Help - the wife wants an island !

[NIIKME]

So we quite like a house and have accepted an offer on ours. The challenge is we really want a home where the kitchen is the heart of the house and this isn't quite doing it for me in its current guise. It "feels" right but a little small. Provided we can negotiate for a new kitchen what would you do to make the kitchen bigger and add an island or breakfast bar? Aside from just dropping one in the middle (where it currently reads 5.3x4.2) I'm drawing a blank. Another challenge is that stupid little window over on the left hand side, where there also resides a radiator (altho this can be moved). Ideas ?

Edited by NIIKME on Tuesday 15th March 16:29

[FourWheelDrift]

I'd move the kitchen into the space where the breakfast room is, it's wider and then use the smaller current kitchen space as the diner area. Block off the first door. Lines across edges of the breakfast room/kitchen split are just to show the separation between the two.

Then you have space for an island.

[NIIKME]

The thought crossed my mind (honest!) but I was wondering if there were less drastic solutions. Not that its drastic, its just starting again is all.... rather than replacing units and adding a bit.

[theaxe]

On an unrelated note why does the 1st floor have two separate bathrooms???

[Tumbler]

Where is the garden in relation to that plan?

[FourWheelDrift]

theaxe said:

On an unrelated note why does the 1st floor have two separate bathrooms???

Bathroom with bathroom en-suite

Very clean.

[NIIKME]

Bathroom2 on first floor is a bedroom, its a typo!

Rear Garden is along the wall of the dining room, front lawn runs along the breakfast room/entrance.

On the subject of budget it probably needs to be 20k to switch the rooms around....cant answer the structural wall question. It was sold in 2009 and came on market again yesterday, new plans being drawn up.

[ColinM50]

To get a decent size kitchen take down the wall beween kitchen and utility room and incorporate into one room, that'll give you a good size kitchen able to take your island at a reasonable cost

[FourWheelDrift]

FourWheelDrift said:

I'd move the kitchen into the space where the breakfast room is, it's wider and then use the smaller current kitchen space as the diner area. Block off the first door. Lines across edges of the breakfast room/kitchen split are just to show the separation between the two.

Then you have space for an island.

Just to add to this, what's at the back, a garden? If so I'd also lose the window on the left of the new breakfast room and put french doors or sliding doors in the back wall into the garden. Or if the garden is to the left, turn the window into doors.

What's your budget?

[NIIKME]

anonymous said:

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Agreed.

[TooLateForAName]

I am so disappointed with the content of this thread.

I thought she designs on Islay or something.

[FourWheelDrift]

TooLateForAName said:

I am so disappointed with the content of this thread.

I thought she designs on Islay or something.

Here you go, cheap as well. £400,000 for 600 acres.

http://search.knightfrank.com/edn100122

[Dennis99]

TooLateForAName said:

I am so disappointed with the content of this thread.

I thought she designs on Islay or something.

I thought the same and was going to suggest this, only accessible by boat.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

[m3jappa]

Tonker is right but has probably just cost the bloke another 80k or so

[Simpo Two]

Dennis99 said:

I thought the same and was going to suggest this, only accessible by boat.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

It has road access too. Very expensive for a 2-bed basket case I thought (and a 9-foot wide lounge)

[CDP]

Tumbler said:

Where is the garden in relation to that plan?

Where is the _garage_ in relation to that plan?