Hi Bandy. What a great, interesting flat - congratulations! One Plan will come up with some great ideas (she always does), but I would live with the space for a while before I made any changes. Explaining how you use the space is really helpful and should make you certain that you shouldn't compromise a good-sized living, dining and kitchen space for the occasional visitor by creating a second bedroom. You are right that it is a shame that the big storage cupboard blocks the flow and the light from the window and creates a tiny little area behind it. But you will need storage and if you knock it out, you'll have to move the boiler or build around it somehow (first option is expensive, second will still give you a bumpy bit that still gets in the way of what the former owners had as a dining area). And the bathroom is big for a one bedroom flat, but I bet it is quite luxurious and I don't think you gain that much by shaving a bit off the side. Plus you'll have to move the toilet, probably muck with the end of the kitchen, and spend a lot of money :( So live with it for a bit. Maybe put a funky desk (and old school desk would be great) between the back of the storage cupboard and the window, so it is a nice office alcove, the dining table near the windows and kitchen, and move the living area down toward the other end and see how things work for you. Good luck!

Okay, with a view that you could totally change it around, do you use your garage e.g. do you have a driveway. The kitchen feels too small and my suggestion would be the most amount of work one would do but I think you wouldn't regret it. Make the garage the living room and convert lounge and dining room to kitchen dining room open plan space. The old kitchen could then be the utility and study and keep the WC as is. If thats not an option than nothing is going to be as effective or useable which is the problem and there is no other way to make an open plan kitchen dining room.

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Hi Alex, Thanks for sending the floor plan across. I think the layout works well, keeping the kitchen where it currently is. Especially as you have the lovely garden view. I think an option to consider would be opening up the two rooms - kitchen and living room. This would create a really large entertaining space. If sofas are positioned correctly along with the dining table you can still have separate 'zones' in the room with it being open. I am assuming you have a patio door out to the garden. A bi-fold would work really well at boosting in some more light especially if it was to run the majority of the wall (budget permitting) otherwise a full height window either side and inline with the patio door would be a cost effective light boosting solution. If opening up the two rooms isn't a possibility you could look at effective lighting, that can help boost light in the areas of the room that appear darker. If you would like us to have a look in more detail or would like a chat over the phone about layouts, CAD designs etc then please do get in contact. Kind regards, Charlie Covey Kitchens www.coveykitchens.co.uk