bought a 20X60 single storey corner, would like to share my renovation experience with forumer.


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a cup of coffee for those who pinpoint the location. except zheilwane cause already went to his shop to quote a few accessories.
planning to extend the house into 30X60.

This post has been edited by orientaliew: Jul 8 2011, 12:54 PM

to extend 10feet width, take care few important point:

- new footing needed, must tie together with existing to avoid sink
- ask for new roof shape design how to connect to existing
- u may need to upgrade electric supply from 63A to 100A (1-phase) ?

noted.

Large area. Very nice to renovate!

not very big, only arround 3000sf, but enough for a place called home.

Haha i mean your corner land area =P

I not too sure how your design looks, but I guess you need to replace the entire roof covering if both your new area and existing area is stick together..

agreed. But he must appoint proper roof specialist to do the roof shape.... put more effort when construct roof also when they build

yes, draftman is still working on the roof. will re-use the old roof. 2 RC footing will be added.

try to use modern design for your roof and if can use hidden gutter since you are doing it.

2 Footing for 10 x 60" renovation? Are you sure?

I think you can't re-using the old roof if you intend to stick your new design and old house...

as far as i know, the 2 footing is for the 10X40 expansion. there will be another 2 footing for the enlarge car porch.
why cannot re-use the old roof?

looks like a peaceful area with forest just behind. I like!

well I not too sure how is your design look like and the loading required... anyhow i'm abit skeptical with 2 footing for this kind of renovation...

your slope area is the area u intend to renovate right? how are you going to salvage your old roof since your are renovating that area...

you need to remove all the slope area and then extend it accordingly...

Dont know if it is obvious, but before doing the footing, make sure it is aligned to existing beam/column u intend to tie.... dont rely on those draftsman drawings...

Single story can do 1 1/2 story, worth considering.

agreed!

thanks for all the great ideas n suggestions.

below r the 2 options i have

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Added on July 13, 2011, 4:29 pmcomment are most welcomed.

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is this all the drawings you have?

Any indication/demarcation of the existing building?

this is the existing layout


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and this is the proposed layout


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please comment.
as you can see, because the land is not "square", have to leave 10 feet land at the side, so the maximum i can expend is arround 10 feet at the back.

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Added on July 14, 2011, 8:58 pmwhat do u mean by new design? any picture? i plan to use the old roof tiles mixing with new tiles for budget and also environment.

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Added on July 14, 2011, 9:00 pmits a abandoned rubber estate.

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Added on July 14, 2011, 9:06 pmthis is also my initial idea, but due to budget.......this house is not within Klang Valley, additional investment may not improve the value of the house......

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Added on July 21, 2011, 6:05 pmmore or less settled with the option B roof design, now waiting the approval n also 2nd quotation from 3 selected contractor.

This post has been edited by orientaliew: Jul 21 2011, 06:05 PM

Single storey reno.. You have so much land space to play with
Good luck ....
Remember Pest Control .. in your case seems that you really need to consider this matter seriously

you mean termites?

Yes. Termites
I see many trees behind your house...
Must do preventive and if needed curative method to protect against termite

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Jul 22 2011, 03:27 PM

i dislike the idea of injecting poison into the ground where i m going to live, n i m planning to plant some herbs beside the house.
baiting system is too expensive....still thinking.....

somehow from the proposed layout that you provided your

wet kitchen doesn't seem right, location wise...

better put the wet kitchen to bedroom2
and resize the wet kitchen to be your bedroom2

my opinion la...

you got your point.

maybe you can do it like this

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Added on July 24, 2012, 5:12 pmafter paying 10k deposit, work starts, 1st the footings.

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