Floorplan help!
Just had an offer accepted on a solid 1930 semi in sunny Suffolk.
Has a good deal of space downstairs including an extension but as you will see from the attached floorplan kitchen is very small particularly as we both like to be in it at the same time!!
Was Initially comtemplating the knocking through of wall to the right of the kitchen and then having a a open plan (kind of L shaped) Kitchen diner / family space. Note re the later we are only 2 but have 4 grown children between us and they will be visiting! The above would include erecting a stud partition to create (return) to a seperate sitting room. But now no sure this is the best way forward. If possible we'd like a seperate utility cum downstair loo and shower. Also we are not getting younger so ultimaely might wish to conver part of the sitting room to a bedroom but hopefully not for a while yet.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Note conservatory will be coming down.
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Comments (1)The most obvious thing to do would be to lose the red wall keeping the column and design it in to a new kitchen dining space. I would spread the kitchen right along and incorporate the breakfast room. That would give you a large space with the garden view. A new kitchen would really change the feel of the space. Thankfully the cloakroom is in a sensible place and you have a separate study which I wouldn't touch....See MoreFloor plan help - open plan flat
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PRO29 days agoSimon Grech thanked Black and Milk | Interior Design | London- 29 days ago
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Shower is mainly for future proofing property in case one of us no longer able to go upstairs.
Had considered this configuration
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Moderate budget. Toliet really needs to stay where it is or it could be moved to where kitchen sink is as toliet in bathroom above so soil right outside. So perhaps something like this
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Excuse my awful rendering but I propose you have a galley kitchen in red with a glass door through to a glass side door for some borrowed light. You could then have utility and larder storage in blue on the plan accessible from hallway and kitchen and enlarge the bathroom into the green area to make substantial bathroom. Dining can be in the old sitting room at back of house. Sorry can’t suggest s solution for downstairs bedroom option
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Would you consider moving the kitchen to the front, freeing up the current kitchen as an ensuite bedroom. That could be a snug / laundry toom for the moment - perhaps there sre grandchildren who need day naps. Thd rest becomes dining in the middle and living room at the back.
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Much has happened since my initial post!
Although we didn't have all of the costings yet, it is clear that they are way higher than initially thought. And there is IS a 2nd chimmey. We have kind of given up on knocking through the wall to make a L shape kitch/dinner/family area due to the huge expense remove the support wall which houses the chimney.
Instead we now looking at the revised configuration below. Even with this we are now looking at further ways to reduce costs as we only have about £40k in total. As well as any building work (including associated fees Structural surveyor/Architect/Building Notice Fee, this also needs cover the following:
Installation of patio in place of conservatory
Clear house of floor coverings, existing bathroom, kitchen, downstairs toilet etc
Erect Stud wall in existing living room
Kitchen purchase and Installation of new kitchen + purchase of new appliances
Purchase and Installation of new bathroom
Installation of downstairs new toilet, shower and utility
Laying of hard floor to lower ground floor / carpet 1st Floor
Painting throughout
Full garden (very overgrown) clearance
Purcahse of soft /hard furnishings, window curtains / blinds, replace of 1 double glazed window and replacement of sliding patio doors.
Purcahse / installation of wood burner
As you can see it is quite a list.
It has been getting us down recently and yesterday we even considered pulling out of the purchase.
We really want to buy this house but we worry that we cannot make it into the house we would like and that we have to compromise so much that it is just not worth it.
Any comments would be much appreciated.
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