North is bottom of floor plan. Block is 15m wide, 30mm long. located south australia.

house is 5m from front boundary, approx 10m from back boundary.

thanks :)

distance from house to both side boundaries??

google earth shot showing the house, roof on site

1m boundry RHS (west), 4m LHS (east) which is the carport).

thanks for everyones questions so far!

Is your plan to knock down the current back verandah, carport and living area? The roof view is blurry but does indicate that these spaces aren’t worth (and you’ll struggle to find someone to do it) converting into habitable rooms. Do you have an approx budget?

If the carport is to the boundary, therefore the verandah is to the boundary. What are the side setbacks if you build a new room on the verandah?

Yes plan to lnock down vernadah, carport and back living area and start from scratch here.

We would still keep some verandah space (adjacent to bed1 on floorplan) so we can have soace for cars.

Have you checked your Council set back requirements? Even though the verandah goes to the fence, a room may need to be set back 1.5m which limits your building envelope.

What building materials have been used for the carport verandah etc extensions are they and the house on a concrete slab. What is your rough budget

good call w council - we havent yet.

Carport verandah etc nothing too solid/structural - definite will remove.

concrete underneath carport - assume not structural so will need to replace.

playing around w 150-200k

That budget won’t go far. You could chew that money just with plans demo and refurb of existing house

It’s absolutely crazy how expensive it is to renovate and improve.

bed 3 office is shown as a more substantial building and separate? any more photos to share

Good to know! just seeing options atm.

main house wont need anything done.

bed 3/office in a shed - prev owners just put some floorboards and walls up. definite knock down

Thanks everyone for all the comments. Great community

from an investment point of view i think it is poor economy to add a new living room on the back of the old house without moving the kitchen for better connection to the backyard so more questions...what are the walls, floor and roof of the family room and laundry built out? is there a change of floor levels between family room, laundry and the kitchen, how many steps down from family room to the backyard?

A quick sketch of my thoughts. Agree the kitchen needs to be moved to new living area at rear. Existing plumbing areas can be utilised for bathrooms and new kitchen location.

And more inspiration.

These both look crazy good - thanks all :)

And more inspiration

there are so many different options and my suggestion uses a central link with steps to connect the old and new roofs (reroofing the new bathroom, mudroom, powder room, old laundry/new pwdr with a low gable and different height ceilings) makes use of the old concrete slabs, retains access to the backyard, has a central courtyard to allow northern light into the new living area and has four bedrooms and two bathrooms

Considering the cost of demolishing and removing old buildings I would suggest something similar to the following, a local builder would cost it for you along with roof suggestions. cheers

Another idea, i did something similar for a client of mine. Good luck!

I like OKL's plan but loose the pwd room in middle of house and have the laundry enter off the central hallway. That way it is not off the kitchen which is far nicer and more hygienic and you do not need the third toilet. Too many to clean and enough to share anyway. Cheers Margot