House layout advice (with potential floor plans)
Discussion
I'm doing a house up from scratch and I'm am struggling with ideas for the layout.
I started of with this which was all doors and windows are fairly hard to do anything with. Original cooker was fitted behind the 'external' door.
I have removed the wall between the dining room and kitchen to open it up a bit but I am now struggling to decide where to place doors.
Current ideas are:
With the kitchen something like:
(ignoring the patio doors they don't exist at the moment, its another big window)
I like the openness with the doors out of the lounge into the kitchen dinner but don't like the fact the lounge becomes an extension of the hallway.
Or
and switching the dining / kitchen areas around so the sink would be under the other window.
I like the fact the hall way is the only passage but the lounge is tiny and I'm worried it will feel too boxed in without the option to open it up at the back.
I would also gain lounge wall space doing it this way.
The top external door only allows access to a lean to, garage and back garden. You can't get to the front of the house so the front door will always be used.
Total floor plan is about 36m2 so not a lot of space to play with!
All options are fine from a structural point of view and about the same amount of effort and there is a soil pipe down middle of that back wall, in between the windows, so easy to move the kitchen over to the other side of it.
Any opinions experiences or better ideas welcome!
I started of with this which was all doors and windows are fairly hard to do anything with. Original cooker was fitted behind the 'external' door.
I have removed the wall between the dining room and kitchen to open it up a bit but I am now struggling to decide where to place doors.
Current ideas are:
With the kitchen something like:
(ignoring the patio doors they don't exist at the moment, its another big window)
I like the openness with the doors out of the lounge into the kitchen dinner but don't like the fact the lounge becomes an extension of the hallway.
Or
and switching the dining / kitchen areas around so the sink would be under the other window.
I like the fact the hall way is the only passage but the lounge is tiny and I'm worried it will feel too boxed in without the option to open it up at the back.
I would also gain lounge wall space doing it this way.
The top external door only allows access to a lean to, garage and back garden. You can't get to the front of the house so the front door will always be used.
Total floor plan is about 36m2 so not a lot of space to play with!
All options are fine from a structural point of view and about the same amount of effort and there is a soil pipe down middle of that back wall, in between the windows, so easy to move the kitchen over to the other side of it.
Any opinions experiences or better ideas welcome!
Edited by bigdrew on Wednesday 28th September 23:21
It is probably more investment then home (although I will be living in it for a few years!)
The hall is a complete waste of space but that wall is holding the house up. I also wouldn't want an open plan hall/lounge.
I'm leaning more and more towards the second one with a U kitchen on the LHS.. It will be a shame to make it less open plan but I do gain a fair bit of wall space all round.
Long term plan would be to install patio doors but the problem is the garden is raised to the rest of the house.
Also the side back door goes into a strange lean to thing with a garage in front of it. Not sure what I'm going to do with this yet - but it means I can't block the side door up!
The hall is a complete waste of space but that wall is holding the house up. I also wouldn't want an open plan hall/lounge.
I'm leaning more and more towards the second one with a U kitchen on the LHS.. It will be a shame to make it less open plan but I do gain a fair bit of wall space all round.
Long term plan would be to install patio doors but the problem is the garden is raised to the rest of the house.
Also the side back door goes into a strange lean to thing with a garage in front of it. Not sure what I'm going to do with this yet - but it means I can't block the side door up!
Floor plans were done on https://www.floorplanner.com/
Kitchen was done on B and Q's software but you have to go into the store to get accsess to it. If you book an appointment they will show you how to use it / do it for you.
Yeah too small for a downstairs toilet I'd say.
Kitchen was done on B and Q's software but you have to go into the store to get accsess to it. If you book an appointment they will show you how to use it / do it for you.
Yeah too small for a downstairs toilet I'd say.
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/full...
A bit like the layout of that house?
Yes I think it would be the best option. Unfortunately the front window in the living room is massive and is way to low to get units under.. I could make it smaller but it would stand out on the street. I'd also have fairly major drainage problems to overcome.
I'd sort of ruled it out because of the problems
A bit like the layout of that house?
Yes I think it would be the best option. Unfortunately the front window in the living room is massive and is way to low to get units under.. I could make it smaller but it would stand out on the street. I'd also have fairly major drainage problems to overcome.
I'd sort of ruled it out because of the problems
Fairly sure I'm settled on this unless anyone can spot anything that has the potential to be annoying!
I think I have taken on board some of whats been said!
Kitchen is going to be a U shape in the top left
Some doors swing different ways and I'm fairly sure I'm not going to put a door between the hall and kitchen diner at all (It will just be a door sized opening).
I've also included the conservatory thing and garage on the plan now.
I've moved the lounge door as it feels nicer not having to walk to the front of the house and back down the hall way to get to the kitchen/beer. In my mind it makes the lounge more 'part of the house' and I can have the door opening against a wall. It does mean I will be walking in between the gap in sofas to get into the lounge but it will be fairly big gap with two two seaters.
I think I have taken on board some of whats been said!
Kitchen is going to be a U shape in the top left
Some doors swing different ways and I'm fairly sure I'm not going to put a door between the hall and kitchen diner at all (It will just be a door sized opening).
I've also included the conservatory thing and garage on the plan now.
I've moved the lounge door as it feels nicer not having to walk to the front of the house and back down the hall way to get to the kitchen/beer. In my mind it makes the lounge more 'part of the house' and I can have the door opening against a wall. It does mean I will be walking in between the gap in sofas to get into the lounge but it will be fairly big gap with two two seaters.
Edited by bigdrew on Sunday 2nd October 19:00
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