Floor Plan advice for small Victorian house
thompson selina
6 years ago
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (7)
Tani H-S
6 years agoRelated Discussions
Awkward Victorian terrace house lay out - advice needed!
Comments (17)Hi all, Thank you so much for your posts and ideas. I really appreciate it! Well 6 years have passed and we still haven’t made any structural changes as we started a family instead! But we think we’re ready to make some changes now (just when its become more expensive than ever to do structural works!) A few things I forgot to mention in my original post is that the roof is a butterfly/London roof so its not a traditional pitched roof and would be expensive to make convert it. Plus we had to unexpectedly replace the entite roof this year because it was causing problems and didn’t have the time to think about a conversion due to the urgency 😫. The front door is next to the lounge (floor plan is upside down 🙃) I think we’re thinking of a ground floor extension now but ideally i’d love to separate out the 3rd bedroom so it has its own entrance and possibly make it bigger. The third bedroom is at a split level from the 2nd bedroom ie you have to go down 3 steps. But the roof above the 3rd bedroom is pitched and i’m wondering if its possible to extend into it and make it a study/4th bedroom. The pesky stairs still seem to be a problem! RE: John Botham thanks for your advice to be cautious as the layout differs so greatly to other properties on the street. Any advice, ideas or similar problems solved very much appreciated! many thanks SJ...See MoreLayout advice pls: Wraparound extension - Victorian end terrace house
Comments (1)Kitchen space looks great, Ground floor living/dining as seaprate rooms - do you need a separate dining room? Do the rooms marked living/dining need a dividing wall - or would they be more useful as a larger room with flexiblilty over furniture/use? I guess its the island in the kitchen eating up the space. Issue with Islands is they are single purpose blobs in the middle of the room....See MoreWeird shaped Victorian house layout advice
Comments (7)Hi @Tony H I enquired with our architectural team about your project and they have come back with a few suggestions however, I just want to communicate that these are just some rough ideas and our architects would need more information from you as well as a surveyor and planning team to look over your project in order to give you a more precise answer. Option 1: Add a dormer - The head height may be low but you could explore lowering the first-floor ceiling if the first floor has adequate head height. Option 2: Add first-floor extension - This will depend on your loal council policy as some councils are strict regarding first-floor extensions. Also, the Structural Engineer would need to confirm that the foundations of the existing extension are adequate to receive an additional floor on top of the extension roof. Option 3: Plans* added below (*not to scale) Reconfigure the ground floor plan to add a bedroom to the front of the house - we could flip the first step of the stairs to start from the hallway, create an additional roof to front of the house, move the bathroom to first floor and design an open plan kitchen, dining and living area to the rear of the house. Given that the extension is north facing we can explore adding skylights to the rear to draw more lights into the space. As I mentioned before, these are all suggestions from our team but what we would rcecommend is getting in touch with us to discuss your project. At Resi, we have a team of architects, surveyors, planning and Building Regulations team who can help you design and layout your home for your needs. We have worked on over 6000 projects so we should have experience in doing your type of project. If you would like to chat to our team, you can book in a free advice call to discuss your options on our website or give us a call on +44 208 068 4811. Our team will be more than happy to help. Have a lovely day, Bríd...See MoreOpen plan small Victorian terrace ideas
Comments (8)Normally I would say put your working kitchen in the middle room and open up the sunny back of the house for seating. That won't work for you as the position of your stairs means you have no clear wall against which to place units. Radical option is to reposition stairs which would entail reconfiguration of upstairs as well. Alternatively open up stairs to your living room and block up opening to diner. This will give you two walls for an L shaped kitchen. Then open up back to suit. Personally I would look to extend kitchen with a single line of units up to diner chimney breast if necessary. Lots of glazing opposite looking onto a small courtyard. Reconfigure shower room to incorporate laundry items. This way you add value without destroying shower room which may be highly valued in the future by you or buyers....See Morethompson selina
6 years agothompson selina
6 years agoTani H-S
6 years agothompson selina
6 years agoThanks Tani. appreciate the advice. Although the house isn't on a large scale to need a downstairs toilet, would like one as its handy to have. one of the outhouses has a toilet so plumbing already in place in this area. the under stairs cupboard could be converted for a toilet as its a decent size. but also would like to have a coat/shoe storage area so cupboard could be used for this.
will also look more into concealed cupboards for the kitchen :-)
Jonathan