Unusually you have large storeroom on the ground floor only accessible by the outside. Swap the kitchen and dining room around and you can have an entire wall of embedded closets. You can easily extend the eaves and turn them into bespoke wardrobes. If you remove the study and create a hall along the south wall you can take the stair away as you suggest but it depends on the ceiling height. You may need to add a dormer. Planning for these are usually pretty straightforward. If you take the stair away from the reception you can add a storage divider unit to help separate the space. Otherwise you have various small areas you can add storage to as well such as by the entrance. I have some time before holidays and can redesign it for you for £500 (floorplan version). Would just need measures for the walls.

Thanks very much for the reply.

The storeroom you refer to is actually a shed and it's not reflected well on this drawing, where it appears to be within the footprint of the house, but is in fact adjoining the outer wall. See below picture:

We wouldn't be looking to change much on ground floor and the kitchen will need to remain where it is.

Can you possibly elaborate on extending the eaves? I'm not sure if the ceiling angle / roof space would allow for this. I've attached a bedroom photo for reference below, which shows some minor storage space in the eaves but this is only enough for a medium suitcase:

I'm led to believe that dormers are very difficult to get planning for in an AONB - according to my interpretation of the council documents.

Storage as a divider will certainly be necessary in the reception room as that area feels like a suitable play / children's area. I'm not sure storage in the entrance area would work - it's very nicely decorated with Spanish wall tiling, wood and glass:

I'm very grateful for the floorplan design offer, however we're keen to look at options on the 1st floor rather than the ground floor. Bathroom and bedroom reconfiguration options, plus storage solutions for the bedrooms is the biggest key for us.

Thanks! Eaves are around that but no way to confirm as we've not bought the property yet and have not re-visited.

I feel your pain. We bought an industrial shed converted into a large house and have lots of small rooms off bedrooms etc. but not even one shelf inside and no linen cupboard. This is our second year of living in a mess. We are turning a fifth bedroom into a walk in wardrobe and are adding shelves and full height cupboards absolutely everywhere. The house looks very attractive, these things can be sorted out if you love the house. I would also move in first and see how you live. Yes, it's annoying to have plastic trugs around but you might want to pare down a lot which is what we are busy doing. I wouldn't rush. Luckily we had a lot of freestanding armoire's etc to use in the interim.

Struggling to see the imagery on my small screen, but certainly removal of an excess staircase would help, though that leaves an issue of a "through" room which isn't ideal.

A good carpenter will make quick work adding acres of storage into those eaves - pull outs are far more practical than doors, though at a higher cost.

I'll await Canmore's design ideas with interest!

Thanks for all the comments, folks. We didn't buy the house in the end as we felt it was too much work to get what we desired and there were better options out there. Still looking and we've found something else that we feel we can turn into our own. Thanks again