Help with the design of my small 1 bed Victorian in London
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9 years ago
Hi there!
I was wondering if anyone had any experience or advice to share with designing new layouts of Victorian flats? I've recently just purchased a lovely little 1 bed victorian. It's not a complete basket case but everything needs updating so it makes sense to do it all at once, I think. It's ex-council so it doesn't have a fitted kitchen, nice bathroom etc.. It's a ground floor with a garden so it has lots of potential but I'm not a fan of the current layout.
At the moment the lounge is in the front, with a hall way connecting the bedroom (behind the lounge) leading the the Kitchen and bathroom at the back of the flat which is an extension on the original house. (see attached floor plan)
I was wondering/ thinking it would be better to move the Kitchen to where the bedroom is, knock that wall down and make the lounge and kitchen open plan. I'm sure the current wall isn't a supporting wall. Then move the bathroom (small) to the where the kitchen is and put the bedroom at the back of the house.
I was wondering if anyone could share thoughts on if this would be a good design idea? It would be lovely to open the place up and restore some period features etc..
Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
I was wondering if anyone had any experience or advice to share with designing new layouts of Victorian flats? I've recently just purchased a lovely little 1 bed victorian. It's not a complete basket case but everything needs updating so it makes sense to do it all at once, I think. It's ex-council so it doesn't have a fitted kitchen, nice bathroom etc.. It's a ground floor with a garden so it has lots of potential but I'm not a fan of the current layout.
At the moment the lounge is in the front, with a hall way connecting the bedroom (behind the lounge) leading the the Kitchen and bathroom at the back of the flat which is an extension on the original house. (see attached floor plan)
I was wondering/ thinking it would be better to move the Kitchen to where the bedroom is, knock that wall down and make the lounge and kitchen open plan. I'm sure the current wall isn't a supporting wall. Then move the bathroom (small) to the where the kitchen is and put the bedroom at the back of the house.
I was wondering if anyone could share thoughts on if this would be a good design idea? It would be lovely to open the place up and restore some period features etc..
Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
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kevsterman
9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI've just cobbled together a quick plan for you and then on re-reading OnePlan's suggestion above I realise its the same thing so apologies for that. Wasnt trying to copy. If you have more accurate dimensions I'll happily put together something a bit more accurate. With this plan you lose a bit of space from the front room and the bedroom but you turn the flat into a 2 bed, great for when you come to resell. To get light into the bedroom you could have a frosted glass panel in place of the existing window and as long as there are rooflights above the kitchen then the bedroom will get some light but its not going to be a great sunny room.
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