Extension Floor plan help please!

3 months ago

Hi everyone,

I need some help with my downstairs floor plan that my architect has drawn up for our extension please. I feel like the entrance to the downstairs toilet is compromising the options for the kitchen layout. We are thinking that we want to change our plan to be a kitchen diner on the right hand side and a new separate lounge on the left hand side. We want to use the garage space to fit a study in, but that then leaves a problem of how to fit a downstairs toilet in, and how to get to it!

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Toby

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Isla Cherry
3 months ago
You could leave the downstairs toilet where it is currently and have the access from the opposite side. I think it says study but it's miniscule. That way you could have another useful wall for your kitchen. Having a toilet accessed straight off the kitchen is less than ideal anyway.
CWD
3 months ago
Is there enough head height under the stairs to put the loo under there? Bearing in mind that the toilet section can be lower than normal head height where you sit back down onto it. If there's room for a normal-sized door at the tallest bit under the stairs then there's probably enough space to squeeze a loo and washbasin.
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Anna G
3 months ago
Given the orientation of your plot, I'd suggest the proposed footprint is wrong. If you lose the single storey part and instead extend beyond your double storey extension with a single storey you create a southerly aspect. Single storey further than 4m is unlikely to worry planning - my 7m passed without comment. It's two storey bits where 4m matters. If you extend like that, how about kitchen where your architect put dining, and add a utility beside where the loo is shown - juggle it about a bit if you can to use the existing doorway and either access the loo via the utility or have a small inner hall with access to both.
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https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/6396038/extension-floor-plan-advice#n=6

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