Engineered wood flooring is fine over the top of under floor heating, you just have to buy the right stuff, here's an article on that subject:- Solid wood flooring company Maybe it's a blessing in disguise, as i think that tiles in the formal room would have been too much. Plus you've got the grout to keep clean and that's a lot of flooring. Maybe you could look into Karndean or other LVT products ( Luxury Vinyl Flooring ). No grout and you can have it look like tiles or wood.

Can you fit a door to the dining room in between the front door and the stairs? If so then that opens up a lot more options. assuming you can: I would keep the existing side entrance, make the side section into a boot room with lots of hooks etc and a place to keep bikes scooters sports kit shoes etc. This second “muddy” entrance is absolutely invaluable, if I had any way of doing this in my house I would! This boot room/coat corridor then continues around the back of the dining room to lead to the hall. The WC comes off it in the existing location, this is then accessible to guests from the hall rather than via the dining room. Utility I would do as per Jonathan’s layout, with the door opening inwards, or a pocket door if you have enough wall space. I see you are retaining the dividing wall between kitchen and living room, I imagine this is to reduce cost but you could consider putting some glazed panels in to that wall to make it feel more open to each other. I also see you have a level difference between kitchen and the rest of the house, I would recommend raising the kitchen level to match the rest as it’s only one step, allows more flexibility in furniture placement and is generally more practical. Also gives room to lay underfloor heating in the kitchen.

Hi vaivadr, I think a simple solution would be to put a quarter turn on the steps and then move the WC further back. That will give you a much more spacious entrance. In a small place like this you need to minimise the amount of corridors so I would make the corridor smaller and give more space to the kitchen. I would move the kitchen to the other side because you have much better option on that side with the much longer wall. I would use the space where the kitchen is now as the dining area with bench seating to save space, providing seating for up to 6. This will now allow you to open up the entire back wall with bi fold doors. Filling the house with natural light. I would add a long island with bar stool seating in parallel to the kitchen rather than peninsular as that will add to the illusion of depth to the house making it feel more spacious. The remaining area would be the lounge. This layout gives you a more usable front entrance and gives you a lot of flexibility with regards to your kitchen size, for example if you prefer a bigger kitchen you could extend it further into the living area and vice versa. It also means you are free to remove the back wall and bring the outdoors in with a large bi fold door, producing a spacious light filled home.

Hi, It's not easy with a staircase like this, but as an option you could have a new fire wall in dining (full glass or at least partially, althought in any case expensive) and open up the dining to the kicthen. With a drop of creative design this can look quite cool. See sketch below. Feel free to get in touch if you need further help with design, drawings, planning etc. Andre