looking for renovation/floor plan ideas for awkward ground floor
Hi there, looking for some advice on reconfiguring and linking awkwardly placed double garage (it's at the back of the house with no access by any size car :). I would like to get additional bedroom in the process and ideally boot/utility room. Got some plans drafted, but they place the utility/boot room in a space, where it would make the rest of the space really dark and narrow. Plus I don't think we would be allowed to have a new window and door placed, as this is the side facing our neighbours. Also, I think we would like to keep access to garden somehow, and these plans don't allow that. Finally, can't have the whole garage for kitchen/diner, as part of it must remain as a "man-cave" workshop and to store a lot of tools and freezer for dogs' food (this is also a wall that is touching the garden (we have a slope in the garden and currently that wall of a garage serves also as a retaining wall.
How would you suggest to reconfigure it in the light of all of the above, please?
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- 9 months ago
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PRO9 months agolast modified: 9 months agoIf you made outer wall then its okay to build window on the side, your neighbor privacy will be maintained and you can get the sunlight needed, I would advise to move the garage to the front so it can be accessible for a car from the main road, you can still have direct path to the garden from the front if you move the enterance to the right and just put a fence, if it were me here's the layout i will do, it'll give more space for closet, bigger bath, utility room, and additional storage unit, so basically move the wall to the left and focus buildng that side, the previous garage will become the new master bedroom with en-suite
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How About the flip it the opposite side? I want to put the utility room next the bathroom but i wonder if you need outdoor storage for dirty things or huge items (canoe, shovel, fertilizer, etc), and terrace was used to clean dog's feet when its muddy outside, use frosted window on ensuite bathroom, with en-suite pipelines you can also create water tap on the side porch to cleanHU-269687011 thanked Devyra Atelier - 9 months agolast modified: 9 months ago
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