1930’s kitchen design dilemma.
Melody
5 years ago
Hi everyone!
Few weeks ago I posted about our quirky plot and how we would love to knock through and create a open plan kitchen/family/dinning area.
Now I’m back but with a design dilemma. We could only extend 2500m at the rear and we would love to have bifold doors at the back. My question is: what is the best design layout? We don’t have a utility or downstairs loo ( we need space for storage so an under the stairs toilet is not an option atm).
We could extend to the side (see my dream floor plan in 2D) but that will add to the cost and we would also loose good chunk of our side garden. I’m playing with some 3D software at the moment but none of my options seem to work?! We are in favour of putting the kitchen where our dinning room is but would that be the best design?
Will we regret not having created a utility or downstairs loo in the future as well?
It’s a shame our garden is so small otherwise we would be able to extend more at the back and then create a toilet and utility where our kitchen is (my neighbours have done that recently and it looks great).
Any idea or advice is appreciated. Thank you! ☺️
Few weeks ago I posted about our quirky plot and how we would love to knock through and create a open plan kitchen/family/dinning area.
Now I’m back but with a design dilemma. We could only extend 2500m at the rear and we would love to have bifold doors at the back. My question is: what is the best design layout? We don’t have a utility or downstairs loo ( we need space for storage so an under the stairs toilet is not an option atm).
We could extend to the side (see my dream floor plan in 2D) but that will add to the cost and we would also loose good chunk of our side garden. I’m playing with some 3D software at the moment but none of my options seem to work?! We are in favour of putting the kitchen where our dinning room is but would that be the best design?
Will we regret not having created a utility or downstairs loo in the future as well?
It’s a shame our garden is so small otherwise we would be able to extend more at the back and then create a toilet and utility where our kitchen is (my neighbours have done that recently and it looks great).
Any idea or advice is appreciated. Thank you! ☺️
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PROMelody
5 years agoThank you all for your input.
Jonathan, your idea is really great but ideally we don’t want to build to the side of our house. Speaking to an architect he said we could have issues with planning permission for being on a corner plot (I’ll attach some photos below so you have an idea).
We would prefer to not need planning permission for our extension so ideally we would like to extend towards the back and use the side back of the house as a mini garden/patio area.
Thanks for your ideas and design anyway ☺️
Melody
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Melody
5 years ago
Kia
5 years agoHi Raquel, here are some pictures. Also a drawing of downstairs layout. As you can see my drawing is pretty bad, not to scale at all. Currently going through the renovation so pictures aren't that good either. Where my study nook is, you may want utility room there. You can incoporate the utility area with the kitchen, to make it look bigger. Good luck.
Melody
5 years ago
Kia