I spent five years renovating my home, but now I'm planning to extend again — this is how I'm planning to turn our three bed semi into a five-bed home for life

Extension plans, tape measure and yellow hard hat laid out on a table.

When we first stood back and admired the results of the five years of hard work that had gone into the renovation and extension of our Edwardian cottage, I definitely didn't think that, seven years later, we'd be considering building an extension again.

Since we bought the house back in 2012, our needs have changed and, after fruitlessly house hunting for the past four years, we have come to the decision that we could add to and adapt what we already have.