L-shape eat-in kitchen or large bathroom?
7 years ago
Hi all,
First time asking help on here but there always seem to be good responses so I thought I would try for your help.
We currently have a long extension on the house which is split between the kitchen and bathroom. So we have a long galley kitchen and a long bathroom.
I’m proposing to shrink down the bathroom to make an eat-in bench area in the kitchen as I think this would add more re-sell value. I think our area is predominantly young families or retired people, therefore somewhere to keep the everyday eating mess in the kitchen would be preferable over a spa like bathroom with separate walk-in shower and bath.
If we shrink down the bathroom though it would mean a conventional shower-bath layout.
Which do you all think would be more beneficial for re-sell?
My personal preference is the L-shaped kitchen so we can enjoy our garden from it, plus if it turns out we can’t sell when we want to I would like a kitchen I’m happy to be in.
The other half wants the layout to stay as is as he’s dying for a walk-in shower and thinks it would be cheaper than re-arranging walls.
I need an objective view from you all to help us decide.
Thank you.
NB: the bathroom is currently approx 1.5m wide and the kitchen is approx 2.2m wide
First time asking help on here but there always seem to be good responses so I thought I would try for your help.
We currently have a long extension on the house which is split between the kitchen and bathroom. So we have a long galley kitchen and a long bathroom.
I’m proposing to shrink down the bathroom to make an eat-in bench area in the kitchen as I think this would add more re-sell value. I think our area is predominantly young families or retired people, therefore somewhere to keep the everyday eating mess in the kitchen would be preferable over a spa like bathroom with separate walk-in shower and bath.
If we shrink down the bathroom though it would mean a conventional shower-bath layout.
Which do you all think would be more beneficial for re-sell?
My personal preference is the L-shaped kitchen so we can enjoy our garden from it, plus if it turns out we can’t sell when we want to I would like a kitchen I’m happy to be in.
The other half wants the layout to stay as is as he’s dying for a walk-in shower and thinks it would be cheaper than re-arranging walls.
I need an objective view from you all to help us decide.
Thank you.
NB: the bathroom is currently approx 1.5m wide and the kitchen is approx 2.2m wide
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- 7 years agoThank you all. That’s my thinking too.
We have a formal dining area in our living/dining room which is the argument my partner was making but if I had kids I think I would want to keep their food mess separate from the guest area.
This is the proposed plan from a kitchen designer, but I think I would put the cooker opposite the sink (to an angle) to create our working triangle.
7 years ago- 7 years agoCan you make the bathroom wider and therefore less long in order to have a better kitchen?
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