Doing up Victorian property: to extend?

[Blackberrythief]

DH and I have always wanted a period property to do up but have never found anything in our price range until now! It would be a forever home and we would be using professionals but looking at this one, I don't see how would be best to extend? DH believes extending both sides of the house as it literally sits on the neighbours boundary (there is a hedge behind it!) But I feel this would look odd? A quick google doesn’t bring up any Victorian builds extended like this but I guess none would be on an unusual plot as this one? Said house is med05.expertagent.co.uk/in4glestates/%7B85477bdf-a4b5-4b3e-80f0-559e4b4d6d3f%7D/%7B88189abe-bf55-402e-8a74-e392baecb62d%7D/DSC02414-Copy.jpg Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

@cleopatrascorset Love the idea of huge windows! Definitely will add that to the list! I still have boxes and boxes of books for the library I'm hoping to build one day so that would be perfect!

It would make sense if it was Edwardian and hopefully being slightly more recent it will be relatively structurally sound.

Thank you for all the replies, some great ideas to mull over! Yes we will definitely be getting an architect in to help and bounce some ideas off of too

Not helpful. But I love it. You should definitely buy it!

It seems from the particulars that there is no gas supply. Another cost to factor in.

Yes, I would guess there is every chance the village doesn't have mains gas.