The first picture is suppose to have a door near the front of the house which is access the kitchen but this was missed off the drawings

Also may I add I am epileptic and planning to have a baby so the WC is needed, as I can't risk going to my bathroom upstairs whilst carrying a child.

Exact dimensions would be needed but can the loo move to the front of the house then capture the apace to the right of the stairs for the kitchen so it’s wider? Use the existing loo for a FF or pantry etc

Unfortunately I dont have the budget to move the toilet atm with the cost of the plumbing etc as it'll cost alot. I was discussing to my partner about keeping the hallway and kitchen door as it is and put a arch through the kitchen wall to face the dining area but he doesn't like that idea. I know it all costs money no matter what i would do but moving the toilet will be a big job. Personal question but would this layout put you off, as I am more worried of what other people may think.

Also my stairs towards the front of the house wouldnt fit a toilet, as it is a small house.

We once rented a house with the toilet off the kitchen line that and didn’t like it, it feels unhygienic and there is a lack of privacy.
Why don’t you extend the wall on the right so that the entrance to the kitchen is past the toilet? The kitchen would be slightly more confined but your back save would still be open.

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Would it be possible/preferable to have the door into WC opening into the lounge space - or into the new office space?? Neither is ideal, but perhaps a little more private than opening straight into the kitchen??

123 - Extending the wall on the right would make the kitchen a lot smaller as it is quite narrow. Correct me if I read that wrong sorry. I think having the wall past the kitchen won't be enough space to get into the kitchen (as that would be the the only entrance) unless we make the dining room smaller, which might work. I have suggested keeping the door to the kitchen and still have that wall to where it is now and just knock through the wall facing the dining room. I am still persuading my partner with that idea.

CWD - having the door into the living room wouldn't be ideal as that will be the main area people would be when coming over. Where it is now the tele might drown the sound, although still dont like where the door is now. Having the door in the office is actually a good idea! As you say neither would be ideal but I reckon thats would work as it would be two doors away and i will be the only one in the office as i wfh. Thank you! I know in the long run we would turn that into a coat closet/ storage for when baby gets older. We was talking about moving but because we live close to my family, get on with our neighbours and love the area we wanted to stay.

Thank you all for the suggestions. Really appreciate it.

What bugs me is the architect said he can do several plans but because we said what we wanted at the time and not realising the toilet later on it was too late. The only thing he suggested was the office so I said can you think of other ideas he just gave us the one. I mean his job is to come up with ideas. I came up with the arch idea later on which isn't hard and because he did the one plan my partner had his heart set on it whereas if he done several in the beginning he wouldn't of had the time to picture this in his head.

Probably more an FYI for future budget, but in our housing development people are lifting their stairs forward towards the front door. That could allow you to have the WC door back in the hallway. I don’t think the plumbing costs would be as expensive as a moved bathroom. Obv there’s the stair cost.

Hi Laura. Would you know roughly how much it would cost for the stairs to be brought forward, as i wouldn't have a clue. My stairs are as soon as you walk into the house, so I couldn't bring it any closer with the way it is now, although I did originally want stairs like the photo below, which I think would create space and could be brought forward as opposed to stairs being straight if thats what you are referring to? As you say it would be expensive. We did want to move the stairs entirely to a different part of the house but I was told it is a very big job and of course expensive.

Sorry, I don’t actually know what it would cost as we didn’t need to do it ourselves due to our house being configured differently to neighbours houses.
Yes, that type of stair you’re showing would need less space to go straight up.
What you could do is go up a few steps and see how much head height you have over the bulk head. If it’s very spacious then you could have a viable option. Otherwise it could be the case that your architect already discounted it.

You have a lot going on at once - I hope you get a solution that works for you and your growing family.

I suggest that baby 'stuff' takes up more space than you think it will and there'll be loads of tiny clothes to be washed. So I would sacrifice the hall with a partition wall: front open for storage, back becomes a utility area. Add a wall mounted rail or drying rack and a dehumidifier. All access to the rest of ghd downstairs would be through the kitchen ( check fire regs?) with a second pocket door to close it off from the dining area when the new baby is crawling.

Good luck with it all and mind yourself.

Minnie 101 - Looking back at your idea there does seem to be a bit of space would allow me to bring door forward, even after saying it wouldn't work so my apologies. Only problem is we may still need a door there still with regulations if we boarded up that kitchen wall, unless you mean keeping the kitchen door and having a door after the new toilet?

Laura234- I really do like that idea but as you say with it being a big job it would be very expensive. I would be interested in knowing the cost of it though.

Tab darcy - thats an idea I suggested to my partner and even suggested having a longer breakfast bar but he wants to bring the kitchen backwards so we have more space in the dining room. Bringing the kitchen back would mean the wall would not be in line for the pocket door.

I really can't think of a solution. My partner was really set on having the kitchen of his dreams, which i can actually visualise but still bothers me with the layout. Part of me thinks it may be ok as the cooking area (near the front) wouldn't be in sight of the toilet, so you wouldn't see it its just if you was behind the breakfast bar you would. You would see it from the dining room but wouldn't see it from the living room, and we plan on putting the tele on the wall I have in the photo below, which may drown the noise of going the toilet. Even though I say "it may be ok" i am still doubting the layout.

The reason having the tele on that wall and not on far left is we want our corner couch there (even though the architect put the couch in wrong position)

We have discussed to keep the kitchen as it but he wouldn't want to decorate the kitchen (but i do) which would save money but isn't happy given thats all he was excited about and always wanted it open so he could talk to people while he is cooking. He has litrally got this visioned in his head since day one and i feel bad crushing it but we are struggling to compromise. I really like the idea of putting in a hatch but he doesn't like it and as i say he wants make dining room bigger.

If the kitchen is that important, should it go in the extension?