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Extension- covered walkway

  • 04-06-2014 11:04am
    #1
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭


    Hi there,
    I have a friend who is looking to extend three bedrooms to the back of their house. In order to keep floor area down and remain exempt from planning, they are intending to build the three bedrooms each with an external door, but with a lightweight walkway covering over. Is there anything in the building regulations that would forbid this? See attached image as to what we are thinking.


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  • #2
    Oral Surgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    ruskin wrote: »
    Hi there,
    I have a friend who is looking to extend three bedrooms to the back of their house. In order to keep floor area down and remain exempt from planning, they are intending to build the three bedrooms each with an external door, but with a lightweight walkway covering over. Is there anything in the building regulations that would forbid this? See attached image as to what we are thinking.

    That is just terrible design. Is your friend planning on opening a motel??!!

    There are so many issues with this, heat, security, convenience.... What happens when you want to take a leak in the middle of the night?? Will you have solid exterior doors on all of these rooms with the security to match....

    Not sure about the regs on this but just because you can, doesn't mean you should....


  • #3
    Hale
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 42 ✭Hale


    I agree it looks like something fit for a site canteen


  • #4
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,171 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    ruskin wrote: »
    Hi there,
    I have a friend who is looking to extend three bedrooms to the back of their house. In order to keep floor area down and remain exempt from planning, they are intending to build the three bedrooms each with an external door, but with a lightweight walkway covering over. Is there anything in the building regulations that would forbid this? See attached image as to what we are thinking.

    its highly debatable that rooms accessed from the open air and not the dwelling actually constitutes an "extension" to the dwelling.....

    so regardless of size that design could easily require planning permission.

    oh, and totally agree with the above comments.. terrible design for bedrooms.


  • #5
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    What's the concern with applying for planning?


  • #6
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭ruskin


    I appreciate the input; I myself have great reservations about three bedrooms with no internal connecting hallway. I think he was going for the 'motel' kind of thing- they were to be student bedrooms.


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  • #7
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,171 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    ruskin wrote: »
    I appreciate the input; I myself have great reservations about three bedrooms with no internal connecting hallway. I think he was going for the 'motel' kind of thing- they were to be student bedrooms.

    For rent?


  • #8
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭ruskin


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    For rent?

    yea i think so


  • #9
    Oral Surgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    ruskin wrote: »
    yea i think so


    Sounds like a bedsit so and they are not allowed anymore.....


  • #10
    ruskin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 400 ✭✭ruskin


    Oral Surgeon wrote: »
    Sounds like a bedsit so and they are not allowed anymore.....

    How would they be deemed a bedsit?


  • #11
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,171 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    ruskin wrote: »
    yea i think so

    Well straight away they would require planning permission.

    And they would probably be refused as sub standard living accommodation.


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  • #12
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    There is no benefit in keeping this thread open. The OP claims his friend has proposed this design. The OP has been instructed that to build bedrooms in this manner would not be acceptable to planning, building control, building regulation or under rental legislation. We recommend the OP directs his friend to the above posts
    Thread closed
    OP PM the mods if you want to discuss
    Also see the forum charter, thanks


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