Reconfigure terraced house help!

9 months ago

Hello all,

I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to put an offer in for a my first home. I feel that it has great potential to expand as my family does and would prefer if it was somewhere I could live in till retirement.

It’s a fixer upper and requires a lot of modernisation. I would prefer to do it all at once but that isn’t possible in the current climate.

On the ground floor, I was thinking of adding a 6m extension rear extension in the future, like the neighbouring houses have done, and use it as an open plan dinning and kitchen room, but that’s definitely a job for 5 years time. But would it be good to open up the living room and kitchen area to have an open plan space for now?

On the first floor, I would appreciate any help on changing the layout so I could include a third bedroom. I would like to do a loft conversion (also a future project).

Thank you in advance for any suggestions or tips!

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PRO
JCavareeInteriors Ltd
9 months ago
There's two ways you can look at this;

1. as soon as you open the space you're taking away the privacy and essentially allowing the noise level to effect each side.

2. you are creating a large area that welcomes everyone to gather whilst also having separate sections.

To begin I would identify how you would like the space to function, take into consideration the few pointers above too.

Once you've understood the space a bit clearer and would still like to open it, maybe you could add some glass doors. There's so many different designs that you chose. I currently have a client based in hertfordshire and we used a company called todd doors (https://www.todd-doors.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKCAjw2K6lBhBXEiwA5RjtCeabPHjoqhiOc7Id-25Jk0SqzUbijjq68YAhTQz6PSNxMZrTE3MDHBoCmnIQAvD_BwE).

This will allow you to keep the space looking open and seeing both sides whilst also cancelling some of the noise that could be created from each side.

I hope this helped!

if you would like some more info please feel free to contact me!

Kind regards

Jess

JCavaree Interiors Ltd
PRO
Earl & Calam Design and Build Ltd
9 months ago
I wouldn't open it up it looks good as it is. Would be good to do the extension that will transform the ground floor. All the best in your new home.
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Jonathan
9 months ago
I would split the front bedroom in order to have three bedrooms upstairs.

Downstairs I wouldn’t make it all open plan- instead I would just move the door to the kitchen because I think it makes the flow better. I would plan the new kitchen with the extension in mind
Shakeeb Ahmed
Original Author
9 months ago
Thank you for the advice!

Unfortunatley the door connecting the kitchen and living room is actually just an archway in what we think is a load bearing wall. It might be difficult to move it.

Also, the loft hatch is in front of the bathroom door, would the current stairs being where they are cause issues if I wanted to put in stairs to the loft?

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