Help with ground floor layout - architect has left us in the dark
So we are planning on doing an rear and side extension and had our plans put together/ submitted by an architect in hindsight we naively used (previous home owner’s architect that knew the house and done plans in the past) and now that I have paid in full claims he has retired and being very unhelpful :(
Now we have started to get kitchen designs on the weekend we have realised a few problems with the position of the utility room:
the door to the utility is in an annoying position for the kitchen layout as it doesn’t allow us to have enough units by stretching them from wall to wall and therefore need to move it somehow
the utility is too narrow to house the megaflow (in a cupboard) and double American fridge freezer and therefore making the utility unpractical both space wise and the external window being blocked by the above two
it would of been nice to have had the utility go to the garden so it can be used as a boot room (we have two young boys so they attract mud)
Does anyone have any advice on how to best re-layout the ground floor area to better use the floor space and be a more practical layout?
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoAs a matter of interest Vick, have you considered having a reclaimed barn wood kitchen? There is an option for a beautiful silver grey finish which looks stunning.
minipie
4 years agoVicky Patel
4 years agoJonathan
4 years agoHW- hot water- it is a possible placement option for the mega flow.
Personally I would make the front dining room a little smaller and instead put your big dining table near the kitchen and find another use for that front room. And I like the suggestion of the bootroom entrance on the side
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago Vicky Patel
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4 years ago@ Vick... the cupboards/display cabinets that I had in mind were the built in type and this floor to ceiling and as such would also act as a "noise blocker".
I assume that the column is new so the installation of a new steel would not be a major issue if you liked this option. I am a little surprised that the wall between the living room and hall does not line up with that of the front room which is why I had assumed that it was not load bearing.
This gives you an idea of what I mean, although ignore the doors... :-)
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