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birmingham_thinks

toilet or cloakroom

Birmingham Thinks
6 years ago
first time buyer keen to have somewhere for coats and bags
keep 2nd toilet
turn it into a cloak room
Featured Answer
  • Kia
    6 years ago

    Keep the toilet, it's more useful. Build a lean floor to ceiling

    Muswell Hill House · More Info

    cupboard in the entrance hallway, perhaps incorporating shoe racks & seating area.
    OXFORD FAMILY HOUSE · More Info
    something like these if possible. Good luck

    Comments (15)

    • Ellie
      6 years ago
      I don't think a 2 bed flat needs a cloakroom, assuming you have enough cupboard space in the bedrooms for coats and bags. I would leave it as is. Get loads of coathooks on backs of doors.
    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      it is turning into 3 bedroom flat for 2kids, 2 adults
    • PRO
      ARC Bespoke Interiors
      6 years ago

      Where is the entrance for the kitchen ?

      I would have , a coat stand and a coat wall rack, on the wall in front of the main entrance , if its not the entrance to the kitchen or as soon you enter the main living room on the left hand side by the door, you can have a built in cupboard with sliding door or doors

    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      yep mistake, that is kitchen door, but we are considering turning it into a wall and making kitchen open into the lounge
    • Ellie
      6 years ago
      Are you extending, it moving walls? Can you show us a plan of how the rest is going to be?
    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      sure here is one idea
    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      I am leaning towards keeping toilet now despite voting otherwise, as you can hang coats and bad anywhere, but going to the toilet....
    • Angie
      6 years ago
      Is there space to hang coats in the cloakroom? (The clue's in the name...)
    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      not really, there is a boiler and a toilet
    • PRO
      Spencer Marchand
      6 years ago

      The new layout definitely enhances the usability of the space from a daily living aspect. If it's possible from a structural side of things, removing the kitchen wall and opening it up into the living room will give the space a really nice flow between the spaces. Looks like you have a good idea of what you want to achieve. Good Luck with your future project.

    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      cheers thanks for all your help, the toilet will stay
    • Birmingham Thinks
      Original Author
      6 years ago
      amazing thank you
    • nobleseneb
      5 years ago

      Coats in the hall are, I think, a very personal thing: we keep our hall coat-and-shoe free - guests' garments we store in our dressing room. BUT, my sister-in-law's hall is a-jumble of coats, hats, umbrellas and all the detritus of family life - far to messy for me, but it's how they feel comfortable and therefore how they should live.

      If I were in your position, I'd keep the loo and set aside some wardrobe space for visitors' coats.

    • PRO
      Bathroom + Kitchen Eleven
      5 years ago

      If the kitchen is going to open up into the reception room, why not put a cupboard in the hallway for coats (where the kitchen door would have been)? I would definitely keep the 2nd WC.

      Shannon

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