Urgent floor plan re-design suggestions please !
3 months ago
Need some urgent suggessions on floor plan change please. Looking to add downstairs bathroom and shower room. Open the kitchen & dining, a utility and small study.
The cupboard marked E has electric meter which i have found now can’t be moved and builder are suppose to start work.
Living Room – 16’8 x 11’8
Kitchen – 12’7 x 7’8
Dining Room – 11’7 x 10’7
Family Room – 12’0 x 10’7
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Comments (15)Hi Dalida! Yes, your flat needs a renovation, specially in the bathroom and kitchen. The wooden floor looks nice. Before starting the redising, it will be necessary you make a 'wishlist'. I would recommend a bigger kitchen . Have you considered having only 1 bigger bathroom? How many peple wil be living in the flat? How many bedrooms do you need? Is the kitchen entrance as nice as the main one ? Would you consider turning the kitchen entrance onto de main entrance to the flat? Then you'd be able to enter to the kitchen space ( it can be an attractive open-plan design - look at this one we fitted in a small apartment) Imagine that where the mirror is, is where your window is. If you turn this entrance onto the 'main one', you'll be able to have a big bedroom on the other side of the flat ( where the main entrance). You can keep the entrance and use it, but not for guest ( not nice to have visitors entering through your bedroom). As you can see there're a lot of options to discuss. I would recommend you to contact a profesional that helps you with the process, because if you meet him/her you can design together a really nice flat. Which style do you prefer? Would it be posible to change the position of the gas boiler? How much storage space do you need? For the new bathroom I would recomend to have storage space, and a large mirror will help to make the space feel bigger. As you can see, there're a lot of questions and lots of decissitions to take. Don't hesitate contacting a profesional to help you in the process it will sabe you money and headaches! We're based in South of Spain, so we're not close to help you with the renovation, but I hope my comments help you! Good luck with the renovation, Sara Leiva Architect @ Mirasur Proyectos SL PS- My recomnendation is not to divide the flat into 2 smaller ones - it will be much more expensive, messy, and you'll have 2 non- attractive tiny flats...See MoreProposed floor plans! Any suggestions/criticisms? Kitchen distances??
Comments (16)Well thank you everyone! I've been persuaded that the 100mm gap is worth losing a fraction of space from the living room, so have implemented this change. Also have moved the hob onto the island to make it more sociable when cooking. It's interesting hearing people say about the dishwasher being too far away, as currently we have to walk around a peninsular when you first get into the kitchen to get to the dishwasher (as we haven't moved it) so in actual fact, I think it'll feel closer than we are used to, so I don't think that's something we'd necessarily change. Plus it's only 4 steps from the DW to where the end of the island will I think be. @Townhouse - thanks for the offer, but unfortunately nowhere near harrogate most of the time, but will bear it in mind if we're up that way! @Laura, thanks for getting back to me, I've changed it to the 100mm on the "working" side of the kitchen. I think you're right, and your family has height I could only dream of, when I'm only 5'3! and J & Townhouse, I've also been considering the benefits of having the fridge/freezer closer to the island, and having the pantry at the end. Part of me can't decide what is more useful to have closest! And yes, with the island I wasn't planning on having units on both sides the whole way along, to allow space for chairs/legs to tuck under :)...See MoreRe-plan ground floor layout extended 20s semi
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The green is garden, the grey squiggle are the walls i was intending to take down. These two walls are not load bearing. I did have a plan but due to the electricity cupboard which was assessed to be ok in the bathroom now Iam told thats not allowed. Need a bathroom not just WC as I cant get an ensuite upstairs without huge cost/ planning permissions and i need a wet shower room(already have a family bath upstairs)
The floors can come but this is a very tight budget project so as close to were existing water pipes is more cost effective. @rinked
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Houzz is glitching, tried posting this several times..
Anyhow, examples when moving front door is an option:
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