bungalow reconfiguration
Hi There
We are totally changing an existing 1960 s bungalow to gain benefits from the South Facing Gardens ie getting the living room and kitchen on the Sunny Side .
We have extended it out by 4m x 9 .8 m across the rear of the house.and have knocked out the back walls completely.
we would like to create an Ensuite Bathroom off Bed 1
A separate shower/ toilet off the hall
A utility room using new side door with access from utility room into the new kitchen .
Maybe a study or 3rd Bed
a new Living room
open to ideas ie open plan or semi open plan etc
Many thanks
Steve
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Comments (5)Hi This is a layout you could consider: I've made the entry to the the kitchen through the bedroom and blocked off the door leasing from the kitchen to the conservatory, allowing for more floor space. I've left the double doors to the conservatory to allow light to pour through into the kitchen diner. I've put what was the bedroom, leading off the conservatory as a lounge, this allows all the living spaces to be at one side of the property. The two built in cupboards can be made into one and used as a mini utility to store washing machine/ dishwasher/ hoover/ etc or can be made into a kitchen larder. The lounge can then be used as a master bedroom with an additional single bedroom....See MoreFloorplan/layout help - kitchen/dinner/familiy room
Comments (4)Hi Thank you all for your help/advice. Jonathan - thanks for drawing us a plan option. Ideally we would have an L shape kitchen/diner/lounge but we would like the utility at the back of the house and keep a separate toilet - (I always call it the downstairs loo but we have no stairs!!) basically so people don't have to use our main bathroom. So don't think we can do it. We like your ideas for the master bedroom storage and bathroom and layout and see you've moved the study door which is great. The elevation drawings I posted were when we were planning a rear extension the bedroom end - we moved this to the front and feel it works better. This means we'll have a gable roof over this extension and are thinking of having a brick porch with a gable room to balance it out. We think a pitch roof for the kitchen/garage with a flat roof at the rear maybe the best option now and less dominating. Thanks I-architect. We'll check out your checklist. We have been trying to pace out the space. My other half really wants a TV comfy sofa area for him and the kids, I'm less bothered. We think we'll spend most of our time in this room as a family and with friends whereas our lounge is our sanctuary. We agree with you all that it may be best to enlist the help of a pro kitchen designer, space planner that can give us a few options. We naively didn't realise concept planners/designer existed and have gone around the houses a lot already. All a leaning curve. We really can't wait to get it done - we've been living in the bungalow as it is for 5 years and although perfectly liveable - its in desperate need of updating....See MoreReconfiguring the 30s bungalow chalet
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Comments (27)Jonathan, moving the bathroom as you have was actually Plan A but I got cold feet about the cost of moving the bathroom although I loved the idea of a line of sight from front door to back garden. We only roughly sketched it and having seen your beautiful floorplan I am thinking we’ll regret it if we compromise instead. The bungalow looks so much more balanced than it does at present and has a flow to it, which it currently completely lacks. Thank you so much for taking the time to draw it up so nicely :) love the addition of a cupboard in hallway to bedrooms and one in entrance hall as Rinq latterly suggested (completely agree on need for this Rinq) and access to toilet from garden - have 3 year old and 10 week old so very necessary, as is catching the mud before it comes indoors! Can I just ask, on the right hand side of kitchen is that recessed cupboards? Ps. You got the layout of our sofas bang on ;D...See More
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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.
And the Existing Layout prior to Extension
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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
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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 sayI 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.
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Pics . I meant to say you could also incorporate a hob or sink within the island if wanted
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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 .
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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
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Jonathan