1930’s-adding utility into hallway with bathroom
Recently I posted about renovating our current downstairs shower room in our 1930’s semi. However, after a long chat with my husband we feel it would be more beneficial to lose our hallway and extend the bathroom across and add a stud wall and put a small utility behind it.
We don’t have the money to do the whole kitchen up or knock beams/add steel-but just to rearrange the area so when we do we have a utility area and also haven’t spent a fortune redoing a bathroom that we end up regretting.
The hallway is super narrow and an almost wasted space. I’ve added current layout photo and an edited possible plan. Can someone share ideas/ give advice on what they think-especially on how to create a utility that’s functional ? Thanks!
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3 years agoHow about this?
It struck me that the dining area was rather severed from the kitchen and that the area around the back door was redundant, at least on the plan. You also have the problem of the long, narrow hall but also need to preserve access.
I've taken some space from the dining room, shortened the corridor and shifted the dining area back up towards the kitchen which could better unite the two areas. Construction of some stud walls shouldn't break the bank. You could create a cupboard in the cubby on the left after the stairs.
I've created enough utility space for appliances and some shelving above and moved the door so that you can make use of the extra wall space in the kitchen which, again, creates balance. The only possible obstacle could be taking plumbing to the new loo - would need further advice.
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Comments (22)I think making the extension smaller will work, but you've thrown something extra in to the mix by way of a music room and a separate lounge. The designs above are good, but none of them have room for dining. ( except for Jonathan's ) I think as Jonathan suggests that you need a definitive list of items that you have to have, and items that you'd like if it were possible. I fear you will not fit all of them in and something will have to give. You barely have enough room for everything ( excluding the music room ) with a full width extension, if you make that smaller you will have to do without something. Maybe the office could treble up as the office / guest room / music room? Or dining could be dining and music? Therefore, a concept planner is a must. As you can see, it is possible to have the rooms opened up like this ( bearing in mind a supporting wall has been taken away to make extra room - so extra cost ) - however, the furniture placement isn't in my opinion favourable - so that's where a concept planner comes in - They know the sizes of the objects and what can fit in where. They can also 3d the plans so that you can have a look round them. Your plans are ok, but they haven't taken in to consideration the furniture and what you might be able to fit in the spaces, thus they don't work so well i'm afraid. This is the whole thing made smaller - As you see the downstairs loo went in favour of a hallway to the downstairs bathroom, the loo becomes a utility cupboard. You have a bench dining area with table etc This is it made a little larger:- The extra metre makes a big difference!...See Moresizing for splitting a room into a bathroom & utility
Comments (21)Update:- I'm looking at whether we can move the wood burner so we could put the dining area where the lounge is, which would increase the bathroom/utility room inside the house by another 4'4 wide x 7'1 . Also means we don't have to build a side extension just for the extra porch etc thus saving us money! Fingers crossed it can work, but this is the space that we would have to play with to split the bathroom and utility now. I've allowed for more hallway space where it recesses to the right to accommodate coat/shoe storage How would you split this down now? The bathroom would have a nice outside window now so not as dark....See MoreGround floor layout- comments please (open plan kitchen, utility&hall)
Comments (18)Sorry- I don’t like your plan. In my opinion the space between the sink and hob is where the work happens so you are actually a bit tight for space. I think the door from the kitchen to the playroom is a massive fail- firstly you are inviting the kids to run past the cooking area, secondly is splits the kitchen and there are safety implication for having a walkway through the kitchen, I also think it makes your kitchen plan feel disjointed. I also think that if the children are young they won’t want to be in the playroom, they will want to be where you are. If you are worried about the playroom being dark this is easily sorted with better lighting and a pale coloured floor. Alternatively make this the grown up room and the kids playroom near the front door. I also think that putting the sitting area around the corner in the extension makes it feel enclosed and a little tight because of its location. I think you have put too many stools at the island and in reality people rarely use more than 3. In my opinion better to have fewer comfortable seats that are spread out with room to eat. I also think you missed an opportunity to have a cupboard near the front door to hide coats, shoes and a vacuum cleaner. I think that if you want an extra shower it may be easier to put this off the bootroom- a bigger utility/ bootroom area may help later to keep sports equipment/ dogs/ ironing etc etc out of sight. There is a privacy argument to put it where you have but I suspect the wall you have moved to take a corner off the kitchen is a job that will require a steel....See MoreHelp on extension for open plan kitchen/living on 1930's house.
Comments (19)If you are not willing to share your living space with a lodger perhaps you shouldn’t have one in your house- if you give them a bedroom, living room and build a new shower room for them it does seems like you are going to a lot of effort and expense, plus giving up a quarter of your house in order to earn rent on one room which could be £400-700 (depending on where you live) seems overly generous to the lodger. I don’t think your budget is enough for all of your plans. I think when you get a builder to cost it out you will easily spend £20k widening the kitchen and opening up some internal walls. I think £25k could quickly be spent on a kitchen, flooring, lighting, a new door to the garden from the back reception and furniture. Another £5k will quickly go on an oversized shed for the mower and skis and bikes and a patio outside your new garden doors. This means you will have to consider the laundry room and new shower room for later on. Consider if there is enough room upstairs for a washer and dryer- I bet you have a big bathroom...See More
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3 years agoI don't like creating voids and blank wall spaces but I think it could be done. This shower is 700mm wide. You might get away with 800mm without compromising the dining area.
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3 years agoI think you're referring to the pier that accommodates the vertical support for the steel that was put in when the knock through was done. It should only be around 100mm but even if it's more it shouldn't be a problem with good design.
Subject to the feasibility and the cost of running water and drainage to the other side of the house, this layout provides you with everything you require and unites the kitchen with the dining area. If you would like to engage me, I can model the room and provide a pretty accurate visualisation of how it could look together with design advice - example image attached. I can do this remotely with dimensions and photos.
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