Is this space big enough...
We are renovating our home and want to create a kitchen/diner/family area which includes a sofa and TV. To create the space we are knocking through the current utility room and third bedroom on the ground floor of our townhouse and we are extending out the back. Now I’ve seen the plans I’m starting to worry that the area isn’t big enough for us to do this. Any thoughts, ideas etc most welcome.
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6 years ago- 6 years ago
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what Is in your store cupboard on the ground floor? Could turn this into a utility cupboard, with a washer and dryer stacked in here? You could then install a u shaped kitchen with a breakfast bar, as marked on the plan in red. Then you would have space in the extension for a small sofa on the wall and a dining table in front of your doors, opening onto your garden.
6 years agoWe live in a house which was originally two small cottages both 100yrs old and are currently saving to achieve the same as yourself. What I've found helpful is to measure out things like a sofa and dining table onto tracing paper and you can shift things around on your plan to see how it would function in real life if that makes sense. We have renovated the house in 3 stages so far with more to go. To be honest it's been a steep learning curve and the initial plans the architect gave us would have put the house into negative equity. Just get yourself a scale ruler and you can play about with the design yourself. Hope this helps.
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So here is a closer up plan of the space we are hoping to use for the kitchen/diner and family area with TV on the wall and a sofa. The larder and utility cupboards don’t currently exist - the architect added those as a suggestion and the area will be a blank space. The side where he’s drawn the cooker job is where our current utility room is so all the plumbing is already in situ that side.
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