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Kitchen extension or loft conversion?

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Sallycinnamum · 16/01/2018 13:03

For the past nine months or so, we have been planning a small kitchen extension (3m x 3m) that will basically be an extra seating area and will look out onto our garden (we aren't moving the kitchen).

I was just about to contact an architect to draw up the plans when DH suggested we think about converting the loft into an office/spare bedroom instead.

To do this we would need to borrow a bit more money but it is still perfectly affordable as we have a relatively small mortgage. DS currently has the boxroom and the plan is that he will move into the loft when he's older (at least another 3 years).

DH is really against us borrowing money to do both the loft and kitchen as he feels we will be over extending ourselves but I'm in a total pickle as what we should extend first.

Both DH and I work from home four days a week between us and having an office instead of sitting at the kitchen table would be a massive bonus plus MIL stays fairly often and currently we give up our bed and camp out in the lounge.

So wise Mnetters, what would you do?

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HebeMumsnet · 17/01/2018 09:49

Sounds like you'd use the kitchen extension every day, but it is worth thinking about how much your kitchen area could be improved by the loft extension. As PPs have said, you'd get rid of all the work clutter from the kitchen so it might 'feel' more spacious anyway.

Also, get lots of loft companies round and pitch you ideas about what you could do up there. I live in a very average and ordinary semi but because of the shape of the roof we managed to get two double bedrooms and a bathroom up there. Has completely changed the rest of the house, and is so much nicer having people to stay now. If you could somehow squeeze in both an extra bedroom and a study, that might swing it for you? So have a small office AND a spare room/study up there. Then you could either hang onto the small office when DS moves up there or he could have it for school work when he's older and you have an office/spare room in his old room. Just a thought really, you never know what they might be able to fit in. But regardless, I'd go for the loft probably.

Also, I think the loft will be less invasive, if anything, than the kitchen extension. They do it all 'from outside' to begin with and then break through last minute. There was only a day or two when there was any dust or mess.

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