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Q26: Hi Andrew,
I have recently started watching your show and not only have I been entertained, but I have received valuable advice.
I have a question regarding a dining room extension that my husband and I would like to do and whether or not it would increase the value of our home. We live in a 3 bedroom bungalow in Sydney's inner south. We have renovated the home, but we have one problem- the kitchen and dining is in one room & it's very small. So much so that that our 6 seater dining table is pushed against the wall to fit & guests can't sit 'around the table.' We considered knocking down the wall of the 3rd bedroom to create a larger kitchen dining area however we are reluctant to lose the bedroom as it is currently our home/office (we use all 3 bedrooms). So we have been thinking about creating an extension at the back of the house (off the kitchen) using glass walls- almost like a sunroom. The kitchen is new so we can't knock down walls to extend from the inside, but to create some kind of flow from the kitchen to the sunroom/dining we were thinking of knocking out the window of the kitchen so there is an opening and visual accessibility between the rooms. Unfortunately, the extension can't be accessed through the kitchen- we would need to walk through the ver small back hall where the back door is currently. Anyway, I was just wondering if you think such an extension is economically viable. How important are good dining areas when trying to sell homes??
If my description of our possible dining extension is not clear I can post some photos which might make it clearer.
Thanks for your time
Yad

Yad , NSW 6/26/2008 1:08:41 PM

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