I agree with the above. If you can afford it, I'd knock down the kitchen wall and go open plan. Fit a galley kitchen by using the wall with the window on - this will also feel more spacious as you can face a view/some light rather than having your back to it. Alternatively, it would be a possibility to move the kitchen, although the reason why this hasn't been done before is because this way, both the kitchen and reception rooms have access to natural light. If you move the kitchen, it will be (very) expensive to re-route all the service pipes and it may be left with no natural light. If you were looking for a full-on re-do, I personally would move the door into the reception room closer to the hallway wall (on the left) and extend the hallway down towards the current kitchen wall. This would add some extra wall space so you could extend your kitchen, then I'd add a door on the right of the hallway into the open plan reception room. I'd also section off part of the living room nearest the bedroom, like jonathandb1972 suggested, but I'd turn it into a second bedroom/study space which will add much more value to your property and won't be as expensive as re-routing all your services.

Thank you so so much for your comments! - this has been driving me crazy so getting feedback is invaluable. The estate agents think there is a ceiling value in our area of London that we have to be careful of. As such the budget depends on what we would get. Turning it from a two bed flat (1 single room, 1 double) into a two double bed with nice kitchen diner room = £25k. Turning it into a three bed flat with 2 single rooms and 1 double = £25k (apparently same value as a large two bed). Turning it into a three bed with 2 doubles and 1 single (so an extension) = £60k Option 1 is doing what a neighbor has done (copied layout from what I found online is below) means just moving the kitchen and putting in doors to outside and to the living room - but as you only get a small double and two singles, the estate agents didn't think it would be worth the money. Plus, we don't want a small double bedroom as we have a very big beautiful bed and other furniture Option 2 is similar but making it a large two bed - see below. This would cost even more so seems again unlikely we would get a return on our money Or there is the extension ideas... the first creates an akwward shaped kitchen diner, and a bathroom with no window. The second creates an awkward shaped bedroom with its own courtyard and potentially blocks the light for the master bedroom. The 3rd is not idea is deal as it wouldn't be a very big space to live in, and we wouldn't use the living room as a bedroom but others might... Long story short - im not convinced of any options :(

Hi, I would check with buildings regs first, but there is also the possibility of going open plan too. By combining the living room and kitchen you would have a spacious living area with room for a decent sized island with bar stool seating and lots more storage. Depending on how the communal area is laid out there is also the possibility pushing back the bathroom wall, installing a sliding door and then bringing the front door to the left wall. That will give you both easy access to the living/kitchen area and space for guests to take off shoes before entering the living area.

We did a similar conversion and I am sooooo glad that we did the kitchen/living at the back leading out to the garden. For that floor size I would try and do a master bed with ensuite, a small single and a double. Not sure how to configure ha but having a master with ensuite at the front would be nice, make a feature of that bay window?