Advice on on a kitchen extension for our new home

3 years ago

Hi all,

Partner and I have just exchanged contracts on our first home. 1930s, 3 bed semi-detached house in North London. Considering the house needs a complete renovation, we are thinking of getting a kitchen extension at the same time.

Houzz has been an amazing resource for getting ideas and we've come up with a potential design for the floor plan and would love some feedback!

Current ground floor:

Apart from the original house, a garage and side extension (utility room and toilet), as well as a conservatory has been added by previous owners.

Proposed ground floor:

So we are thinking of a few changes for the ground floor:

Knock down the old conservatory and extend by 5/6 metres and move the kitchen into the extension, creating an open kitchen-diner
Knock through the rear wall of the dining room to join the kitchen-diner, creating an informal lounge
Put in a toilet-shower where the old kitchen was
Remove the old toilet to create a larger utility room

We have a budget of about, £80k and in addition to the above, we also need to:

Redo all the flooring, walls and ceilings on both floors
Possibly redo all the plumbing and electrics if we are doing the above
New boiler
Some repair work on the roof might be needed
Knock down a wall in between the bathroom and toilet upstairs
2 new bathrooms - upstairs and downstairs
Replace all the windows and maybe the garage door
Fit out 2 bedrooms with wardrobes

Would love any feedback on if you would do anything differently, especially the layout of the ground floor? Also do you think our budget will stretch to what we are hoping to achieve? Any other tips?

Andrea x

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The Kitchen Lady UK
3 years ago
Hi Andrea,

How exciting, congratulations. A couple of comments I would make.
There is a lot of seating/eating in the kitchen! Do you really need a bistro table, dining table and island? I think the dining table is a must but the snacky casual seating I think either/or!

Also as a guest, I hate toilets with two doors! I always think I'm going to forget to lock or unlock them both! I like the concept of the large utility room and I can't quite read all the words on there but can the toilet perhaps stay in its current location (saving ££) and make the kitchen and utility room one space with a new backdoor elsewhere or by shortening the existing toilet wall?

If you want any help drawing up 3D visualisations, give me a shout!
https://www.coveykitchens.co.uk/design-services/Space-Planning

Good Luck
Emily x
Andrea Turner
Original Author
3 years ago
Hi Emily,

Thank you so much for your feedback - it is so helpful to see other people's insights into the flow of the design. I think you're right about the 2 door situation for the bathroom, I think the worry of having it potentially not locked is a risk.

Again, agree about the seating - I think I thought about having a cosy cuppa with a view of the garden in the evening, but we could easily achieve the same with the dining chairs.

Thank you for posting the link, my partner and I will have a look :)

Andrea x
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