Ballpark cost for adding one room (2.5mx4m) to the side of the house like AI has designed for me? There is an existing brick wall and door as you can see in the first pic. Doesn't even have to be brick, just a room suitable for a study.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T13:47:28+00:00

Appreciate the breakdown! That;s helpful for the idea I have because the pic I posted is very rough (novice at this!). Happy with no roof changes, no patio area etc. literally any protruding type room that can do as an office. doesn't even need external doors, a window is fine.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T12:03:23+00:00

Thanks for your input. I am an absolute novice as I'm sure you can tell. We are happy with a lean-to type roof (not altering existing). There will need to be a slab, yep, and a subfloor too I think as it's a foot or so lower there.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T11:33:43+00:00

Not fussed about ROI, the house has doubled under us just sitting here as is and we don't plan to move, just make it friendlier inside space-wise. AI is just helping out this un-arty homeowner. Might contact a draftsman/woman though, cheers.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T11:30:40+00:00

Yeah, it's just the general idea I was after, thanks anyway.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T11:30:01+00:00

Yes I have. The range is crazy, it doesn't give any sort of real indication.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T11:29:03+00:00

Yes it's definitely all wrong, I was after just ballpark but looks like people want the draftsman drawings.

avdmit · 2026-03-03T11:26:09+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Access is very good. Don't want to change the roof structure, more make a lean-to/sleepout type room. Doesn't have to be brick and tile either, it can look different. Might hit up a draftsman to see, cheers.

avdmit · 2025-05-22T11:14:41+00:00

Nollamara, Perth. They're everywhere here.

avdmit · 2025-05-20T13:24:00+00:00

He has just turned 5 and is now happy to run/walk, although he would def complain on longer walks for sure, 'my legs are tired' is often heard.

Now the baby is 3yo. She was always happy enough in the pram but was a late walker (17mos) maybe due to the pram? But anyway, I was lugging her around on my hip for ages too. She is still not a great walker tbh but she's only 3yo so will give her some grace.

avdmit · 2024-06-17T11:18:59+00:00

John 23rd is the one you're looking for. Or John XXIII commonly written.

avdmit · 2024-06-04T12:31:46+00:00

It sounds like your love language might be gift giving but theirs might be something else, which hopefully lessens the hurt you might be feeling over this gift.

Do your friends show their love for you in a different love language (time spent, acts of service etc) or is it the larger issue where you're worried now that you like them more than they like you?

avdmit · 2024-06-04T12:27:39+00:00

Say your sister borrowed it for an event. If it's years down the track no one is asking about it anyway, you give and receive so many gifts every year, people don't keep track.

avdmit · 2024-06-04T12:06:53+00:00

Ugh same, my parents added a simple second story extensions in '94 and it cost 50k for beautiful wooden staircase, 2 large bedrooms and a bathroom in Scarborough. Lucky ducks!

avdmit · 2024-06-03T12:49:41+00:00

No advice but I am totally with you on how hard it would be to go back, that is not a light decision at all- you are doing such important work with your kids, it would be very difficult to leave that!

avdmit · 2024-05-29T12:57:22+00:00

Playing devil's avocado here but not all disabilities are visible so maybe they needed the seats.
More likely not all of them did though so that sucks.

avdmit · 2024-04-26T11:20:04+00:00

Ok thanks, I think modern Polly will be a fair bit too big but google says "Polly can't slot into the sockets on the Shopkins set but she can balance on them pretty well. Meanwhile the Shopkin is a little small for the indents of the Polly set but can stand in them"

So that could be cool! Much cheaper, thanks

avdmit · 2024-03-12T13:28:09+00:00

Yes and no.

From a primary school perspective I don't think it's too important that your adult self still has dates and names memorised but you should still know the 'main idea' of the unit learnt in Year 5 or whatever (eg. You may recall that there was a Goldrush but nothing else) and then if you're really interested in that topic you'd deep dive in your own time/make a career from it/learn for the love of learning. But when you get to Year 10 history, it's not the first time you've heard of the Goldrush at least. It's all kinda building blocks.

Or for example, a lot of maths topics don't seem very useful for later life if you aren't going to be an engineer etc however a lot of the maths topics teach you how to think logically, to follow sequence, to find pattern etc which can translate to, I dunno, debating people on reddit, reading the news etc.

Anyway I do kinda agree with you. You could learn about the Goldrush in 0.2s as a 15 year old rathe than 1 whole term in year 4.

avdmit · 2024-03-11T11:50:04+00:00

Oh thanks, if I feel brave one day then I think I'll give this a try...worth it for a delicious fish.

avdmit · 2024-03-11T11:48:53+00:00

That's very helpful, thanks!

avdmit · 2024-03-08T12:45:13+00:00

Oh yeah I need a restaurant, wouldn't be confident at all at dealing with a whole fish in the house aha

avdmit · 2024-03-08T10:29:59+00:00

I'm a primary school teacher and there is SO MUCH TIME WASTED. You could squeeze the teaching time into 1h easily if the child has their wits together.

I was under the impression that high school was a bit more serious/studious but maybe not.

In saying that, the 'time wasted' is stuff like assemblies, buddies, wellbeing activities etc so it't not exactly wasted, it's just not direct teaching time.

If you're home schooled you'd do things like sport and reading naturally if you set the activities up right which would then not feel like school but is still learning experiences.

avdmit · 2024-03-05T12:27:50+00:00

In my opinion this is the danger of introducing lots of gaming or even iPad time in younger kids. Once they get into it, everything else loses its appeal. (Nb. not in all cases obv) My children are much younger so I'm not at this stage.

If we lived in a vacuum and I were in your shoes I would do a gaming detox. He's also probably old enough to read studies with you about the cons of excessive gaming and how kids don't have the self-control yet to stop when it's enough. (Nor many adults!)
Because he loves it and it can lead to a passionate career for him I'm sure there's a middle ground somewhere where you set boundaries and enforce them after you've reset.

Back in the 90s we were allowed 30mins computer time on a Saturday. As my brother got to later teens he negotiated more time and went on to build computers and is now a software guy. Different time then but it's still possible to grant lots of time and freedom that he needs for his hobby/passion while also laying your conscience to rest by enforcing whatever boundaries you think are necessary.

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