Downstairs layout
We’re thinking of changing the layout of our kitchen, dining room and utility room to make a smaller utility room and an open plan kitchen diner and would love some help with ideas for different layouts. Could potentially make the hallway a bit smaller to give more width in the kitchen but not sure what would work best. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance!
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Megan Evans
4 years agoAMB
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Megan Evans
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoOverlay of both floors:
So yes the two vertical lines are most likely the loadbearing ones, with the joists sideways.
Estimated guess the kitchen-utility wall is not.- PRO
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoHi
Thanks for the post! the good thing is that you have a nice squarespace with entrance almost in the middle! of the house, it is a good size entrance worth keeping it,
The drawback is the kitchen being to the front of the house rather than the rear, Would suggest why not swap them round change kitchen to where the utility
is and change the kitchen area to formal dining?
Take down the utility/dining and dining/drawing room walls have open plan? and maybe dining room and drawing room can share bifold doors,
But having rear extension say the full width of the house and 3 meters towards the rear would resolve a lot of compromise as an option.
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4 years ago
Maths Wife
4 years agoMove the Utility to the other end.
You will have to take out one supporting wall ( kitchen / dining room ), but opening it out makes the world of difference.
I imagine something like this:-
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