After getting inspiration and ideas from your layout, I threw a budget out the window and started asking myself what would I do if money was no object. I started by tackling one of my bigger issues with the house - the 1970's facade. See front elevation view of house as it stands now: Current Facade: The layout below modernizes the face of the house (something I didn't think was possible) by making the main entrance on the ground floor - the 'Wow factor' comes from a double staircase on leading up to either the main hall or the sitting room, double height single pane windows mean both staircases are visible from the outside (Also letting tons of light through). The ground floor entrance is large enough to be used as a separate living space by itself (which is no harm as the staircase into the sitting room reduces its size. The only planning changes are to the centre section of the front facade. Updated Facade and Layout: Thinking the new front would look well finished with stone. Per your advice the fireplace is now moved to the side of the sitting room leaving a large centre window and the kitchen is now utilising the old utility space by removing the old kitchen W.C I also took the advice on Bed 3 but I have left the original master as is. The hotpress is now in Bed 3's old ensuite. I couldn't even hazard a guess on the cost of works detailed above.....

I wonder if the above is possible….. to make your second bedroom a double size room steal some space from your main bedroom for a shared shower room, the window in the current bathroom would cast light into the hallway, if the bedroom door is left open during the day. if you dont move the kitchen into the sitting room then maybe have it open plan to the hall and if the area behind the current sink was originally a door, perhaps put a frosted glass panel in to get difused light from the 2nd bedroom into the kitchen area. I would change the lighting in the hall to maybe soft glow wall lights. i would maximise the potential for storage space in your large hall I hope this gives you some more ideas to take to the architect

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We really want to make this into a three bedroom house. So we can have a separate office as I work from home and a spare bedroom which will eventually become a nursery in a a year or so... Although we did consider moving everything to the back, this just didn't work. While we are semi-detached, we can't have any windows at either side of the house, so all the other rooms were awkward sizes and layouts when we tried to fit these into the front part of the house. However, we agree that when you enter the open plan space where we placed the sofa felt quite squished, so we are trying to rethink the front section. We have moved the bathroom to make a ensuite master bedroom, but with the flexability that we could move the door later into the hall if we decide to turn this into a second lounge space, and do the loft conversion we have approved (2 bedrooms and a bathroom). This is the long term plan, but for now, we need to try to fit in the third bedroom! This is our current idea for the third master bedroom and we have some flexibility to go into the hall to make a bigger cloest space too in the master. However, our biggest challenge is this open plan space. Below I have put the fixed structural of the kitchen. Although the two dark grey units are two tower units (fridge frezzer and oven unit) and could be moved elsewhere (600 x 600 each). In yellow is the idea we had to fit in a utilty of the hallway for washing, and then a pantry area off the kitchen. This also allows us to move the internal wall slightly forward so it was less squished (from 2500 to 2900 as you enter). Is there any better way in the space below to place: - Utility cupboard for laundry with space to dry some clothes (1200 x 650 is fine) - Pantry cupboard/area with second under counter frezzer - Sofa area with TV - Dining area