Starting to plan our two storey rear extension. Going out 6m on ground floor for new open plan kitchen / dining room, and 4m on first floor. Existing bathroom will be turned into hallway leading to new master bedroom, and the smallest existing bedroom will become the new bathroom.
Those of you who’ve done two storey extensions - what do I need to know? Do you have any tips / advice that you’ve learnt from the experience? How long did the build take?
The rest of the house also needs a full refurb, rewire and replumb, so we’ll have to move out for a good portion of the work. Am I being naive to think that we could live in the house whilst the extension is going up, then vacate at the point it’s knocked through, at which point the rest of the house refurb can also be done? In my head, that would minimise the time we’d have to spend living elsewhere with our stuff in storage, but I know builds often don’t work out the way you think they will in the beginning.