by Kieran McCarthy | Jun 4, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Architectural Design, Design Advice, Project Management
This week in the Examiner, Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes provides advice on where to start with a home extension. Q. I would like to extend my kitchen… where do I start please? Do I start by getting an architect? Or a builder? Do I need planning? Please Help! Thank you...
by Kieran McCarthy | Jun 4, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Architectural Design, Design Advice
This week in the Examiner, Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes provides advice on steel beams as part of extensions. Q. At what point does steel become part of the project rather than just bricks and mortar? We are in the early stages of looking at an extension into our back...
by Kieran McCarthy | Jun 4, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Architectural Design, Design Advice
This week in the Examiner, Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes provides advice on converting a garage into a living space. Q. I would like your opinion on how best to go about converting my garage into a living space. It’s a single-block build with a slanting, corrugated...
by Kieran McCarthy | Jun 4, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Architectural Design, Design Advice
This week in the Examiner, Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes provides advice on the cost of swapping rooms in your house. Q. My parents live in a poorly designed 1980s dormer bungalow in the Bishopstown/Waterfall area of Cork. The kitchen/dining room is north facing while...
by Kieran McCarthy | Jun 4, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Architectural Design, Design Advice
This week in the Examiner, Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes provides advice on replacing an old wooden outside decking. Q. We are replacing an old patio. We previously had wooden decking laid but it didn’t weather well and we are hoping to install Mediterranean-style...
by Kieran McCarthy | Jun 4, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Architectural Design, Design Advice, New Home Seminars, Project Management, Site Surveys, Vlog
This week in the Examiner, Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes provides advice on where to locate your downstairs toilet in your home build. Q. I live in a three-bed semi-d in the suburbs. The house doesn’t have a downstairs toilet. Where is the best place to locate it? I...
