Playroom/TV room

Autobotsarego

We want to build a playroom/tv room onto the back of our house for our young kids and are looking for help/advice.

Ideally this would be a separate room that we can pull the doors on - rather than going for an open plan kitchen extension which seems more common recently.

We've an L shaped kitchen diner with the wall down between. The kitchen runs out about 6/7 feet past the dining area. The dining area has a sliding door.

Our idea is to make that sliding door - internal glass doors and build on a playroom of approx 7 foot wide by 11 foot long with french doors and a large velux to keep light coming through to dining room table. Firstly is this a bit narrow?

From the kitchen extension to the boundary wall is about 8/8.5 foot but builder said we'll have to build inside that wall and by time we do room will be 7 foot wide (or tiny bit over).

Anyway we got a builder to quote and it came in at €12.5k incl vat. It includes;

Foundations, rising walls Floor slab with 100mm insulation
Block work
Roof to match existing with one velux 1140 x 1180
Grp finish to flat roof area
Plastering, Internal 72mm insulated board. Exterior to match existing
Ceiling 300mm fibre glass insulation
French doors Pvc
Plumbing one radiator
Electrics Pendant, 2 double sockets out side light and TV point
Internal joinery 1 pair of double doors, glass in painted frame
Laminated floor painted skirting
Painting extension only
Footpath to match existing
All builders waste removed


So my queries:

1. Above cost reasonable?

2. Other considerations? I understand we don't need planning permission but do we need;

a) an architect/structural engineer to sign off at end? (for future sale of house) cost?
b) or input throughout? again cost?

3. Any input/ideas into this generally before we go ahead. I think the room will be narrow but okay as it will be long.

Any way/tricks we can do anything else to keep light coming into dining room area?

kkelliher

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