Convert 2 bedrooms into den?
kellykct
8 years ago
Yes, convert.
No, do not convert.
No. Think about converting garage instead. (Husband's preference)
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qam999
8 years agokellykct
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ADVICE PLS converting a 2 bed flat into 3 bed
Comments (4)Hi Natalie, This is actually a hard one. I know this was posted some time ago, but in case you are still in a conundrum about this, a radical possibility is as follows: My intial idea was to open up your back area with the following extension (detailed below), so that your family could live facing your garden. But given that you are on a busy road (unless you want to reconsider using the front reception as a bedroom which you can test by pulling your mattress in there and sleeping in it for a couple of nights), this may do the trick, if you are willing to change your garden differently than you had intially considered. Here is how to get what you want - 3 bedrooms & open plan reception space to plan a kitchen with an island / breakfast bar, lounge & dining area. Knock all the walls through from your front reception room & your first bedroom area. This will give you one huge open-plan reception space to take advantage of and configure just the way you want to include kit - dining - living. Extend the hallway through the current kitchen - dining area to the back of the flat (and slightly beyond into the extension (detailed below). Out of the rest of the kitchen dining space, you can create another bedroom that can either retain the current window or have double doors opening up onto the garden. On the left side of the garden - all the way down the length of the garden - do a 1 room extension (13'6" long x 9' wide) with large windows or sliding doors onto the courtyard garden. This will give you the 3rd bedroom you desire and also with planning permission approvals or under permitted development (must find out what applies in your area), possibly give you enough space for a small ensuite shower room too. The extended hallway into the new left-side extension should be used to create access & a door into the courtyard garden. Your court-yard garden will still then be about 13'6" x 10' (rather than 19'9 x 10' as you suggested with a 1m back extension across the rear of your house) and you can still use your side return for light. Not doing the side extension will reduce the cost significantly - and as you know getting the 3rd bedroom out of the size of the side return extension was very difficult. If you do what to also do the side return extension, you can enlarge the kit - diner converted to a bedroom, and also add a small ensuite to that room behind the other bedroom (if you retain the courtyard area on the side from the current large bedroom, past the bathroom & 2nd bedroom windows, upto the fireplace). If you do decide to use the front reception as a bedroom: You can create a lovely open-plan living - dining - kitchen in the garden extension I suggested above & the current kitchen dining area - putting in all glass (sliding or concertina) in both areas facing your courtyard garden. You can configure your kitchen - diner in one side and the living area in the other. Both areas will have full light and exposure to the courtyard, and offer indoor-outdoor living when weather is nice and doors are all fully opened - giving you an L-shaped open plan living around your courtyard. Also if you do the side extension as well, this will extend this reception area even more across the back of the house, give you more options for skylights & allow you to add a small ensuite or w/c in the side return too. The rest of the blue-print of your home would remain the same & you would use your front reception room as a bedroom. Well, hope this helps and best of luck! Best wishes,...See MoreConverting a Guest Bedroom into a Teenage Boy’s Room on a budget
Comments (4)At first I thought you were asking for advice on how to update his room! Both before and after look fab, but the green room is just lovely and no more bruised heads!...See MoreConverting 2 bedroom flat into a 3 bedroom flat
Comments (3)In my opinion you can’t create more rooms than you have windows. So you should give the larger master bedroom to the children and divide it with furniture or screens that can easily be removed by the next people. You would then take the bedroom with the balcony or you would use this space as a living room, make an aperture to the kitchen then add a partition wall to the living end of the kitchen to annex a new bedroom. Be aware that any bedroom off a kitchen may require fire regulation approval....See Morehow best to convert from 1 to 2 bed
Comments (23)Congratulations on your baby but I urge you not to proceed with your plans. You will spend a lot, have less living space and not add any value. No future buyer will pay a premium for a large windowless bedroom/storage space. Please consider my previous suggestion but slightly amended. If you take off a small part of the existing kitchen and create a baby's room you can then present it as an office when it is time to move on. Plenty of buyers look for a discreet office for wfh which they can just shut the door on at the end of the day....See More
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