What this work involves
Room layout, daylight, pipework and finishes are interconnected. Create a room schedule describing use, materials and connection points, and keep changes during construction controlled.
- Survey and investigations
- Demolition and retained elements
- New layout and structural changes
- Building services
- Complete finishing and handover
Use the following design considerations when coordinating this service with a wider project. Agree which parts apply to your request.
Consider whether the kitchen can remain accessible during the work.
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.
Which trade-off matters?
A wide garden opening takes away wall space for cupboards. Compare a fully glazed rear wall with a smaller opening and a targeted rooflight, looking at both from the same seat.
Compare the complete intervention
Compare the glazing, rooflight and terrace reinstatement together in the budget. If a cheaper door system requires a different floor build-up, include that consequence in the same comparison.
Cost factors for this service
A useful budget is divided by work package and room. Identify provisional sums for undecided products and explain how unforeseen conditions are handled.
Bring this to the discussion
Existing plans, room-by-room requirements, material preferences and temporary living arrangements.
Questions about the work
How is this different from a smaller renovation?
Much of the home is addressed at once. This usually requires closer coordination, more preparation and clearer arrangements for temporary accommodation.
The design situations here illustrate choices; they are not completed projects or a diagnosis of your property.