Staying at home requires the building to remain usable and safe. Discuss this for each stage rather than as a general promise.
Decide this before construction
Fix the kitchen layout and finished floor levels before ordering services and glazing. Plan the outdoor transition too, even when garden work will follow later.
Define essential facilities
List the toilet, water, cooking, heating and safe routes needed each day. Identify when facilities stop working and the temporary arrangements required.
A situation to test your plan against
Imagine extending the kitchen while keeping the dining table inside the original house. The addition should also bring useful light to that table. Include the existing room and the place where you read or work in the daytime.
What the drawing needs to explain
Draw one section through the kitchen, glazing and terrace. Include finished floor levels, the roof edge and shading position; separate supplier sketches do not fully show these relationships.
Questions for your own property
- Is safe access maintained?
- Which facilities are unavailable?
- Where are materials and waste kept?
Illustrative design situations, not evidence of completed work. Assess decisions against the actual property.