Has anyone extended a bungalow?

[mklanch]

we are in the process of buying a bungalow. it currently have 2 double bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, utility room and bathroom. we would like to extend it to fit our family better.

our bungalow is set back from the road and is completely detached. with over 1 acre total.

we are just looking for ideas and costs really.
so if anyone has extended their bungalow can you give me an idea of what you did, how much you extended it by, costs, planning permission, if you used an architect etc

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I've seen some bungalows turned into houses

I've seen some bungalows extended at the back with open plan kitchen, doors open to the garden

Surely, it depends on your budget

We extended our 2 bed bungalow 12 years ago. Turned a rectangle into a T by adding a 2 storey extension that gave us a big kitchen diner and a second large living space downstairs, and two bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs (also converted the loft. We more than doubled the size and it cost us about £80k.

We added a second floor, doubling the size of the property.

I did a LOT of the work myself. Expect to pay £1500+ per m2 not including VAT on labour or kitchen or bathroom.

Whichever route you take I would urge you exceed the building regs for insulation massively. We are well enough insulated to have no heating in new upstairs except bathrooms.

Good luck!

I live in a bungalow which has been extended by previous owners, so am unaware of the costs.

However, just for the sake of ideas. It was originally a 2 bedroom.

The first extension was additional floor space to the kitchen plus a small utility room.

Later they added a 'sunroom' on the end of the living room. This is not a conservatory but rather a proper room with a real roof, it just has windows on all 4 walls. At this time they also built a detached single garage.

And finally a loft conversion with dormers added 2 bedrooms and an extra bathroom upstairs. The bedrooms both have sloping ceilings but are they are high enough that this isn't uncomfortable (although tricky with placing tall furniture in the smaller bedroom)

We have since taken down the wall between the kitchen and living room, also replaced the old sliding doors and a window with new bifolds to the garden. It's a lovely house really, we have loads of space for socialising and we use the sunroom as a playroom for our DS.

Floor plan attached from we we first bought it.

I'm looking to buy a bungalow and will probably extend the kitchen. I'm not looking to spend too much but my bf is an engineer and his mates will do it cheaper than an employed builder.

thank you for all your replies.
we are just having a look at our option at the minute. i like the fact everything is on one level, however i'm not apposed to having a dormer etc.

attached is the current floorplan
kitchen and dining room are at the front

How many bedrooms etc. Do you want?

@Paq

How many bedrooms etc. Do you want?

4 would be great! but my husband works from home and needs an office space too.

we were thinking of doing a large extension to the side (next to lounge and dining room) to make a large kitchen dining living space. then convert the old kitchen into a bedroom. do another extension at the other side, move the bathroom next to the store/utility area and create a master suite and another bedroom.
obviously i'm unsure of or budget or the cost of doing these things.it wouldnt have to be done all at once.

this was just my first idea though. im open to other options and to know what others did and how much it cost.

anymore ideas?

I'd say go on rightmove and do a search for bungalows and include the sstc filter and you will see what other people have done. Just a thought as been in the process of trying to buy a bungalow for 20 months or so and have seen all sorts of extensions in that time. I particularly like the ones that have kept to single storey (I mean it is necessity for me not sure if it is for yourself) and made a lovely open plan kitchen and living area with large windows with the pitched roof opened up (sorry don't know the technical term!). Looking on rightmove won't help with estimates but might give you a few ideas.

@LopsidedWombat

I'd say go on rightmove and do a search for bungalows and include the sstc filter and you will see what other people have done. Just a thought as been in the process of trying to buy a bungalow for 20 months or so and have seen all sorts of extensions in that time. I particularly like the ones that have kept to single storey (I mean it is necessity for me not sure if it is for yourself) and made a lovely open plan kitchen and living area with large windows with the pitched roof opened up (sorry don't know the technical term!). Looking on rightmove won't help with estimates but might give you a few ideas.

i have been doing this and have found some really great ideas. ive never extended before so have no clue about cost, planning permission etc. i also would like to know what would be the cheaper option for adding more bedrooms. tbh i would like to keep it 1 storey but if it will cost less to add a dormer etc that could be an idea.

With the amount of work you are considering I would definitely shell out for an architect to get an idea of workable options.

I'd also advise living in the house a full year before making and final plans. You get to know more about things like how the light works around it, how you live in it and what your biggest priorities are.

@Paq

With the amount of work you are considering I would definitely shell out for an architect to get an idea of workable options.

I'd also advise living in the house a full year before making and final plans. You get to know more about things like how the light works around it, how you live in it and what your biggest priorities are.

yes we are going to live there for at least a year before we make any plans. just so we know what we like and done like, which rooms are the brightest etc

Hi OP
We moved to a bungalow because our DD is disabled. We live in the South East.
We are extending to build a disability based bathroom and bedroom with small living space for DD and extending our kitchen and living room to make it open plan and modernisation throughout as it’s not been altered since it was built.
We are looking at about £100,000 before VAT.
Building prices are rocketing for certain materials and I’d definitely get an architect as there are so many things that need to be considered (ours cost £1,000).

@Blue4YOU

Hi OP We moved to a bungalow because our DD is disabled. We live in the South East. We are extending to build a disability based bathroom and bedroom with small living space for DD and extending our kitchen and living room to make it open plan and modernisation throughout as it’s not been altered since it was built. We are looking at about £100,000 before VAT. Building prices are rocketing for certain materials and I’d definitely get an architect as there are so many things that need to be considered (ours cost £1,000).

hi, thank you for your reply. its sounds about the same amount/size we would like to extend by. i wasn't sure how much an architect would cost as I've heard some charge 10-20k!! so i'm happy to hear yours has cost £1,000 i'm hoping by the time we are able to extend that material costs drop a little. i know they are sky high at the minute! i know for sure that we need to be able to add at least 1 good size bedroom.