floor plan layout help

3 years ago

We are looking at buying this property and are just considering if we can do much with the layout of the down stairs to suit us. It has has a small side extension. We want an open plan kitchen dining, down stairs toilet and if possible a utility or kids area. I quite like the living room separate but open to opening it up. Any ideas on how we can change the floor plan as would love to see if anyone has any ideas that we haven’t come up with yet. We are going to take measurements so we can see exactly what sizes we would be working with. Thank you

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Daisy England
3 years ago
Do you need the office? If not could that be the utility subject to pipework. You could then knock the existing utility and kitchen into one and keep a straight line into the lounge to take the kitchen all the way across the back of the house. Redo the wall for the lounge making it almost square.
Wumi
3 years ago
What @Daisy England said. Have your got measurements? Maybe you could do something like this.
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I prefer the right hand option but mainly because I think the utility should be closer to the kitchen/dining area rather than across the room. Depends if it’s mainly a laundry room or used for kitchen purposes though. Not keen on the separate little fire/chair area on the right. I think you could actually put the dining table to the right of the kitchen (so it’s opposite the kitchen which is on the left) and then that leaves you a much larger living space where you can put a good fire and have the tv to the side. If you have any tv room anyway then you won’t need the tv to be the main focal point in the kitchen room? Also, you could add on some kitchen seating/barrow breakfast bar off the kitchen on the back wall for somewhere just to eat breakfast at. My O/H isn’t big on dining rooms either and prefers an island/breakfast bar to sit at
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Its hard to give a full breakdown of options without studying the full plans, your requirements and budgets. This is something you need to do with your chosen Architect. However, there are many options for adding windows and ways of making light bounce around the house, but if your architect has said you can't add more glazing you should ask why. I would suggest it is because it will start to impact the thermal efficiency of your house. North facing windows get no solar gain so by adding too much you could end up with a house that is difficult to keep warm especially if your house is older. You could upgarde to super energy effiecient glazing but of course that will come at a cost. Having looked at your existing plans it looks like your house has already had extensive work done. Unfortunately it doesn't appear like an architect was involved. A lot of the cost of your renovation will be in correcting previous mistakes and even then you will end up with columns in ever room unless you are willing to pay to have that corrected too. The cost could make the option of moving more viable? Did the previous owners also extend upstairs?
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Hi, It's a decent plan overall, maybe shuffle the kitchen around a bit, it seems a bit small to me and the layout is not perfect. Try rotating the island, see how that works for you. Also maybe use as much as you can for worktops and storage, especially that you want to use part of it for access Annex - Bed right next to utility is an arguable solution. Also there's no window nor natural light or ventilation to the bedroom. Good effort but try to play a bit with these, see how it goes. My humble opinion as a pro.
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I can strongly recommend open stairs - you will be amazed at how much lighter the hall area becomes, as well as feeling larger. The suggestion of pocket doors is also something that I did and have been very happy with. Second the suggestion to take kitchen cupboards to the ceiling - it makes the room feel taller and that space is really only used as a dust/grease trap otherwise. Finally, you don't have a downstairs toilet: assuming you don't intend to keep a car in the garage, why not think about that area for utility and toilet, plus maybe a study (or playroom if you have kids). Edit: I just saw that you don't want to mess with the concrete slab, which is sensible. Depending on how the soil pipes and sewers run, a toilet could just back to the wall in the current garage area. By the way, check how the heating pipes go. My house was built in 1980 and heating and plumbing run within the slab. It was only when my water bill suddenly shot up that I discovered a leak - a poor quality copper pipe had failed. Very expensive!
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rinked
3 years ago
Take measurements and post them below (a floorplan of downstairs and upstairs would be lovely as well). I like Wumi's idea, but would leave the dining-lounge open, or install some nice doors that suit the house and/or your interior style.
keiblem
3 years ago
I like Daisy England’s suggestion. Dependent on dimensions I would try to squeeze a WC along with the utility in what is currently the office. Keep the door from the hall into a WC and move the existing door into the kitchen along the wall towards the external wall giving access into the utility from the new kitchen.

I would also be tempted to move the hall wall to square off the lounge and bring the stairs into the hall.

You could open up the living into the kitchen diner for open plan or with doors for the option to close off. That depends on how you feel about open plan because it doesn’t suit everyone.

Much of course depends on supporting walls and available funds.
Max W
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3 years ago
This is the dimensions. The office room and utility isn’t massive. I don’t know what size utility rooms are to fit your standard bits in. The bathroom is at the back of the house (above kitchen) so would make it easier to have a toilet at the back as don’t know how easy it would be to have a toilet at the front (I think the floor is concrete)

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