How to refigure two bedroom ground floor victorian flat
The current kitchen/living room is awkwardly shaped because of the hall that runs from the entrance to the second bedroom. How would you layout this room or would you reconfigure the whole flat?
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Comments (2)Hi there Will, This is a great project. I love the transformation of flats into open plan living/connecting to the garden. Your floor plan is huge and the final product would be fantastic. I have worked on over 600 residential developments and these are still my favourite. The extension costs will be in the region of £45-60k + VAT and generally clients would spend in the region of £100k + VAT on the redesigned space once they have purchased a kitchen and glazing products etc. At this stage it is almost impossible to determine a more accurate figure without a design being produced/specification finalised and further investigation works being carried out, hence the range. A few questions/pointers. Do you own the share of freehold or are you a leaseholder? When designing this, consider a small courtyard outside of the bedrooms to enable you to retain daylight filtration/ventilation. Have you analysed the market to see what the value of a 3 bedroom flat would be? Might be worth considering this as part of the design to maximise value, if you are interested in this. Note that the extension may need to be bigger, however if you end up spending an extra say £15-20k increasing the SQFT/gaining a bedroom, then this could be a sound investment. Happy to assist if you have any further questions. Nick...See MoreGround Floor Victorian Flat Extension Help
Comments (15)All the above posts are excellent...................however, nobody seems to have mentioned the drain position. I'm a little concerned that some of the plans above may be unachievable because you'll never get to the drainage. Can you confirm where the main drain is. If you're really lucky, then they may cut across the property and it's conceivable that you have a drain outside the kitchen or even a manhole in the garage ( we've got one in ours, as the drain makes it's way to the front ). Like this:-...See MoreCould this be turned into a two bedroom flat?
Comments (22)yes, as much as i could really figure out some of the dimensions, which are not mentioned on the plan and taking into consideration inaccuracy of the estate agent plans. all need to be triple checked, but it looks more or less possible. the bedroom are quite small, but with a clever layout can work nice double berooms. bathroom either 1600mm bath or a large shower. the worrying part is how far the waste pipe and what is a big black square in the kitchen and is it possible to remove it> the programme is not letting me to export the dimensions visible in one go (i need to work on that), so posting in two pieces. i am sorry :) the things are not accurate, but are as close and as logical as i indestood....See MoreRelocate bathroom 1st floor Victorian flat
Comments (3)Hi Janey, i believe a practical solution would be to move the bathroom to the other end of the kitchen, creating a new corridor to access the kitchen. Practical as there is a window in the correct place and you can run the soil pipe on the outside of the building / water pipes through the floor. I think the flat would have a better flow, bedrooms and bathroom closer together....See More
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PRO4 years agoGreat ideas - all will work but I agree with Jon R - you need to live in it to get a feel for it. I did start to sketch out what you could do - but marina has done a great job of that already 😍. Have you seen the programme ’My House Made Perfect ‘ (I think that’s what it is called) some eye opening and practical designs on there.
Simple solution is to move the kitchen into an L shape backing onto the front bedroom wall and creating a good space for dining or lounging area in front of the patio doors. As per my quick edit of your plan - (blue : kitchen , yellow : walls , red : storage units housing TV)
Note in this if possible I would move the wall back on the bedroom just a couple feet, which would make the world of difference , lining up the storage cupboard under the stairs.
You have high ceilings this gives you a sense of space - make the most of this but putting in floor to ceiling window/ patio - something like the crittal range look amazing.
Your investment money is a lot but with real feature items won’t go far. But those items could be the difference between WOW and practical, it’s already practical and my gut is to spend more on the WOW 😍.
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Hi everyone, I just wanted to give an update on the renovations and get your thoughts on the proposed new layout. Having spoken with a structural engineer it's not possible to do a side return extension as our ceilings as the back are too low to have an exposed steel beam hanging down. It's also too costly to lower the floors.
So, we've focussed on how we could rearrange the internal floor plan, maintaining both the light from the bay window at the front and the connection to the garden. I've attached an image for you to see. Great to hear your thoughts.
Maryna Drobot at Cinnamon Space