I think you can:- Some pictures would really help too. I've a mind to say demolish the conservatory as it doesn't provide you with any beneficial living space, plus, i'm guessing it doesn't have a glass roof and therefore, zaps the light from the potential kitchen diner. Thus, I got rid of it and slightly amended the room dimensions. The lounge area gets 4m square ( more or less ). It's currently 4.23 wide, and I made it 4m long. The French doors open in to the lounge as you have on your plan. As I had pinched 85cm from your lounge layout, I added it to the kitchen diner. A table and Chairs will not fit in to a gap of only 1.5m wide whatever you do. Therefore, I made that area 2.17m - which is still tight but do'able . Our dining table and chairs seats 8. 3 on each side with one at either end. Even when you pull the chairs out to sit down it fits in a gap of 1.85m. ( I didn't touch your load bearing wall ) This leaves the kitchen area as 2.57m ( the same as it is now ) - If you run the units down either side and put in a small Island down the middle, measuring approx 1.75m long, you get unit space combined of 6.89m. Plenty!! Plus, as you've demolished the conservatory you now get your light back. I think that if you were to approach one of the great concept planners on here. they'd be able to do this professionally for you. Or, you could have the plans checked over by a builder and drawn up yourself of course.

Hi Mary, Not sure how this layout cam about but it's a strange one. I would love to see pictures of all those doors in the middle! If the other rooms have already been refurbished and you don't want to do anything with them... So to try and fix the remaining part of the house. I would demolish the current bathroom and bring it to the front of the "corridor". Behind that I would use the remaining part of the "corridor" as a utility/laundry room. I would also, at least fix the door to the under stair cupboard. Finally I would square of the kitchen with a small extension and open it up to the garden with bi fold doors and french doors on your dining room. The result would be a much more spacious kitchen with island and seating as well as lots of storage compared to your current kitchen, and a great indoor/outdoor dining space via your dining room. You would also have a dedicated laundry room and a bathroom where you don't need to walk through a kitchen to get to it! If, however, you would like to consider a bigger project then, in addition to the above, I would recommend getting rid of the strange door arrangement in the middle of the house by combing the kitchen and dining room to create a large open plan space. Having a architect or designer onboard is not expensive but can in fact save you from making costly mistakes and having to redo work!

Yes we needed an RSJ and all of the walls underpinning as there were no foundations. Was very costly but definitely worth it as we live in that end of the house. I think that With having an older property, costs do just spiral. I can’t remember how much the RSJ was, sorry. i think our building work was about £25000. Can you leave the fireplace in and have it open so you can see it from both sides? Then have your kitchen and dining in the current lounge and your living area where it is at the moment but open it up apart from the firePlace? We’ve left in our old exposed stone work and cleaned it up.

Hi, I definitely wouldn’t install a toilet next to the dining area (no privacy), not would you have room to create a corridor - you’d need 3ft for sure and that would leave you with only 7 ft 7” in the dining area, which is a bit of a squash. So the best idea is to create a utility/toilet in the kitchen, as you say, on the left behind the stairs. If the wall between the back door and the sitting room is 3ft-3ft 6” I think you could create this space without moving the back door. But it would be big enough fir toilet, cloakroom basin and the washing machine and dryer stacked, if you have one. You mentioned turning the window into glass doors, but I’d be reluctant to do that simply because you then lose more wall space for the kitchen cabinets and you’re already losing a wall between the kitchen and dining area. But you could change the back door for a fully glazed one to let more light in. I tried putting an island with overhang (3ft in depth to allow for bar stools and storage) but the space would very tight, even running the island vertically on the plan as you need the best part of 3ft to walk either wide of it, so possibly a peninsular would fit best. As you are short of wall space for the fridge freezer, would you consider installing it under the stairs, depending on its size? Ps I meant to say, best option for the toilet door in the kitchen would be a sliding ?barn style door or pocket door if you had the room.