Ground floor layout advice please

5 months ago

Hello,

We have recently moved into our new house. The ground floor layout is not ideal. No flow, limited light and a corridor down to the kitchen.

Our idea is to try and move the staircase to be more central in the hallway to allow for a door to connect through to the back of the house where we will have an open plan, kitchen/dining/living space with a utility just off the kitchen.

Has anyone any other thoughts or a better way of doing this? Any ideas greatly appreciated.

I have attached the existing floor plan and a very rough sketch of what we have in mind.

Many thanks,

Hannah

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Jonathan
5 months ago
I think posters would need to consider the upstairs plan.
Dee
5 months ago
I like your plan but maybe instead of centralising your stairs in the hallway maybe place them to the left corner as you enter the hallway and place a downstairs loo underneath. Leaving a clear double entrance into the open plan living space.
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Jonathan
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Hi Hannah, as Dee mentioned above, if you shift the staircase over to the left or right, you will be able to have a double door opening into you beautiful new KLD (Kitchen, Lounge Dinner) which will be a lot more impactfull than having the two seperate doors. However, as I am sure that you are aware, whatever you do with the stairs downstairs will have a large impact on the layout upstairs. Wishing you the best of luck and should you want any help please get in touch.

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