Personally I'm not a carpet fan and would love wood floors throughout. You/people can always put a large rug in the bedroom if they want something soft underfoot. We have wood flooring (ok so it's laminate but we are selling next year and won't reclaim money spent on real wood floors!) all downstairs but need carpet on the stairs due to rubbish treads. Also going for carpet in one bedroom as it's cheaper and we are running out of funds, ha ha. A lot of people like carpet in the bedrooms though so it depends if you are doing it for yourself or to sell? Hardwood wouldn't be overkill though - especially if you are tiling in other places

Hi Daisy. Thanks for your feedback. This is meant to read that the surfaces are highly resistant to heat but that we do recommend using a trivet for very hot pans straight out the oven to prevent burning to the surface. Sorry for the confusion.

I'm just commenting so as to give this a bump, hopefully someone with better ideas will come along :) I understand why the side door has gone in and it's also a bit of a trek with shopping. Could you not however move the new porch door and coats to the opposite side (maybe make the porch very slightly deeper) and then you could have a door straight into the kitchen from the hall? The seating area doesn't work for me, it looks much too close to the kitchen to be safe. I would also think about the safety angle of the hob on the peninsula with seating behind, splashes go a long way. By eye it looks as if you could have an island, maybe move the hob along and have seating in an L shape. I then might have a loveseat or something against the utility wall although you could just add a banquette/DiNing sofa to the table so you get a comfy seat with garden views (I assume you're not having a tv so just want the view?) do you have a plan with exact dimensions and maybe someone could mock something up? I don't think the kitchen is small in any case :) i might also think about the bathroom layout with the vanity in front of the window re having a mirror

Thanks AMURI, this is really good without having to make a radical change to the existing layout. I'll probably swap the 'Ensuite' and 'Bedroom 1' the other way round, so that 'Bedroom 1' has light coming in from the window. Now I'm trying to figure out if I could avoid this L-shaped walkway to Bedroom 4 which is rather out of place. Thanks Jonathan, this layout is really very well-optimised! And a walk-in wardrobe (Good idea!). Never thought of moving the bathroom... maybe slightly complicated in its piping. Looking at your layout now to see if it can be optimised further without having to relocate the bathroom. By the way, correct me if I'm wrong... I'm supposed the 2 doors along the walkway outside the middle bedroom, are storage spaces for the first floor.