Is 11ft at the side of the house enough for an extension?

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We have space at the side of the house which I dream of putting an extension on. Our fence angles out as it goes back, the front is the narrowest point at 11ft. Is that enough to put an extension on?

You probably need to allow at least 1m in formthe boundary so really you might gain a room only 6ft wide unless you knock through the adjacent (currently exterior)wall.

We are thinking of doing an extension which we have planning permission for and it will be 3.5 metres wide, not sure what that is in feet though! Think it's more than 11ft though....? There will be 25 cm between the wall and the neighbours boundary.

I think.

Thanks, I wondered how close to the boundary we would be able to go. It widens out to 15ft+ at the back. Would it be ridiculous to angle the extension out to follow it?

I think anything could be possible with an extension! Are you just dreaming just now or are you about to start the ball rolling? We bought our house with planning permission in place but I want to change it a bit so I'm currently investigating what's what- I ain't got a clue! Don't even know what £££ it will be. Got an architect coming for a free consulation next week yippeeeeeee

Just dreaming for now. Thinking of ttc again and DH is going to be working from home soon - space is suddenly looking tight.

Apparently a rough estimate is £1000 per square metre of internal floor space. But that must vary loads depending on what you want done and where you are etc.

How did you go about finding an architect?

I saw an ad for a free hours consulation with a local architect so they are coming next week and the guy who drew up the original plans is coming out next week too. I think the initial query stage is free (I hope!). We are in a similar position, just had baby #2 but ideally would like 3 DC's eventually and we live in a teeeeeeny house. Only have one small living room and kitchen diner downstairs (no space for entertaining never mind 4 people) and DH also works from home, his office is the breakfast bar (!) so not ideal.

I'm dreading what it will cost but we love where we are and would prob cost more to move to a bigger house. And TBH although the build will prob be a PITA it's v exciting and it will all be nice & new

Wouldn't be ridiculous to angle it at all, although obv. you'd end up with an angled room. Have a look on the Homebuilding & Renovating website for case studies - forget the URL but google will know, obv.

Couldn't you have a cupboard or a loo or a shower in the narrow end?

p.s. we chose architects by looking at a whole load of websites until we found people who did the sort of job that we were looking for in the sort of style that we wanted. Then I phoned the first one, planning to contact another two - and the first architects were lovely people and very well organised, so we stuck with them.

I'm dreading the cost too, but I've had a quick look at what we could afford if we moved and an extension would mean much more space for the same money. I hope your meetings go well next week.

edam - thanks for the Homebuilding & Renovating suggestion. It looks like a useful website.

GrendelsMum - I've had pen and paper out and had a quick scribble to try and fit in a toilet or cupboard or something. It could work - but probably won't find out until an actual architect comes round to give us ideas. I should probably stop worrying about it for now - it's a good year or so off at least!

Haven't read all the reples, but YES you do have enough. It's most likely you'll need to be 1m in from the boundary (3ft)

We are having a side extension, which will be about 6ft wide (3 ft from boundary) & 19 ft long. Hoping to have a fab kitchen/breakfast & utility/ downstairs loo in this additional space.

ilikeyoursleeves - how did the meetings with the architect go?