Hi. This isn't drawn to scale but hopefully you get the gist ( nor have I added the doors or windows). The window to the ensuite would be right in the corner unless you want to replace and the utility door would need to be moved down a little. I've also shrunk bed 2 to enable a straight hallway, not sure if this is an issue. If it is I maybe tempted to do away with the study and have this as a larger master.

Pic. Sorry it's upside down, took a while just to post it!

Hi Minnie thanks for the diagram it took me a while to put my diagram on but think I found how to do it now . I have made another drawing quite similar to yours but have reduced width of the study to about 8 ft which will make the lounge bigger but will look at it again , I will upload the new diagram tomorrow with better measurements etc .

here is an updated plan of the old existing layout and what I am considering hope this explains better what i am trying to achieve, thanks for the input so far Minnie and also your sketches also thanks jonathondb1972 for your sketch.

Has you can see I have put a wall dividing Kitchen and Lounge on the diagram and the wall making the Study none of this is in place as yet and still open to any ideas has not sure which route to go down ie Open Plan, Semi Open plan , or individual rooms etc so open to suggestions .there is also planning for roof lghts in the Hip roof on the new extension Thanks steve

Hi. It looks good. Just a few comments. Is the study actually 2.8m wide as the calcs don't appear to add up to 7.9? There may be more space in the en suite if the sink were the other side of? it may be easier to have a centre opening door in the shower room for layout purposes? The utility and the length of kitchen units are quite large ( depending on personal use). Maybe have a short U shaped kitchen so as to move the utility door and incorporate what was the cloakroom as a cupboard accessed from the hall as you don't have a cupboard space? The living room is a decent size, you could consider putting doors through to the kitchen/diner to open up for entertaining? Atm you only have the side door into the gardens, will you be adding french doors from the kitchen and living room?

Hi Mimmie

The study would be 3.9 m wide and approx 2 m deep so would make the lounge approx 5.9 but there is plaster board and studded walls to allow for so not totally accurate . the Ensuite layout is only a guess for the diagram so will look at that later and would agree utility and and kitchen layout is quite large so will revisit that as well.

I like your suggestion for the living room and was thinking about putting a glass door (similar to one in the pic below) in that wall but my wife and i had a bit of an argument about that so watch this space lol

yes you are correct there will be french doors from the Kitchen and from the Lving Room into the garden.

Will come back with another plan thankyou

Hi. Hopefully the ŵall won't require that much space as it would be good to just grab an extra foot for that room which will allow for easier furniture placement? I really like that glass ŵall idea with the built in bookcases but I may be tempted to have them both sides! Hopefully you won't need extra light with the roof lights plus given its South facing but it does also allow more light through. Maybe your wife would be happy with a sliding door if not just so you can open up the space? I'm surprised your wife hasn't asked for an island btw!

Hi Minnie

We have discussed an Island and not dismissed it as yet and where we are now considering a 3rd bed/Study it was going to be a formal Dining room off the lounge but thought that has a Lounge diner was quite a huge space .

You say

I really like that glass ŵall idea with the built in bookcases but I may be tempted to have them both sides!

I am not sure what you mean

I have attached a new plan below

Large red box in living room is the proposed TV wall and rest are just furniture.

Oh also the existing cloak in the hall could be removed which may give a better approach to the new lounge and kitchen .

Sorry, I meant I thought bookcases either side of the glass door would look good! I think I would try to incorporate the cloak in the utility with the door opening from the hall. I'm not sure the door into the utility is wide enough just by eye? I'm not so keen on this kitchen layout as there's a lot of empty space and on paper the worktop divides the room and I'm not sure there's enough room to walk around the dining table? How often would you use a study/3rd bed?

Yes I would agree with you don,t think it would work either just throwing ideas around so more to follow but many thanks for your kind comments I will keep trying as we really have a blank canvas at the moment but will need to decide once roof s on , we are also planning on having water underfloor heating in new extension so lots to think about at the moment head is spinning.

I'm not surprised your head is spinning! I would decide whether you need the study/3rd bed. If it's only used as a bedroom occasionally it may be better to incorporate within your living space. Again, do you need storage for a study or just a laptop/iPad etc? I'd also think about the Island, the room is certainly big enough. Once you've decided hopefully people will have lots of ideas. I've drawn another idea, again not to scale (!) but your wife may prefer this? I've left the kitchen blank for an island. If you Google images of "kitchen island with seating" it will give you lots of different options. I've attached a couple which would work on a slightly smaller scale for yours with slightly more comfortable seating! Given you've extended to make use of the South facing garden it may be nice to have a view from a comfy spot?!

Pics . I meant to say you could also incorporate a hob or sink within the island if wanted

Just another Idea turning things around kitchen and lounge Swap.

I think that makes sense so you have a large kitchen/diner. Where are you in terms of build re extending the utilities or is that very close to the existing bathroom? I'm not so keen on the cloak position ( personally!). Could you put it next to the front door and then bring the lounge doors in line with the bottom of the utility which would allow you to extend the kitchen run? The island looks too close to the cabinets? Are you working to a min 95cm gap all around? Perhaps you could run the island the other way with the sink at the top so as to have a view of the garden and stools on the left hand wall? What's opposite the dining table? If you have a table where it is you could use a sofa or upholstered bench on the ŵall side? Will the store be extended to the utility or are you leaving a gap for a spare FRidge/freezer ( always handy!)

Hi there thanks again for feedback the utilities ie gas/ soilstack (as indicated on this new diagram and are on the West of the bungalow and (electrics in the porch) which will be bigger eventually . Currently the Extension has been built to ceiling height and just waiting for Lintels and hip roof to be done next this coming week. Here is another try , really speaking I am just putting boxes in on the diagram for sofa /tables/ kitchen units etc so its a blank canvas really .

Here is an Architect layout for the bungalow we had done

Ok, so the windows and doors are already in? I also like the wider kitchen idea but I would put the store ( is this for hoover etc?) back into the utility. There was also something quite nice about the previous plan (with the cloak moved) about having a wide straight hall although appreciate its not usable space per Se. Would a straight hall allow for double doors into the lounge? Re the utility are you allowing for space for drying clothes and ironing? Did you want a sink? What didn't you like about the architects plan? Or is it just a case of looking at alternatives to see what works best for you?

Hi there once again thanks for taking time to look at all this with me really appreciate it, the architects plans are ok but he has only done what I asked for but was hoping for some inspiration as well but this hasn,t come so just looking at our options and I am getting drawn to the lounge being on the other side with a larger kitchen diner /sitting area and will do without 3rd Bed /Study as don,t think it wll get much use just got to sell this idea to my wife , I would agree that it would be better if there was a double door from the hall as this would also let in the light into the hall and maybe a glimpse of the garden when you came in through the front door . will be putting in a sink etc and also room for a clothes made and could put the store in there as well I think. , I will put some actual pics on here if that is of any help, I will be back lol thanks again

That's fair enough, it's always better to look at all options anyway particularly given the cost! I must admit I really like the larger kitchen/diner/seating idea as you have the best of both worlds. It also helps in case of any disagreement over tv viewing! I do think if you're unlikely to use a 3rd bed much then it is far better to incorporate it within your living space. If need be, you could always have a sofa bed in the living room for the occasional use. The only thing I would say is it depends on how long you intend to stay in the house as you may expect 3 beds for that size house but again it depends very much on your target market for when/if you do sell. A large proportion of people don't need anything more than 2 bedrooms and the large living space should really appeal.

Pics are great, you can really appreciate the size of the extension. It also leaves you with a good sized garden and that drive seems enormous?

Thanks the garden is great still approx 18 meters in depth from extension plus gardens behind must be about about 45 meters at least, so not overlooked at all. The drive is ok long but a bit on the narrow side but saying that we managed to get a JCB round the back to lift in the 9.8 meter steel beam so not sure about putting a garage up as yet has we have a good size frontage to keep a nice lawn and park 2 cars . I have just knocked out the back of the original cloak ( the bluey/green tile area in the pic )up to the chimney stack which will be coming down when roof is being done so starting to get a better perspective of what to do .

Oh we are going to live in it and think it will see us out lol

Hi Minnie you said earlier in a post "Are you working to a min 95cm gap all around " not sure what that means ??? thanks

Hi Steve. Sorry this was referring to kitchen design with an island to allow a safe space for opening oven/appliances, space to walk through/ bend down, moving appliances etc. I'll see if I can find a relevant article. Will you make use of a kitchen designer once you've finalised internal layout? The garden is a great size and at least the drive is long, if not wide. Lol, I'm sure you've got many many years in your home! At least as it's your forever home you can design it simply to please you and not worry about resale

Ht Minnie thanks for the explanation and yes we will go to a kitchen designer once we have finalised the internal layout .

Just tweaked plan a bit

Hi Main Dilemma at moment is layout decision ie lounge on the left ( west side ) or lounge on (east side ) , I have got to decide the Pros and Cons on which way I do it. Ie Lounge on West side gives a nice Kitchen/ Breakfast /sitting area but would loose the option of squeezing in a 3rd bed/study . Thank you Oneplan for advice regards dining table but the kitchen layout was just a guess at moment and not to scale.

Thanks that is just has it is .sun on back of house until about 5pm ish , proposed roof lights will be put in west side to bring in evening sun ad more light .

If we do put the lounge in the position as below will it work ok with the window config we had planned for the kitchen ie a window and small french window or would it be better to change it to a larger French window has we will have in kitchen diner. thanks

I think this latest layout would work really well. The only thing I might reconsider is the window on the rear wall with the French doors. Why not have just French doors centralised as in the kitchen diner - it would look more balanced?

Hi thanks for comments have decided on this layout now open plan kitchen lounge with separate study/3rd bed option , French doors are already installed in place so no changes there, Kitchen Plan to be finalised, thanks all for input and advice , we can always divide the space ie Lounge/Kitchen etc in the future if we or whoever has it wants to.