Extension & floorplan
I’ve bought a property that is in need of renovation, and I want to add an extension onto the back to put a new kitchen & dining area & I’d like to be able to fit in a couple of reading chairs and a TV, like a small version of an open plan. The current kitchen would become a laundry & boot room.
I don’t think a 3m extension will do this. One builder says he thinks it will be plenty of room and not worth the hassle and extra cost of neighbourhood consultation scheme, another builder think going to 3.5m is better, which is the realistic size extension for the land and what other houses have had around the area.
I really want a social area that backs onto the garden and a place to sit comfortably by the opening to the garden in the summer, and I like to cook & bake so want a good functional space for this.
I’m downsizing and will be wanting quite a lot out of this space, the lounge would need to have a substantial pc and desk area with space for folders and paperwork, then an area for DDJs speakers & another laptop, along with a main tv, surround sound and some space for books & CDs. But I want it almost hidden so I thought a large media wall/shelving unit with the TV central, was a way round this.
I have to do this on a budget.
I can’t make my mind up about the size of the extension, is it worth the extra 0.5m, or leave as is. Do I block in the current kitchen window and making a doorway to the side of that to the new kitchen area, or maybe remove the whole kitchen wall and use some of the kitchen space and make a smaller laundry boot room.
I’m extending the toilet across for a wet room, and I’m also not happy that the front door opening almost directly to a wall straight in front of it, so I had two ideas, turn the staircase and use some of the front room for a bigger hall - but I’m worried this won’t leave me enough space for pc & DJ area, or maybe move the front door to where the window is into the lobby area?
Any ideas gratefully received.
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jjp marelli
2 years agoThankyou for getting back to me, this plan might show a little better the current layout of the house. Measurements are still approximate as it’s what’s taken from the original sale documents.
The one I’d added to the original post is a working progress and I agree not being finished makes it confusing, I didn’t think that through very well for which one to add.Yes Rinked there should be a doorway into the lobby area.
Thankyou Emily, there is some great ideas there, I definitely will rethink on the initial ideas which I’ve listed below.The property is a 3 bed semi detached house, it’s an ex council property built around 1950s/60s.
It has a small slabbed drive way to the front, there should be two steps up to the front door but the previous owners have raised the driveway level to the top of the steps, so you can’t see these large concrete steps but they haven’t been removed, this whole front needs redoing in the future.
The Side area of the property is only 3-4ft wide. The Garden is a reasonable size, also needing work.
The whole space interior & exterior is Lacking any personality or originality.So you know where my line of thought is, it is about the home working for my whole family, a social multi use space.
It will become home to myself my youngest who is disabled and will always have to live with me.
I have a grown child who will live with us on and off for the next few years.
Then I have a third child, their partner and 4 grandchildren who spend a lot of time with me.Current thoughts are as follow, hopefully I will make a little more sense
*The conservatory to be removed for the extension.
*in the lobby the side exterior door will be bricked up to allow the toilet to be extended fully across forming the shower/wet room.
The Internal door from the small hall to removed and left open.*the current kitchen then becomes a laundry & boot room, I have to have a good space for sorting clothing & hanging clothing to air, after operations especially, I can’t walk far or lift so can’t go hang laundry outside to dry, it’s important to ensure my independence, to still be able to do my own laundry.
We have a lot of shoes, coats & handbags between us!!*The front door opens directly opens onto part wall & part stairs, this could cause me problems in the future.
I have a connective tissue disorder & spinal cord damage, I’m often in hospital & will need to use my walking aids and chair more as time goes on, my youngest has also inherited this, so there is a certain amount of future proofing for this for each of us. This space is so small and awkward coming into the house, so I was given two ideas for changing this -- To have a new staircase built, still in the same place but it has a small landing step and then turns 90° using some of the lounge space to achieve this.
- Brick up the current front door, then fit a new front door where the current window is in the lobby.
I know the concrete steps are near impossible to remove so If I take the drive back down impart to the level it was, I could be stuck with the original steps still.
*I like to bake and cook and have a lot of kitchen equipment, convenient storage & a good area of clear worktop space is essential. I love Kitchen islands but I’m guessing to maximise what I need for storage & worktop space a peninsula is more practical, which I’d like space for seating 2 to 3 people. I don’t want to be separated from guests when cooking. Space to get around easily with crutches or walking frame is important.
*in a perfect world I’d like an open plan kitchen with space for a dining table and a large sofa with TV area to sit and relax, with doors opening onto the garden, whilst having a separate lounge area with TV too, but I don’t think this is achievable in the space. So I thought in the extension, kitchen, dining table and just a couple of Sherlock chairs. I want to be able to sit in this area close to the garden especially when the grandchildren are round playing outside, or summer bbqs etc.
*The Lounge area has the double patio doors which will be removed. I’m unsure whether to have anything fitted in their place. Again ideally best of both worlds, to have a space fully open to the extension, but to be able to close it off too for the coziness but I think doors of any kind may just close it all in.
*the chimney breast will be removed, the whole stack top to bottom.
*DJ area: I thought not on the neighbouring wall so the neighbours don’t get any of the bass.
In the summer we have people on the decks for garden parties, so want them to be as close to the action as possible for the times we can’t be bothered to set them up outside. I thought the DJ set up might sit on what is currently the chimney breast wall by the patio door side. This whole wall could be like a full media centre, PC set up opposite side, the main TV with the amp & surround sound central.
Both the kitchen extension and lounge area would have a TV.*the boiler is to be relocated downstairs in the current kitchen area, so as to then extend the bathroom to fit in a walk in shower using the current cupboard and the small area of the landing in front of it.
*bulk head in main bedroom, Will have a wardrobe space above, dressing table to the side, may be left as is or considering taking it down so it’s just the slope rathe than the big bulky square.
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