Use the back of the garage for showerroom/WC? Then use all of the current kitchen, utility and WC as new kitchen.

We are planning to convert the garage on the ground floor into a bedroom.

I was going to suggest the same as CWD. The shower room could double as an ensuite for the bedroom.

You could move the kitchen at the end of the living room, removing a few walls in the kitchen and utility to make space for a formal dining area, and build a wall to create a shower room / utility at the back, see image. That said, this is to accommodate an island, and I'm usually against fitting in an architectural feature as the priority for a redesign: you need to define how you use the space, then architectural features will be defined to support that use. In other words, you might find a better solution without an island.

Hi Chiara,

Thanks for your reply!

We’re okay without an island. Could you please suggest the best way to design the kitchen and dining area?
We’d also like to convert the garage into a room for the elders. We’re open to letting go of the conservatory or having a smaller one, but we’ll need a closet space for laundry.

We’d really appreciate your suggestions on how to make this work best.

Thanks, Devyra, for your suggestions. I'm just considering how small that would make the bedroom. I'm not sure if a bed could even fit there, though we could extend it up to the main entrance.

The bedroom will be 3.29 x 2.42 meter , it enough for queen bed and cupboard you can add the size if you make the bathroom 1.8 meter in width

If you worry you can search 2 x 2 meter bedroom ideas

That's interesting. Based on your calculations, what would be the size of the kitchen?

Roughly estimate 4.34 x 2.55 meter enough space for L shaped kitchen, you can also add shower by this layout

Also you Dont need to remove many load bearing wall which a lot of cost

I love your suggestions. Could you please help me visualise the layout by adding a stove and kitchen cupboards, as well as a shower, washbasin, and toilet in the washroom? It would also be great to include furniture in the room.

Many people make custom bay window sitting area but if you want more frugal I would suggest a pair of armchair then you can place small coffee table between it and faux plant in the corner,

Place TV above the fireplace or on alcoves but if it wasnt possible or you don't like it place it on either side of that but use swivel TV mount, and most importantly use rug in living room

For the bedroom make sure to buy the bed first then measure the space left for cupboard width before buying the cupboard (don't just buy any standard size cupboard)

The length of the desk in bedroom should not hinder people opening the cupboard door

In bathroom washbasin closer to the door so if you want to quickly wash face doesnt need to go past toilet and as reminder before going out the toilet always wash your hand

I don't move the sink in the kitchen as some people love to view garden while washing the dishes, fridge placed next to door and stove on the side make close kitchen triangle (stove,fridge,sink) to cut down food prep time

The kitchen counter on the right wall can be used for appliances like microwaves, coffee machine etc or full height pantry

Moving washer and dryer to the back wall in utility room to create tall cupboard for linen on the right wall

Thanks a lot for working on this! I really appreciate all your valuable input and help.

I have just one more small question on how we know which one’s are load bearing wall in the plan shared

To be sure need to check with the developer, but usually the wall that Ran across the middle of the house and the one with two or three pillars jutted out in the corner

It also depends where the second floor joists are located, if you remove load bearing wall under where those section meet then you need to install RSJ

From the floorplan it seems the wall on either side of hallway, back of garage and right side of dining is crucial

On my suggestion I removed one of the small wall of the old toilet but enforce new load bearing wall in utility and in old garage to balance out the weight and more stable than before as now theres three wall evenly spread to distribute weight

You can remove other wall and install RSJ it jut cost more than that small wall

Thanks so much for taking the time to explain it so clearly.