Any tips on converting a 1-bed to 2-bed flat?
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9 months ago
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Hi,
I'm looking to convert my flat to a 2 bed from its current layout as a 1 bed. I'm new to all this, so I'm unsure if it's possible and I would appreciate any tips!
The internal area is 82 square metres. I've included a floor plan below.
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Jonathan
9 months agoAs long as you can get freeholder permission to make changes and as long as you don’t move the sink far I’m sure it’s possible to put the kitchen in the living space to free up a room.
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Comments (5)Hi Graham, Ah, that was confusing but makes more sense in terms of the existing floor plan layout. I still think you should have enough space to get a door directly into Bedroom 2 rather than into a small corridor. but you might have to have an angled wall to the dressing room to make it work for a standard-size internal door. What did you think about making the master bedroom smaller to give more room to the 3rd bedroom on that floor? It looks like your current extension plan adds a good total amount of space and especially on the ground floor. But it seems a shame that you end up with several bedrooms on the small side. Were there any restrictions which meant you couldn’t utilise more of the ground floor footprint on the upper floor levels? I would have thought that enlarging the existing rooms into the extension, or using the extension for the master bedroom suite would make the most of both the extra space and natural light. Maximising the possible size of each floor plan would improve the value for money on a multilayer extension like this and natural light could still be brought into the middle of every floor with a lightwell. But there may be restrictions which might make this not practical in this case. Would you consider a first-floor extension which partially or wholly creates a new master bedroom suite?...See MoreHU-843881574
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