Oak is durable so a good choice if you want solid wood. Maybe go for plank sizes between 15-20 cm to keep it in keeping with the period of the property. If you're using the same flooring in the kitchen and bathroom it may be worth considering engineered wood or even a good quality laminate for letting (installation will also be cheaper).

What you might find is that if you take this info to a kitchen designer that the layout provided will be completely different to what your architect has (surprisingly) come up with. Personally as a designer, I’d have a completely different take on this room area - but then I Design Kitchens and space concepts for a living - (but ask me to design a building with roof angles and all that that entails etc and I’d be out of my depth a little ! ) So it’s just a case of choosing someone who specialises in this particular area really - we are independent so we don’t sell products that would include a profit - so we charge for our services and work with you over a week to thrash it out - but then you can shop around easily by dropping in a copy of the plans and asking for their best price and haggle for discounts that are often far greater than our design fee. Alternatively you can book loads of studios to each send over their sales people to each come over and measure and each then design a scheme and each then try to win the sale by inviting you to go through their ideas in their studio. Although this is ‘free’ it’s maybe a tad more time consuming, repetitive and you don’t usually have much input. If you click on my name or icon you can read some comments from past clients who’ve tried this way !

Hi! I studied architecture in Edinburgh! If this is not your longterm home and ensuring return on investment is important to you then I recommend getting some sketch designs and talking them through with local estate agents who are familiar with the local housing market. You could show them a couple of options and get their opinion on which is likely to get the higher resale value, or which is likely to sell quickest - sometimes you don't get a lot more money but it's a configuration that is more sought after so it sells faster, which can also be a benefit when you come to sell. Most of the work I do is creating more open plan living, this is the general trend and has been for the last 20 years or so. I redesigned my Edinburgh flat to have an open plan kitchen dining lounge and it sold for the highest price achieved in that tenement or that street, though I did get lucky selling at the height of a market bubble at the time. I have a free Design Your Home Vision Checklist that is a good place to start with a home redesign: https://www.i-architect.co.uk/dyhvchecklist.html Good luck with your project! Jane :)

Hi, many thanks for your response! Unfortunately, it is not possible to make these structual alterations to create a hallway! In relation to the second bedroom, the window can be used as an exit point! We would be open and keen to hear any suggestions on how to optimally layout the open plan kitchen and living room based on our after floor plan!