-finished materials are often much cheaper and look nicer then expensive trendy ones: raw plaster, cheap ply flooring etc

Study planning law and figure out what you can get away with under PD

Don’t chuck acres of glass in willy-nilly, especially if south-facing; overheating is very difficult to prevent if you’ve ended up with too much solar gain. Think about how the sun moves during the hottest months.

But that basically has dirt on it already so you don't have to clean all the time??
It's really nice I think.

This is true. The flecks make it tolerate dirt better.

You can sort of see it here. Bonus wheel content.

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What's the tl;Dr for those of us to lazy to read?

What value houses we talking here? Its at the stage where I dont see how your getting that money back.

We do work for a loft conversion guy too and he's a numpty that loves the IRA and all thing republican. Mental case

But stacked!

Late to this but we made a bath panel from perspex because we wanted something colourful that wouldn't go mouldy. Cost us about 60 quid.

Things I wished I’d known or done differently;
Don’t try to tie small bits of old wall into the new bits. Just knock them down and start again. It’s cheaper and will look better.
Don’t build big just because you can. A smaller well thought out space is nicer than a large what’s that for space. If you can’t immediately say what that bit is for, you don’t need it.
Don’t leave the kitchen/bathroom/boiler or whatever where they are just because that’s where they are. Plan the space from the ground up. I wish we’d moved the kitchen and bathroom to the centre of our old end terrace and not left them at the rear.
Remember to leave some money for landscaping.
Oh and you don’t need an architect to take a few walls out and put a box on the back of your house.

Nice, any chance of wider shots?

We’re considering this exact colour for our kitchen…

About a million give or take at the moment.

Its end value extended and done might well be 1.3ish, maybe a smidge more, but theyd be in for over 1.4 at that point.

Perhaps some people arent bothered by that sort of stuff and they want what they want.

Not a great photo, but the best I can find. Makes it look greyer than it is, due to the low light.

You are welcome to come and see it if you want to get a proper view.

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That is a stunning kitchen.

Marmoleum content

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Did you do that kitchen as well about the same time as ours? Design convergence that they chose the exact same forbo.

Thanks. I feel self conscious about the ratty chairs in that photo, but they have been recovered since then.

Any one know of anywhere south London to look at radiators, rock and roll I know . My go to is to just phone up and order things , but could do with seeing these , and showrooms are not showing for me , anywhere near.

Nah I just did the chair. Was a nice kitchen, good little walled garden vibe out the back door too

Just spotted and remember the reclaimed wood cladding they stuck all over the stairs 🤮

Absolutely love. Including “ratty” chairs.

One for t-v

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Kind of like mine

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