Which walls to knock down?

4 years ago

I have a quirky house of small rooms that is not working for us as a family. I am thinking of knocking some walls down and filling in some doors but with many options I keep changing my mind. I am hoping for fresh eyes to help me out. Thank you.

The first pic shows the relationship of the house with the garden. What is important for me is our favourite corner is to the bottom left where there is an old wall. At the moment we rarely use this patio space but love the look of it. My idea is to have doors from the kitchen leading out - to help with light and also to see this view everyday.

The lounge (with fireplace in) is more narrow than I have drawn and therefore we have to have small sofas - I have squiggled out the walls on the second picture to show what I am currently thinking.

The garage is most likely going to be an office for me, but I have even considered putting the kitchen there.

The room I have labelled conservatory is an add on room that has a proper ceiling with a large roof light, it is a room we love and gravitate too. Having a different ceiling height though will make quite a clear distinction between this and adjacent rooms should the wall come down.

Any ideas? Questions?

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Jonathan
4 years ago
Given you have two staircases in a modest home perhaps you should be considering a complete replan including the upstairs. You might also want to consider if the front door is better elsewhere.
You should also give serious thought to your budget as clearly knocking down walls and moving the kitchen isn’t free.
One service you might want to use is a Concept Planner- this will help you to visualise what is possible before speaking to builders about what is achievable for your budget.
Joanne Whitlock thanked Jonathan
Joanne Whitlock
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4 years ago
hi, thanks Jonathan. One of the staircases goes to a room above the garage only (the spiral staircase) but you are right I am happy to think about any changes! I haven't heard of concept planner so will check that out. Thank you for looking and replying.
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We'd prefer an enclosed utility, probably adding a new door from from the dining area so that we no longer have to enter via the conservatory (whoever added the extension to this house didn't think it through properly!). On the plan the red outlines are the open plan kitchen/diner that would be created by knocking down the kitchen wall & moving the utility wall. We'd make a new entrance to the playroom so that no useable space in that room would be wasted. We did think about encorporating all of the utility into the open plan & slicing off the top of the playroom too but then we'd lose the area in the playroom where we have a sofa that is used by the kids a lot.
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