We're in a 1970's 3 bed semi with a garage attached on the side and have DS 10, DS 7 and DD 1. Downstairs we have living room/dining room separated by sliding doors, hall, kitchen and conservatory.
We're going to extend and we intend to build over the garage to create a 4th bedrooom so that each of the DC's can have their own room. There is a potential for an ensuite upstairs and a downstairs loo too. DH thinks this is quite extravagant and while he agrees on a downstairs loo is not so keen on an ensuite. I feel that as in years to come we'll have 5 adults in the house a second shower would be very beneficial.
We're also hoping to extend the garage downstairs and knock through to make a larger kitchen. We could do this without affecting the size of the garage however as we only use the garage for storage we could take the back half of the garage as an addition to the kitchen as a sort of nook where we could have a TV and seating for the DC's as they get older, as space for them and their friends to hang out. It wouldn't be a separate room as we would need the natural light from the kitchen, more of a nook off the kitchen.
My question to those of you with teens and/or property experience is would this be worth doing? Do you find your teens spend time with their friends in their own bedrooms or in a separate living room? I'm conscious that when the DS's are mid/late teens DD will only be 8/9 so am concerned about her being disturbed in the evenings with the boys and friends upstairs too.
We already have a conservatory which we use as a playroom with toys and tv/xbox so they do have a separate space at the moment but it is expensive to heat and especially cold at night.
Would the kitchen 'nook' get much use do you think and would it become a wasted space once the DC's are grown? Thanks for any advice.
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Extension - how best to plan for teens
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DilysMoon · 19/02/2016 23:11
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