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floor plan layout help

5 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
5 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
5 years ago
What @Daisy England said. Have your got measurements? Maybe you could do something like this.
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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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Hiya, What a fun puzzle. I think like @guardianangelservices have said, there are a lot more questions before working out the "right" answer because there are a million options, it's about finding the right one for your family. From a first look, I think there is a reasonable easy/least expensive option which would give you the bigger kitchen but without touching the newly finishes left side or moving a bathroom and that would be to move the front door to the centre of the house. Personally, I love a hallway, not walking through the middle of a room to get to the stairs or to hang your coat is a luxury to me so removing the centre hallway to open the spaces up would actually be a compromise. However, gaining the extra meter or so of kitchen might be all the difference you need to fit in a table and then it's about decorating the hallway to create the feeling of light. Actually having a glass door will make a huge difference as light doesn't travel around corners very well which is why it is so dark at the moment. You could keep the coat room space by keeping a little bit of the kitchen still, the hall doesn't have to be a straight line, it could have a coat nook or cupboard built into the new space. If you want to chat further about how it might work for you, I offer a free zoom chat for bouncing around ideas www.thekitchenladyuk.co.uk Good luck Emily
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rinked
5 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
5 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
Original Author
5 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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