How we extended and altered the building

This section discusses the various extensions and alterations that we made to the property. In 2004 coincident with the garden improvements we decided to do some updating in the main house. When we first built the house we opted not to build the sunlounge at the time but we had the base of the sunlounge constructed in anticipation of us completing it at a later date. The wait set us in good stead as the original plan for the sunlounge was to have a total glass roof. However our experience with the sun coming into the dining room through just the patio doors led us to change tack and have the sunlounge built with a tiled roof like the rest of the house.

You can see from the above 2 photos of the sunlounge base that the point at which the steps down were placed changed as the original idea from the builders would have conflicted with the rear door to the garage. So after nearly 15 years as a concrete adjunct to the dining room we commissioned the construction of a timber frame constructed sunlounge.

The central heating system had been designed in anticipation of the sunlounge being completed so it was just a case of drilling through the wall to where the tails had been left to set out the plumbing for new radiators. In the event we only connected one radiator leaving a set of tails under the sunlounge floor by the east window for an upgrade at a later date.

Note at this point the patio area slabs have yet to be extended further into the garden.