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	We started off with a lot of ideas which we fairly quickly realised were a little too "Grand Designs" for our budget, and not really right for what we were trying to achieve. We were at risk of spending two thirds of the budget on building work, not leaving enough for the sustainable features. We decided to rethink the project and focus as much of the budget on the eco aspects and technology as possible, and decided to limit the total spend to around £125,000. This meant a rethink of how much we could alter the house, so we then concentrated on creating the best use of space within the existing footprint and elevations of the building. We worked with Dominic Manning of Manning Duffie Architects in Rye to achieve this. The main elements of the design are that the existing separate living/dining/kitchen rooms become an open plan space, the enclosed courtyard is roofed over to provide a linking area between rooms in the original house and newly created rooms in the annex and the existing porch will be replaced by a much larger porch/conservatory. A new vehicle acess will be created at the front of the property - existing access is from the lane at the rear. The resulting house will have about 180 sq m of living space, three bath/shower rooms and flexible space allowing up to 4 bedrooms and two separate living areas. In line with our desire to keep the project as local as possible, we are working with a long established Camber builder, Dave Robbins of Rysons Builders, and usually have on site three generations of the Robbins family - Dave, father Mick and son James. The images below show ground and first floor plans and views from a Sketchup 3d model of the proposals. Click the thumbnails for larger images.

ground floor plan	first floor plan	Sketchup view 1	Sketchup view 2	Sketchup view 3