Floor Plan/Layout Challenge - Detached House, North Facing Garden
Hi everyone, this is my first post on here and looking for some help for a house that we are looking to purchase.
It's for the floorplan/layout of a detached house - the house is dated, so we would be happy to refurbish the entire house.
We are looking for inspiration for the best layout to maximise of space and to include the rooms we'd like. I've attached the current floor plan (ground and upper).
Some key points:
- We would like to ideally extend the ground floor, the garden is very deep in length.
- The garden is North-facing, so we are consious about maximising light trhougout the property
- We are happy to covert the garage for additional space
- We would like to incorporate a Utility Room
- Open plan kitchen, family area and dining appeal to us
- The layout must still include a hallway, and not just be completely open plan
- We would like to include a small play-room
- We would like to inclide a small office-room
- We would like to the family bathroom to include toliet in the same room
- We would like one of the bedrooms to have en-suite
I'm aware the list of 'asks' is extensive, but looking for any help/advice/guidance that could help us make our requirements a reality.
Thank you very much for all of your help!
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Ellie
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Comments (2)Hi ! Just looking at your plans briefly - it’s clear that due to cabinetry on all four walls - you won’t get a very big table in there ! You mentioned no wall units due to having enough storage elsewhere - but - if you had wall cabinets storage and storage to the patio doors on the top wall - you could take off some perimeter cabinets to give room for a table that’s larger than ‘just’ a four seater one ? There’s a lot more that could be done with this space in my professional opinion. Re colours - in a north facing room if you chose ‘winter’ colours you will need to warm it up a tad with woods and other tricks like tactile accessories. Scandi style for example uses whites and pale greys warmed up with pale woods and real or faux animal fur on benches or seats to add warmth ... Alternatively brilliant white cabinetry on pale Egyptian Cotton walls can look great too and is warmer than most grey toned paint . re lighting - if this drawings is true and it’s a flat extension then lighting could be LEDs in ceiling throughout - but if the new part is a vaulted ceiling then cable lighting might work or stronger LEDs higher up could also work but there will be a shadow line where the change in height happens. ... To summarise, this is ok - could be better and if worked on by someone with more of a ‘design driven’ background - time could be spent trying different colours for you and looking at lighting options and the table would be included in the drawings to show you what space you actually end up with ... you could see what it could look like in a more real image. If you click on my name or icon it will take to to my pro page with some past projects that might give you an idea of the difference a design done purposely for you, with no other agenda, could make. ( then send it to all the online retailers and builders merchants etc to compare like for like on their prices )...See More1930s semi-detached single storey extension layout advice please
Comments (14)Hello and thanks for your prompt reply. The drawings provided show that the support beams are 203mm depth and therefore they will be too big to sit inside the ceiling void. As the weight per linear m is 23Kg as detailed on the drawings it may be worth asking the engineer to reduce the depth and and increase the weight so the beam can be inserted into the ceiling void. I note that there is also a couple of posts in the stud wall and these could be upgraded if necessary. I do not make these suggestions lightly. The main benefit of inserting the beam inside the ceiling is the removal of the shadow cast on the ceiling. The return nibs on either end could be cut back and if needed posts could be fixed direct to the brickwork to provide vertical support. There may need to be a spreader plate welded to the bottom of the post in order to mitigate the point load on the foundation. Obviously this is more of a structural design issue. Is there a good reason for not centring the bifold doors to the external wall? You have so much height on the flat roof why not put a warm deck roof on instead of a cold deck with in cross ventilation? Can I also suggest a warm pitched roof too. You may find Web Dynamics TLX Goldto be a very useful form of insulation as you will only need about 75mm of PIR insulation in between the rafters. I've never been fortunate enough to meet a building control officer willing to accept a heavy duty Catnic lintel over a 4M bifold door. I thought the under stairs might be the position of the meters. I would consider relocating these to an outside wall. Then turn the WC through 90 degrees and design it under the stairs. If I was planning a kitchen diner extension with a beautiful bi-fold door looking out into the rear garden would try and create a direct flow from front of house to the back. I would move the utility room into the middle of the house to provide a direct line of sight from the front door to the rear garden. GD3 would provide access into the utility room. I'd consider moving the door along the living room wall so it could open into the hallway. This would allow a 950mm wide fully glazed door to be placed between the hallway and the kitchen diner. With regard to the position of the new extension wall which is adjacent to your adjoining neighbour I suggest that you look up the party wall act 1996 booklet online here - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523010/Party_Wall_etc__Act_1996_-_Explanatory_Booklet.pdf The part that is of interest is "Line of junction - building astride the boundary". If you build across the boundary you should gain at least 150mm of additional internal floor space along the length of the outside wall. Also if in the future your neighbour decides to build an extension they can utilise your wall for if they pay half of the cost of its construction. I'm sure you know that you are responsible for paying all of the costs from all sides relating to the party wall agreement. If the neighbour on the other side is within 3/6m then you will need an agreement with them as well. The architects drawing indicates that the drain is not adopted or shared and therefore you will not require a build over agreement with the water authority. Best wishes Andrew...See MoreHouse layout & garden redesign
Comments (6)Hi Alex, Thanks for sending the floor plan across. I think the layout works well, keeping the kitchen where it currently is. Especially as you have the lovely garden view. I think an option to consider would be opening up the two rooms - kitchen and living room. This would create a really large entertaining space. If sofas are positioned correctly along with the dining table you can still have separate 'zones' in the room with it being open. I am assuming you have a patio door out to the garden. A bi-fold would work really well at boosting in some more light especially if it was to run the majority of the wall (budget permitting) otherwise a full height window either side and inline with the patio door would be a cost effective light boosting solution. If opening up the two rooms isn't a possibility you could look at effective lighting, that can help boost light in the areas of the room that appear darker. If you would like us to have a look in more detail or would like a chat over the phone about layouts, CAD designs etc then please do get in contact. Kind regards, Charlie Covey Kitchens www.coveykitchens.co.uk...See Morekapiljoy3
2 years agoJonathan
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2 years agoThe exterior is attached. As you can see the driveway is ample to fit two cars, which is why the garage for us may be redundant and more beneficial as interior space.
The loft has also been boarded, so would be a good space for storage along with a shed at the bottom of the garden.
Thank you!
rinked
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoHere's a 4m extension in the back, but still with a classical feel. Former kitchen will be utility, imagine rods in the nooks for coats (or one closed off for vacuum cleaner). New kitchen in former reception, overlooking the extension by an large opening with bar 'sill' (imagine rooflight overhead). Garage would be playroom, pantry* in the extension-filler-bit.
Upstairs some juggling with bathrooms (though no major soil pipe changes); ensuite in old bathroom and wc+ensuite became the shared bathroom. Extended the sloped roofline to create some extra space, imagine a 4m wide dormer for more headroom (I see your neighbour has one) perhaps with some rooflights. Could make one bigger room, but since there's no office/study yet, two smaller ones would be nice.(* might want to have plumbing preparations made there, just in case the playroom would ever become a bedroom)
Hope this can be of help.
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