We live in an Edwardian terrace in London.
It's a nice house, shabbier than we'd like but we have a 3 yo and cash is tight. the kind of place that could be stunning if we had more time and a large budget and no messy toys etc around!
But we desperately want to extend out into the garden. The ground floor feels/is small (top-heavy house iyswim) and we could really do with the extra space downstairs. Indeed we bought the house pretty much on the assumption that we WOULD extend and never intended not to.
But... life! We have had some unexpected expenditure and some freelancing of mine hasn't quite worked out, so our budget isn't really 'there' yet, and not likely to be for maybe 3-4 more years.
We were quoted a (very rough) 60k to extend (one storey, roughly 3 m into the garden). This for a 'proper' extension.
A friend has now suggested that we should look at something all-glass instead. In her mind, this would be cheaper (?) and - I trust her advice on the aesthetics as her own house is lovely) - would potentially look terrific.
I am not sure but would love some advice on eg where I could start looking to see what sorts of things might be viable. Pinterest? Magazines?
Also, any thoughts from anyone in the know about whether this WOULD in fact be cheaper...
The last thing I want is a 'conservatory' or some hideous lean-to !!!
I am starting from zero knowledge or experience (or much talent!) at all but IF it would be cheaper and IF it could, if done well, look terrific, I would seriously like to consider it.
It is north-facing so no matter what kind of extension we do, we want to make the absolute maximum use of natural light anyway. Which I think is why my friend suggested it.
Also if we extend it will leave our garden really pretty small (ok for us, but small) so I thinkk her thinking was that a glass extension might make it feel more outdoors-indoors...?
I really would love to hear thoughts from anyone who's done it or NOT done it for whatever reason!
Many many thanks.
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All-glass extension at back of terraced house - good idea or terrible?
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JessiCake · 21/02/2017 21:06
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