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I did yes. I'm no kitchens expert but they seem fine to me. Certainly as good as my mates magnet one. They are pretty cheap compared to those guys too. My brother went for an in-frame (I think) and it is good too. He had a couple of issues with a draw and maybe a pull out unit - I think they sent out an engineer (or it could have been the kitchen fitter) who banged the right amount of screws in which resolved the problem.They wont compare to a handmade or anything but I don't think you can go wrong for the money.
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Personally, I'd put the WC where the WHB is, move the WHB to the bath wall, and rotate the bath 90 degrees and stick it under the window. This will, in my view, make the bathroom feel much bigger and gets round the problem of the WC being visible from the door (for those who like to leave the door open...). It will also let you use a full-sized door. But it will depend on where the SVP is and which direction the joists run.In its current configuration, squeezing past the end of the bath to get in will get old. Quickly.
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Personally, I'd put the WC where the WHB is, move the WHB to the bath wall, and rotate the bath 90 degrees and stick it under the window. This will, in my view, make the bathroom feel much bigger and gets round the problem of the WC being visible from the door (for those who like to leave the door open...). It will also let you use a full-sized door. But it will depend on where the SVP is and which direction the joists run.In its current configuration, squeezing past the end of the bath to get in will get old. Quickly.
Could you put the basin on the same wall as the loo and the loo on the right hand side of the image (as it were!). I guess you may have to have the soil pipe work boxed in, but if it goes from the loo behind the bath, it wouldn't be the end of the world.
I'd then put heated towel rail on the wall where the basin is and some storage where the hatched area is.
I'd then put heated towel rail on the wall where the basin is and some storage where the hatched area is.
Do you have a lot of trays? And towels?
And the corner post isn't right. Assuming the doors are NOT shown on your drawing, the corner post should protrude from both cabinets so that the faces of the corner post are flush with the faces of the doors on both legs of the L shape.
And the corner post isn't right. Assuming the doors are NOT shown on your drawing, the corner post should protrude from both cabinets so that the faces of the corner post are flush with the faces of the doors on both legs of the L shape.
Edited by singlecoil on Tuesday 21st July 19:58
anonymous said:
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I think that if you are having that corner larder unit (that's an awful lot of larder space you are having) and you want the rest of that wall to be symmetrical then there isn't a choice, unless your suppliers do something that is 150mm wide but isn't open fronted?I'm not familiar with the corner unit you mention so can't tell you where on it the post is supposed to mount.
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Simply a question of priorities, and finding the solution which gets nearest to your perfect design working within the restrictions of the dimensions of the kitchen and the availability of different unit sizes. Personally I don't like tray spaces or towel spaces, in fact I don't like narrow units at all, so I would find a different solution such as a symmetrical arrangement one side of the cooker, and a single unit on the other. But that's me, and not you.anonymous said:
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Absolutely, you wouldn't want to see the side of the belfast sink. Whether it's sensible to have two belfast sinks, and so close to each other, is a question only you can answer 
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TC,I went through this and it was not much fun.
From my research, if you have a party wall or are excavating 3m from a neighbours bordering building you have to serve notice. If you do it CORRECTLY and your neighbour signs their consent then you have fulfilled your obligation. I would also take a lot of before photos of the party wall that will be effected.
The issues arise where one fails to correctly follow the letter of the law when serving notice and this is what my surveyor said most people fall down on.
Ultimately, if your builder screws something up which effects your neighbours property it should be covered under their insurance.
I ended up paying £1,600 for my surveyor PLUS my neighbour wanted her own one so it was an expensive process for a guy to do the same thing, take some photos and issue an award (which my neighbour could appeal against anyway).
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