So, this is my first post on my blog and I’ll explain the current situation. We are at the start of the emotional rollercoaster of moving house. We have an offer on ours and we have put in an offer on our dream home. I should be up in the loft dismantling my current layout but at the moment I just can’t motivate myself to do it. I’ve got as far as taking some pictures and videos of it as it is, to remember it and as a record of what I did for reference in building the new layout.
As it stands now I haven’t even seen the potential new home for my layout (we viewed the property but didn’t look up in the lofts). I have some ideas about how it may work but I have yet to confirm these in the flesh. Our new home has a single story extension to the side with an entrance hall, a large office/reception area, a utility room and a toilet/shower. Over the top of this, there appears to be a decent-sized gable roof so I’m hoping that there will be enough space up there to build my new layout. There are also several outbuildings around the property but converting these into suitable dry and clean spaces for a layout would be a lot more time and money (plus we have other ideas for these such as an annexe/holiday let and maybe a gym). Converting the loft in the same way I did my current one seems to be an easier and quicker way of getting started on the new layout. It would be very close to my office and wouldn’t interfere with the family’s use of the house like my setup here does (the ladder blocks the bathroom and the airing cupboard). As I say, I haven’t even been up the loft there yet so I have no idea if it is a practical proposition. I may need to set the layout at a lower level (like Everard Junction) in order to get the space I need.
The extension
Floorplan of extension with rough position of loft hatch
