Reconfiguration ideas?

last year

We’re looking to reconfigure this space and would really appreciate opinions/ideas about our plans.
We’re struggling to locate the waste pipe so the WC will probably stay in that area. We want to create an L shape kitchen diner, (switching the current lounge and dining room over and closing off that new lounge space).
Our major concern is the utility/Wc/kitchen area at the end - will it be too cramped or a weird layout? We can’t move the purple marked cupboard because it provides headroom for basement stairs.

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Jonathan
last year
What I would do
pippamc
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last year
I like the island here - thanks! What would you put in a boot room as opposed to utility? Feel like we might lose valuable utility space
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Flip the stairs 90 degrees so they are on right hand wall (ie you walk through door and go straight ahead up the stairs) Turn the remainder of the living room into a small snug, with a door to the rest of the ground floor. Extend into your side return and create open plan kitchen/dining+ seating area if there is room. Open plan area would replace what is currently the sitting room, kitchen and side return. Keep the utility you want at the end. Upstairs - front bedroom loses a little width because of new stairs but can be widened the other way, creating a better proportioned room. Small landing with access to other bedroom and bathroom. If you want you could build up your side return extension to a 2 storey to create more room for the bedrooms upstairs. Just an idea, hope this is helpful! Is the house terraced/semi/detached?
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I had a similar issue in my current. South facing garden - bright kitchen, dingy living room. Here's some steps we took to brighten the room: - Painted all the walls and the ceiling in brilliant white - Feature wall in a bright colour on chimney breast (when we get round to it!) - Off-white curtains from Ikea (Merete) - Multi-arm pendant light which we put some bright 40w equivalent warm white led lights in. - Floor standing lamp and desk lamp in the 'darker' corners - Mirrors For the entrance hall, I'm not sure of your dimensions, but you could have space for a glazed front door with glazed side panels combo. I'd paint the hallway a light neutral colour and put in hallway mirror to bounce the light around.
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My first thought when looking at this plan is do you really need that huge 5 seater breakfast bar? It’s nice to have the food preparation space but I doubt you’d ever seat more than three people at it at a time. Could you make it shorter and then extend out the bathroom/utility space to be in line with the external wall line. I only say this as the dining table on the plan is quite small and suggests seating 6 people max. It’s not clear if this bathroom is for occasional or daily use. If it’s for daily use, I agree that the shower is too small.
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Hi Alison, I think with such a large project you should definitely be looking for someone to help with the planning phase. A concept planner or interior designer is probably the cheapest way - obviously, I can't talk about everyone's rates. My clients usually then find they have an idea of what they want and what's achievable, from a variety of options - which can then be taken to an architect. This generally cuts the costs of redo's down (and the package you need from an architect). There are a few tweaks I would make to Jonathans but this is definitely a great design to look at in more detail. I especially love upstairs and everything he has managed to get in as well as taking the garage to add a utility room and the office which is a really practical use of the space if you are converting. I am imagining the step-in at the back is a little like the garage and is there due to the boundary lines - so can't be changed. This means that the extension would be going across the existing back of the house. Maybe it is worth looking at if you can add a porch to the front too.
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Jonathan
last year
A bootroom is basically a hall - ideally it has somewhere to sit and room for shoes and coats
cazSF
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Jonathan does it again! I love the rejig, and having that vestibule at the rear means you get two doors between your open plan kitchen and the washing machine - I have found this to be invaluable!
Jonathan
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It’s also nicer for guests to use a downstairs WC without passing a pile of laundry.

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