floor plan help please
can anyone help with floorplan ideas please - we want to keep the front bedroom as our main bedroom and we want to add a ensuite.
as for ground floor we cant figure out what to do as we want open plan and we need a utility area with a downstairs toilet. The garage i need as i work from home and i sometimes have customers who need to use the toilet so i would rather them use the one in the garage than go into the house and i need my garage for storage for my work. The hall way has been expanded as we want to create a downstairs toilet near the entrance and create a larger hallway rather than building a new porch.
does anyone know if we can take the arch ways down from the living room and kitchen as its difficult to configure the room
original floor plan
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PRORukmini Patel Interior Design
4 years ago
Jonathan
4 years agoThis wall is the original outside wall of the building and it can be removed but will require steels to hold up the wall above it. Everything is possible but this is the second time you have posted the same dilemma in a month suggesting you need help beyond this forum.
Firstly consider your available budget- this house will likely require £50k worth of upgrades like kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, decorating, window treatments, lighting etc etc. So to consider building work such as raising the dormer at the side, knocking down walls and reconfiguring the interior you will need tens of thousands more (this is mentioned as I don’t believe you have stated your budget).
My next step would be to an architect with a structural engineer friend- you need to be realistic about what you can and can’t alter within your budget. The architect will help you realise what you need the house to do, what planners are likely to say and give you sound advice about layout including help to realise how big the front bedroom would be if you squeeze an ensuite into it, the implications of moving the living room wall to make the hallway bigger, and the feasibility of adding an additional wc near where your workspace for visitors.
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4 years agoHaha sorry everyone about reposting
Fair point about soil pipe but can’t it be hidden on the side of house?
Plus I just noticed in the garage there is a manhole - is this expensive to move as we want to use some of the garage to create a room
Nav Singh
4 years agoNav Singh
4 years ago
this was the new idea - do you think it would be possible?
plus heres the dimensions i got off the agents website.
FRONT SITTING ROOM 15’ 5” into bay x 12’ (4.70m x 3.66m)EXTENDED REAR DINING AREA 23’ x 13’ (7.01m x 3.96m)
EXTENDED BREAKFAST ROOM/KITCHEN 8’ 10” x 8’ 5” (2.69m x 2.57m) plus additional 11’ x 8’ (3.35m x 2.44m)
SIDE LAUNDRY ROOM 9’ 3” x 5’ 8” (2.82m x 1.73m)
L SHAPED SUN LOUNGE 11’ 8” x 9’ 4” (3.56m x 2.85m)
ON THE FIRST FLOORBEDROOM NO 1 (Front) 15’ 6” into bay x 12’ (4.72m x 3.66m)
BEDROOM NO 2 (Rear) 12’ 4” x 11’ 10” (3.76m x 3.35m)
BEDROOM NO 3 (Front) 8’ 6” x 8’ 5” (2.59m x 2.57m)
THROUGH BEDROOM NO 4 14’ 10” x 8’ 4” (4.52m x 2.54m)
SIDE GARAGE 32’ 5” x 8’ 4” (9.88m x 2.54m) plus additional 6’ 10” x 2’ 10” (2.08m x 0.86m) with W.C. off.
original floorplan
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