Layout & Through Rooms Help!
11 years ago
We have been remodelling our 1920's detached bungalow to make it suitable for my family & my parents. We have literally split it down the middle giving my parents the original kitchen & a bedroom & us the other half of the house which included a converted loft & rear extension. We have already completed the parents half which I have called the annexe.
We have completed a change to the loft conversion to include a bathroom upstairs so we dont need the bathroom downstairs so the plan is to knock out the walls to the original bathroom & study area to increase the size of that room.
The main dilemma we have is we are trying to create an open plan space on a tight budget. The existing rear extension is flat roof & has 2 steps down into it. When we created the parents annexe we needed a kitchen so we installed one in the extension area with a plan to make the room biggee by extending further at a later date. This isnt going to happen now & so we need to make the space we have work for us.
So do we redesign the kitchen dining area in the extension or do we move it up into the current lounge area?
The plan is to use a section of the lounge area to create a utility as there is access to an outside area at the side of the house ideal for a drying patio. if we keep the kitchen in the same place we would punch through the original external wall, if we bring it up then it woukd be inserted into the new partition wall next to the existing side door.
If we keep the lounge in the same place we are always walking through it to get to the kitchen. If we make it the kitchen diner we walk through it to get to the lounge.
A few other points to consider. The original bathroom window will be converted to a french or demi door 1200mm wide.
The extension currently housing kitchen diner is 3.6 x 5m.
The new room that will be created by removing walls will be 4.8 x 4.6m.
Plan was to put kitchen next to utility & dining table in front of french door.
If keeping kitchen where it is thoughts had been to lose the big island in favour - move french door to the right install new window & put sink there, create peninsular instead, table in front of doors same direction as current.
photos show a sun room on the back which is being removed.
Fantastic countryside views.
Please help with thoughts on layout / feelings on through rooms & what woukd work better kitchen or lounge in the extension.
Thanks!
We have completed a change to the loft conversion to include a bathroom upstairs so we dont need the bathroom downstairs so the plan is to knock out the walls to the original bathroom & study area to increase the size of that room.
The main dilemma we have is we are trying to create an open plan space on a tight budget. The existing rear extension is flat roof & has 2 steps down into it. When we created the parents annexe we needed a kitchen so we installed one in the extension area with a plan to make the room biggee by extending further at a later date. This isnt going to happen now & so we need to make the space we have work for us.
So do we redesign the kitchen dining area in the extension or do we move it up into the current lounge area?
The plan is to use a section of the lounge area to create a utility as there is access to an outside area at the side of the house ideal for a drying patio. if we keep the kitchen in the same place we would punch through the original external wall, if we bring it up then it woukd be inserted into the new partition wall next to the existing side door.
If we keep the lounge in the same place we are always walking through it to get to the kitchen. If we make it the kitchen diner we walk through it to get to the lounge.
A few other points to consider. The original bathroom window will be converted to a french or demi door 1200mm wide.
The extension currently housing kitchen diner is 3.6 x 5m.
The new room that will be created by removing walls will be 4.8 x 4.6m.
Plan was to put kitchen next to utility & dining table in front of french door.
If keeping kitchen where it is thoughts had been to lose the big island in favour - move french door to the right install new window & put sink there, create peninsular instead, table in front of doors same direction as current.
photos show a sun room on the back which is being removed.
Fantastic countryside views.
Please help with thoughts on layout / feelings on through rooms & what woukd work better kitchen or lounge in the extension.
Thanks!
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- 11 years ago
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- 11 years agoJonathan you are totally right. The only other issue we have is not having a downstairs loo/ guest toilet. I looked at whether I could fit it somehow with the laundry where you had put it and couldn't fit it in. The size of the space for the laundry where you have it is 1.70 by 1.77 across the window.
If we put the utility across the back wall in the kitchen diner it is 3.20 by 1.70.
I tried to fit it under the stairs which is a double winder stair, I think I can fit it in but wasnt sure how to complete the wall next to the bannister rail as the plasterer said would be too close to plaster.
Any ideas?
- 11 years agoIs the bit behind the stairs is 1.7m then you have plenty of room to stack a washer and dryer and have additional storage in there. I have also drawn it longer so you don't have to change the window.
I think you will likely need the under stairs cupboard for storage.
I don't know how big that front bedroom is but it looks like it would be big enough to have a bedroom and shower room.
If the front bedroom has to have other uses consider a fold down bed to create floor space when you have no guests.
- 11 years agoThanks again Jonathan appreciate all the input here. I have resketched the plan & added measurements.
on the 2nd drawing ive put in the Toilet/shower room as you suggest but have you any idea what the smallest width I could get away with is so that I can keep as much space as possible in that guest room/play room area
The space under the stairs has a usable height of 1.63 if I was working with a 60wide washing machine but would prefer a separate laundry as with 3 kids & a ton of washing i'd like somewhere I can shut the door & not here the washing machine all the time.
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