How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

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.

Ahhhh in that case maybe a window with a seat/cupboard below like...

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That is lush.

Yeah that is so, so nice.

Today’s report…

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Yeah, its one of my fave small projects and a real smart way to combine two rooms and bring in more light.
Full project here: https://www.eckfordchong.com/mid-century-kitchen-leigh-on-sea-interior-alteration

That's a cracking idea actually. Great example too. EC really do good stuff.

Yeah, worth noting the budget they list there is genuine, and they are all dead nice too.

Just been admiring this on their website. The clients must have been particularly brave to break the South Essex shiny-grey-carpet diktat.

That's an old friend of mine's place. He used to work at EC.

I believe the client was a fellow architect who ended up working for them!

Ha, beat me to it! Small world...

We're planning on doing something similar to the EC project window seat - our current kitchen window is just too high and we can't see the garden outside.
I wonder though if you can really sit on that? I'd worry about leaning on the glass and opening windows. We're thinking of retaining some wall above the bench to be able to lean on.

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Thats madness, was it once a door? Those bricks don't look like they match?

I think it was once a door and there has been a small extension to the rear at some stage.
The bricks don't match but at least they aren't crumbling to bits with blown mortar like most of the rest are!

Ahh thought as much, nah look tidy, shame it was converted into a small window!

So plumbers have put a new boiler in the loft, which has been quite a big job. I don't know much about plumbing but I think they may have done a slightly better job than the last guys.

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@J0nathan my 2ps worth on your L shaped loft.

I am actually in thr process of flogging my house but have an L shaped loft on mine. My very very strong advice is to get the juliet balcony for the main loft bedroom. It gets absolutely boiling up there in the summer, and imo it is only bearable I my loft when thr double doors are open.

My bro in law doesn't have double doors in his loft and in the summer they have to decamp to another bedroom its so hot.

Your house and your money but just my experience. Good luck with it!

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

Easy to say when it’s not your house!

True! But I can't fault your logic. Definitely food for thought - thanks

Thanks for the insight. Going to be quoted for a range of options so will keep in mind. Was leaning towards a window that goes floor to ceiling where the top half opens outward like a hatch. Do you think that would offer adequate airflow?

Any reason you wouldn’t put a Juliet in?

Kids messing about, plus the space - I think it might look a bit cramped.

We have a loft with a Juliet balcony. It helps with air flow but when it is hot outside it is still hot inside. With hindsight I wish we hadn't extended the central heating into the loft, we should have fitted an air source heat pump that also cools. Would be fairly easy to do that well when it was being built.

Interesting. Ours faces north so it’s not been too bad. Had the air conditioner thingy on at night for a couple of weeks this year but nothing as bad as the top floor flat we lived in previously.