Terrace house layout
Hello. Thanks for reading this post! Have read some really helpful suggestions on other people's posts so thought I'd try our dilemma. We have a 3 bed end of terrace with a frustrating layout downstairs. We have a small galley kitchen next to a much bigger bath room (doublesink, big corner bath, separate shower). For some context, the kitchen is a single storey extension. The bathroom and bedroom above are a much earlier 2 storey extension. The next few houses on our road have the 2 storey extension but not the single. Next door is a 2 bedroom with the bath room upstairs and a decent sized kitchen. And next to them they do have 3 bedrooms with a shallow kitchen through to a small bath room.
Our priority is more kitchen space but would love to improve access/link to garden.
We were all set to go with taking a metre off the bath room and adding to kitchen (supporting wall so steel needed). But didn't go ahead due to covid. We now just want to make sure we aren't missing a better solution. We had an earlier quote just swapping bathroom and kitchen and adding the space by current bath room (coats, storage etc atm) to new kitchen. But were concerned bathroom would be too small.
Open to any suggestions! We don't really need more space just need better use of space we have(The older I get the more appealling an upstairs toilet is but not a priority just yet!).
Dining room and front room both have fireplace/chimney breasts. Bathroom is a step down from rest of ground floor. Side access beside existing kitchen.
Perhaps just moving wall as we had planned is best option but be great to hear any other suggestions. Thanks for reading.
Ben
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Comments (2)I agree that the dining room does not work as it is currently drawn. There is not enough room for the family room because of the position of the table plus the table fills the space and doesn't really fit there. You might consider widening the kitchen to allow room for the dining room to the right of the island. Square off the room. The door does not have to be at a 45 degree angle........See MoreTerraced House on a Shoestring
Comments (5)If you take the wall down between the hall and front room you wont get any more furniture into it as it will still be a corridor. I say save your money here. Personally I would put a dining table in here. The back room with the stairs will make a lovely living room. I presume the upstairs is not big enough to put the bathroom up there. In the kitchen area I would put the bathroom in the sink area and then put the kitchen at the garden end so that you end up with a lighter kitchen and a bathroom with no window. Plus this way even though your kitchen will be small now you may be able to extend it later....See MoreNew house kitchen layout
Comments (12)I see what you mean, It's a good idea in theory, however, practically, I don't think it's going to work, and you will end up ruining the nicest room in the house. There are no walls that remain unbroken by doors or windows, so where are you going to put units and unbroken worktop space. They can't go on the left as there are three doors. There's a door on the right, which although you could put a unit and a bit of worktop back right, it wouldn't be very big, and the biggest run of wall goes straight down to the glass doors, so you probably can't and wouldn't want to go straight up to them. You could move the door into the hallway from the front end to the bottom end by the patio doors and this would give you a better run of wall. If you put an island in the middle, 5' into the room to give yourself room to walk in and gain more worktop, it'll only leave you with around 6' at the other end for a dining space. However, i'd still advise getting a kitchen planner onboard before you start, as i'm not convinced the room is big enough to achieve what you want with the available wall space, and it stands a good chance of spoiling a very nice and elegant entrance to a house. The other big problem is the plumbing, there isn't any currently in that room, so you'll need to dig up the floor for drainage and almost definately that of either the utility or one of the bathrooms! I vote for keeping the house exactly as it is!...See MoreProfessional help with layout of home
Comments (0)before going down road of extension I need advice on current layout to decide if we can redesign internally to meet our needs. is this an architect, interior design or builder role ?...See More
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last monthMy son bought a 2 bed version of this house (upstairs bathroom) and daughter is looking for the same so we’ve seen quite a few configurations. The most common which retains the 3beds is this-it does make the bathroom and 3rd bed v small but works in several cases we’ve seen. I’m not sure whether it works with your staircase though. If you look on Rightmove sold prices for 2/3 bed terraced roads you’ll find lots of possible floor plans and photos of what the resulting rooms look like.
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