New floorplan/layout advice and help please
We are buying (already exchanged and soon to complete) on a new house and I want to change the layout to make the kitchen bigger, add a utility room and a family room. How it stands at the moment is the back reception room and kitchen have a single story flat roof extension at the back - the first half of the wall between these has a fireplace in it and a main structural pier/pillar (highlighted in red) so it can not be removed but the continuation of this wall/new wall added on left of kitchen could be removed. Also the big room on the right is a garage we would like to keep the front part of this as a small garage/storage area but we are happy to convert the back.
Naturally you would think extend the kitchen across the back of the garage but the wall between the two has the boiler and electrics etc all on (highlighted in red) and the drains outside the downstairs toilet (previously converted coal shed) would make this a very costly job ... We could potentially open up the
wall to a double door width at maximum (where the existing door is into the garage) also the garage lower ground floor could not be lifted as there is a room above it at a lower ceiling height.
Also ideally the hall is the one room which has new flooring and decorated so I ideally did not want to break through any walls in here into the garage.
We want to end up with a lounge,kitchen and Family room (3 reception rooms), utility and downstairs toilet ...
I had a layout in my head but now I have gone off it and my husband thinks long term I will wish I hadn't done it) I wanted some advice and help please as this obviously needs to be decided before we do anything!!!!!! (and time is running out!) Oh finally we also need to include an internal alleyway/corridor down the far right side of garage to the garden as the oil tank is in the garden - so basically a bit off the width of the garage will need to be hived off...
Any help and ideas would be much appreciated...
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Comments (5)I think it will look great to open up the kitchen and conservatory areas because the area is quite small. However, here are a few things to consider (this is from someone who lives in a house with a similar layout to your existing ground floor). The conservatory faces south and presumably overlooks the garden. Is this an area you are going to want to sit in because it will be beautiful and tranquil? If so, it would be better to keep the dining room in the centre area because you don't need a view when eating (except of the food). Then use the conservatory as a small sitting room. It looks like you have not drawn the plans to scale. The new hallway looks narrow and the new wall will take up space. Make sure if a new wall is put in that you will have enough space for a useable room plus a hallway. Why do you want to access the new downstairs bedroom/study from the living room? Wouldn't it be better to access it from the hallway at the bottom of the stairs. Good ideas though....See MoreFloor plan and new kitchen help please
Comments (9)Hi. Sorry but I assumed the supporting walls would be marked in some way! I'll get the upper plans on here but issues are - poor kitchen layout because door pavement gives an offset track out to the garden and splits the kitchen leaving a dead space. Theirs a distinct lack of storage there too and a restricted working space in the u- shaped area as only one person can be there working. There is an archway between living room and dining room at present which gives a long narrow sitting room and furniture placement is difficult to avoid blocking a way through. Also the door from the dining room opens across the archway, about half the door width. The corridor out to the hall is narrow and dark and seems to be wasted space. It's barely the width of the door and has no door casing on one side. If I'm investing in a new kitchen I'd like to se if I can make the space flow better....See MoreFloor plan design/advice please
Comments (6)Swap lounge with kitchen dining room. take out the wall dividing the K/D. Add an alternative exit in south wall by the stairs. Take down conservatory and extend across. Assume you can build over garage + alternative 1st floor remodelling + loft extension. Moss Extend t. 02072349350 e. info@moss-architecture.com...See MoreHelp! Unusual floor plan - kitchen extension advice please
Comments (3)So, has the approach to your property changed at some point? Because I would expect your entrance hall and front door to be at the front and not at the back? Could you turn it around again? If not, maybe move the front door to what is now the kitchen, making the kitchen part entry hall and part utility (dividing wall). Then you could perhaps create one large kitchen/diner/family space from the current utility, office and family room. The current dining room could be an office? Obviously all depending on whether all that would be possible re: load bearing walls and all that....See More- 11 years ago
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- 11 years ago2 options I was thinking - both opening back left wall of kitchen and havibg either a dining room in the back reception room off the kitchen or a family room and then the back of garage a family room or dining room depending on which goes in other room... Other idea is whether to move the toilet and open this up to get light in this new room
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