Layout design help
Hi all,
We have just purchased a property and need some help with layout ideas and suggestions.
The entrance is accessed only via the lower ground floor. At the rear of the property there is currently a garage but this has been raised by about half a metre to reach the road level at the back. We would like to keep the garage but at the same time lower the floor to match the garden height and turn it into a large room/garage. We were looking at some sort of scissor lift that could be disguised under the floorboard.
I've attached a pic of the current layout and a pic of my idea, but if you have any other suggestions or better layout ideas for us then that would be appreciated. Thanks.
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sw879
5 years agoHi Jonathan
Thank you for your reply.
The back of the property leads out on to a very short pavement (enough for one person to cross) and then the main road. Therefore if we lower the garage floor it would be too steep to have a slip. The scissor lift would enable us to drive the car onto a platform that could be raised or lowered to reach the road and then become level with the rest of the room.
There is no off road parking unfortunately which is why we'd like to keep the garage but at the same time don't want to reduce it to a one bedroom flat.
We have budgeted around £150k at a max for the building works. Do you think this would be enough?
I've attached some more pics of the outside and the garden which I hope will be helpful.Thank you for your help
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5 years agoJonathan
5 years agoShutters are the obvious solution for privacy in the front room.
The second bedroom in the former kitchen is actually the same size as new build double bedrooms in starter homes so I think it may be bigger than you are imagining. To make it feel bigger still you might prefer to blank off the window above the garage door and replace it with a window to the side.
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