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Bought a flat - Now planning the works! Advice welcomed!

2 years ago

We are trying to plan what work we want to do once we’re in and cost dependent I wanted to see if anyone has any ideas on how best to use the space!!

(Ive added some pictures of the floor plan - and some bad edits to show some ideas! As well as a pic of the bathroom!)

Short term our plan is:

Swap kitchen and bedroom (I don’t like guests having to walk through the bedroom to get to the bathroom) and this opens up the opportunity to do a side return in the future! We would also convert the window into a door so both rooms have access to the garden! (And make sure that the counters run down the side of the room so if you did do the side return it wouldn’t impact the work already done)

Longer term my thoughts are:

what to do with the bathroom? The boiler is in the cupboard shown - I’d like to move this but not sure what to do with the space? I was thinking of moving the bathroom door and having it as additional “kitchen space” with a window or door into the garden at the end? OR move the sink to this wall and have “his and hers sinks”, move the toilet to next to the bath and then install a shower. (I think I might be over complicating things!
Do the side return! (Not sure if this is worthwhile yet as the garden is small!)

Essentially we are very keen to make the most of the space so any advice or recommendations about the floor plan are welcomed! (We’re also planing on finishing the basement but that’s another story!)

Comments (5)

Wumi
2 years ago
Green - Tall cupboard (boiler and storage)

Blue - Kitchen-diner

Red - Lounge

Yellow - Bedroom

1&2 - Large full length/low windows with window seats (with openable window for ventilation?)

3 - Large sliding door.
Natasha White
Original Author
2 years ago
Love that idea! And that’s exactly the idea I was thinking for the kitchen but you’ve brought it to life! My only concern for making it more open plan kitchen-living room is that we were hoping to be able to do a side return and convert to a 2 bed in the future!
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Wumi
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I’d say it be a tight squeeze to fit in a 2nd bedroom. I’d put the bedrooms together and the

lounge and bathroom in side return. Maybe leave a courtyard for light for the kitchen and 2nd bedroom?

You could maybe open up half the wall between kitchen and new lounge.

Just throwing out ideas! No clue what would be structurally and financially feasible 🙂
Natasha White
Original Author
2 years ago
Ahhhh that’s really helpful! It’s hard to envisage it without measuring up but we’re hopefully going in this week to do some measuring! Your ideas are great! I was playing around with the floor plan a little and came up with the two attached ideas - it’s an awkward space because of where the bathroom is but we’re just trying to see what works best!
Wumi
2 years ago
Yes the bathroom is the tricky part. Ideally you want to not have to trek through so many rooms to get to the toilet.

Another option?

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