what do you think of my new plan?

6 years ago

Do you like my plan? I would value peoples opinions please!

The room marked “family” is the extension part of the plan.

I was going to put the kitchen in there, but after getting it drawn up on CAD, I don’t think it’s the best use of space. There would be a lot of ‘dead’ space, but not enough for a sofa & tv.

So the new idea is to have the kitchen in the middle of the house. The family room will have a roof lantern and almost full width bi-folds and is south west facing so will get a LOT of light from late morning till sunset. I’m hoping this will be enough to flood the kitchen with lots of light.

Also, rooms 1 and 2 … one room will be a downstairs shower room / toilet and the other a utility room. Doors as shown are not fixed in stone, and can be changed.

Which would you locate where, and why?

Any other considerations?

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Carolina
6 years ago
I would put the utility room off the garage (2) and the downstairs shower room/toilet in room 1, so that it can be used without having to go through the kitchen/family room. I would remove the door to the family room and have only one door.
emgoodfellow
6 years ago
I'd say the same as Carolina.
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OnePlan
6 years ago
Yup Carolina has it sussed !
minnie101
6 years ago
Hi. I recognised the floor plan so looked at your previous posts. You mention converting the garage to a spare room so it might make sense to have room 2 as the shower room but where are the utilities as they can be costly to move? I can also see another post mentioning an extension of 6x4, is that correct? It would help if you could add measurements of all rooms (you can’t read anything on the one posted) and an upstairs plan. I think finally more details are needed. How many are in your family, are you keen cooks? If you have children, what age etc. Do they need a study area? What music do you play? Do you entertain, if so how many etc. Personally I’d put the kitchen and dining out the back, with utility cupboards in room 1 keeping a door to the kitchen so you can see from the front door to the garden. Kitchen on left wall with a peninsula in front with a floor to ceiling window in between the units and dining on the rhs. Having said that I’m useless at planning so I’d engage OnePlan to look at the entire floor space, a little money spent now could avoid costly mistakes and have a home that works for you!

what do you think of my new plan?

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