First plan for our renovation - please critique
Our architect has drawn a plan for our renovation. We like it, yet there is still the feeling that we're not quite there yet. Please feel free to critique. The red dots are structural pillars, the dotted squares are existing skylights, the yellow wall between dining and terrace would be a sliding door made of glass. Suggestions?
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mockery
7 years agoI have drawn an alternative, but I am not sure it is better. It would hide one of the pillars. The position of the WC is still a bit strange, and we're not quite sure if the playroom would get a lot of use if we position it there.
Ellie
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Comments (22)This is def looking like more than £150k. £200k is more conservative estkmate. Be careful re: planning laws, you are often able to extend up to 50% more (volume) but you have to take into account existing extensions. So I think workshop in garden would focus the extension on areas you need within the house and not use up % of floor plan unnecessarily. Larger single storey (with velux), smaller extension upstairs would allow light downstairs and prob be more acceptable to neighbours and planning. Moving bathroom is expensive but if you keep kitchen, utility, soil pipe to one side it will create efficiencies. There is a wish list and then practicalities from planning permission and budget perspective which will need professional input. Light tunnels are a relatively cheap but useful way of getting light to darker places....See Morereconfiguration of downstairs - please critique my initial plan
Comments (6)Personally I think the room would be plenty light enough without additional side windows- they would also have no view and limit cabinet placement in the kitchen. If you want a pantry you could build one next to the wc- personally I think the expense is unjustifiable when there are beautiful pantry cabinets that you can buy with your kitchen. Shower room- unless you have need for a downstairs shower I would put an ensuite upstairs. Utility room - Lots of flats have internal kitchens and bathrooms so it is commonplace. You can vent along the joists or go upwards through the suggested ensuite and then through the roof- in fact then you can put extractor fans in the loft so the fans are quieter in your shower room and utility. Noise- you can add extra insulation designed to dampen noise so your living room should be unaffected. Ensuite waste- I envisage this going down from the ensuite, through my suggested utility room and then under the hall floor. (Given the age of house I imagine you have a void under wooden floorboards so the soil pipe would go there and meet the drains that are almost certainly in the drive.)...See MorePlease critique my lounge plans!
Comments (6)Thanks so much for your comments OnePlan. I love what you said about putting lights outside. I want to do the windows now just for that - could look so cosy! Thanks for the reassurance with the doors. I think we will go with this. Hmmm I'm not sure a barn door is quite what I want here. I'm not bothered about access to the kitchen from the lounge, it's more for light purposes, but it's a valid point about interruption to walkway, one that I had considered. I wonder if interior bifolds or something like that might work, although there would still be the view into the kitchen problem. it isn't important for tv in here - we do have another snug, so this would be more social/entertaining space. There will be a lot of light already from big windows on 3 walls. Would the skylights make it hotter in here? The lounge currently is where the kitchen will be and it is a very sunny room, which does get rather warm on a sunny day....See MoreCritique of plans please!
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7 years ago Jonathan
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7 years agoSo here's the new plan. Kitchen is brought back to the front, and because we have more room there, we can widen the kitchen island with a breakfast bar. We didn't like the small playroom he originally designed. The playroom is now behind the kitchen. New addition is a dressing, which would incorporate the W.C. What do you think?
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7 years agoJonathan
7 years agoI still feel that the most impressive room has to be a thoroughfare in your plan.
While my idea doesn't have a dedicated pantry it does have a kitchen space that will feel bigger than in the original plan.
I also think it is nicer to have a reception space that can see the garden.
In my opinion the bathroom being closer to the bottom of the stairs is better too.
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7 years ago mockery
7 years agoI am afraid the house itself doesn't make sense in many ways :-).
I am adding a view from the garden. No grand vista, to say the least. That's why we initially didn't consider orienting the house towards the garden.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoAgree with Jonathan. I'd remove the Bike Store from his plan and put that at the end of the garden. You can then have doors on both 'sides' facing the terrace, I would be interested to see the original plan for the house, it looks like it's been extended so much that it's in danger of being to big for the amount of garden left. Also, why is it an odd shape at the top?? It's a mistake sometimes to compromise the size of the garden. Is this plan not more than sufficient??
All other storage can now go at the end of the garden and you have the garden view back where it should be. I think i'll muse a little on this one. Just off to get my plane back home.
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