So we have just purchased a new house and have a few months before we need to move, so are looking to do an internal refurb and small extension to the front of the house.

I've attached an existing floor plan and front elevation photo to give you an idea of the existing property.

I would love to open up all of the downstairs and have a complete open plan layout with bi-fold doors across the rear elevation, but the wife would like to have an enclosed living room to seat 5-8 people and a 10 seater dining table somewhere (can be either open plan or in a separate access room).

To give us more space, we are looking to knock through into the Garage and extend to the front elevation so it gives us a square ground floor plan to work with - we don't mind losing the garage all together but it would be handy to have a utility room somewhere.

We did consider moving the location of stairs so they start in the garage and end up in smallest bedroom (losing that smallest bedroom) and using the left over space from the previous stair case to create and ensuite to the rear bedroom.

With so many random ideas running through my head - and not being able to agree on designs with the wife, i thought i'd get inspiration from the members here. What would you do with the layout?