Ideas on alterations to a floorplan
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Hi Guys,
I would like your ideas on how to extend the floor plan of this house. It's in a nice plot and a good location but the ground floor is too small. If I go for it it will be my last move so I want a triple garage, a large dining room and a decent study/library.
As it stands the garage can be extended back 10' to 12' which will make it quadruple (nice), there is a triangular external area which could easily be incorporated into the house to extend the kitchen or make a utility area (next door has done this) the existing dining room, which is too small could become the study which is nice as it overlooks the gasrden but the area that's causing me problems is the proposed dining room/lounge - or more specifically where to place to doors for a good flow to the house. I put the dining room to the front of the house so it's closer to the kitchen but I don't really want to walk it to get to the lounge. Really interested in your ideas.
Existing
My ideas
I would like your ideas on how to extend the floor plan of this house. It's in a nice plot and a good location but the ground floor is too small. If I go for it it will be my last move so I want a triple garage, a large dining room and a decent study/library.
As it stands the garage can be extended back 10' to 12' which will make it quadruple (nice), there is a triangular external area which could easily be incorporated into the house to extend the kitchen or make a utility area (next door has done this) the existing dining room, which is too small could become the study which is nice as it overlooks the gasrden but the area that's causing me problems is the proposed dining room/lounge - or more specifically where to place to doors for a good flow to the house. I put the dining room to the front of the house so it's closer to the kitchen but I don't really want to walk it to get to the lounge. Really interested in your ideas.
Existing
My ideas
Edited by RichB on Thursday 3rd November 11:16
Can't really comment on your question, but a friend of mine had a similar layout with the garage and that triangley bit. He fitted a spiral staircase in the triangle and created an great room above the garage, complete with a small wetroom above the triangle so it could be used for guests staying over
russ_a said:
I would move the new study to the dinning room and knock the existing dinning room and kitchen into a larger kitchen dinner.
I guess then you would make a proper wall & door between the kitchen and utility? I wouldn't want to have people round for dinner and sit looking at all the pots & pans 
furtive said:
Can't really comment on your question, but a friend of mine had a similar layout with the garage and that triangley bit. He fitted a spiral staircase in the triangle and created an great room above the garage, complete with a small wetroom above the triangle so it could be used for guests staying over
Triangley bit =The void between gable ends.
AKA
Loft space.
RichB said:
I guess then you would make a proper wall & door between the kitchen and utility? I wouldn't want to have people round for dinner and sit looking at all the pots & pans
Yeap that would be the case, but you could have a dining table in the recpetion room. Just an idea.Seems a lot of work just to get a bigger study though.
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