I’m looking for a solution to a framing conundrum I am facing. The house that I am renovating had severe damage to the kitchen (See 1st picture). The footprint of the kitchen extends out past the rest of the house as seen in the attached picture. I believe it was originally a sunroom that was later converted into a kitchen. A tree fell on it years ago and it was left to sit there and just rot. I have to tear it down to the foundation walls and rebuild it right back up. The house sits on ~4’ tall foundation walls & piers. I also need to extend the square footage of the kitchen since it’s too small as currently laid out. But per the city’s arcane rules, moving the foundation walls is out of the question because it’s a historic structure. I have been granted approval; however, to cantilever the framing and extend the footprint of the floor out to the extent permitted by engineering & framing codes. The current layout is 18’ L x 10’ W. I’ve been told that you can extend 25% of the length of the span past the foundation walls, so I would like to go out to 22’L x 12’ W. I would then use either brick curtain walls or landscaping to hide the overhang and call it a day. It’s important to note that the areas that would be essentially “floating” would be where a strip of cabinets would sit on and maybe 1 appliance. People wouldn’t really be walking over the area much. I’ll include a picture of the layout in a computer program I’m using to design everything so that you can see where everything will go. So what I’m looking for is some specific instructions on how to frame this- particularly the corner. I saw a photo of a cantilevered roof that I have attached, but I’m hesitant to copy that design because I’m not sure of the load-bearing capabilities. Really just looking for a simple diagram showing how to frame this out. I’m planning on using 2 x 8s for the joists.

I'm getting ready to install new luxury vinyl flooring. In order to prep my old floor for it, I've opted to lay down new plywood. The current floor is 3/4 in pine planks, with no subfloor. I wish I could refinish them, however there has just been too much wear and tear over the years. With that being said, my biggest challenge is leveling the old floor enough to put down the plywood. Some of the rooms have a bit of a slope towards one side of the house. I would rather not pry up the existing planks to shim across the joists if I can avoid it, so I'm looking for any wild ideas that anyone might have to get everything on the same plane.