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Help needed - Ground floor flat layout

8 years ago

Whole flat needs to be gutted so lots of scope to reconfigure and extend but not sure where to begin. All ideas gratefully received

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Jonathan

8 years ago

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Kittihawke
8 years ago
If this were my place I would have the bedroom in the room with bay window and put an en suite in the cupboard alongside this room. Plumbing should be okay as kitchen is next door. I would then have the original bedroom as a snug sitting room overlooking the garden with steps leading up to the other reception which would become the dining room with French doors to garden. I would invest in some landscaping outside the French doors to give a summertime patio area with nice planted borders. The rest I would leave as it is.
mayfly182
8 years ago
You need to figure out what's important to you. Do you want two bedrooms or do you only need one, or would you want one and a study? Is the garage important to you? Is resale value particularly important or not?

Also, which room do you spend most time in, because that should probably be the room with the nicest outlook if possible. Which way is the nicest outlook, and which way points in which compass direction (East is a bad direction for a bedroom). Are any of the rooms overlooked, you don't really want your bedroom overlooked. Would a conservatory or sunroom on the garden side be the BEST THING EVER or just never used?

If you know what you want we can help you get it but you have to decide what you want first, really.
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Melanie Tham
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks for your thoughts. I should of said that the flat is in need of complete modernisation. Agree with keeping main bedroom at the front of flat and having a bathroom behind it. The flat faces onto an amazing south west facing 60ft garden. Definitely up for making garage into a room. Ideally want 2 and possibly 3 bedrooms and extending into the garden - just not sure how.
Jonathan
8 years ago
Just occurred to me that the cupboard in the hall is probably under the upstairs flats stairs so not suitable for conversion to living space so I offer an alternative
Melanie Tham
Original Author
8 years ago
Hi Jonathan - loving your suggestions. The stairs for the upstairs are between the garage and front door so would definitely utilize the cupboard behind the bedroom. Really like your idea of of extending reception and kitchen into the garden. Just need to work out what to do with the garage as don't need one and only a block wall between that and bedroom. As it is an addition to the main building I could put skylights in, create a utility room, bedroom and or bathroom...
Jonathan
8 years ago
Since the plumbing is all on the other side of the house converting the garage into a bathroom or utility is not as easy as leaving it as a garage or putting a window on the front to make it into another room.
I would research what adds the most value
A B
8 years ago
If possible I'd swap the bathroom into the kitchen. Then you can have 2/3 bedrooms. And reconfigure/extend the remaining space into your kitchen/living space.
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8 years ago
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