Help with layout small bungalow
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Jonathan
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Comments (11)HI - Why is the living room entrance so closed in and with a small single door. I think that could have been more open and no door needed . Start making a plan board with samples and photos of rooms you like and paint colors . Perhaps you should get some help from an interior designer one on one or perhaps a student designer might be cheaper and they need the work for their portfolios....See MoreNeed advice re extension to bungalow
Comments (5)Thanks Jonathandb1972. That looks like a lovely layout I really like the open plan but our driveway around the house will come from the left side so that's why we had thought of addiing the extension to the right. I'm sure we could use your idea on the right side and it would still throw in plenty of light. Regarding the rooms: the long room to the right is the current kitchen which is currently very dark and cold, the small room behind this is the utility, the two rooms to the left of this are a front living room and back lounge. The rooms left of this are 4 bedrooms a bathroom, hotpress and outside toilet. Thanks again for all your suggestions....See MoreNeed help for layout of new extension
Comments (1)If I'm being honest, I'm really not sure on this layout. You have services on both sides of the extension, which even with my limited knowledge of building is expense that you could avoid. Do you need a laundry and a utility, or could you combine them.? Also I hate the idea of a toilet off the kitchen. The garage also looks small. Could you take out the door on the garage and make that the bathroom off your corridor, and make the corridor your utility. Then you have all the space free where the new bathroom and utility are. If you want more space for the utility and bathroom I would suggest bringing that wall in (make kitchen and dining narrower) and that would have the advantage of making your study wider. One other point is that leaving the study there with a window to the side will make the kitchen very dark....See MoreChanging the layout of the ground floor to open plan! Help!!
Comments (2)If you are worried about the hallway being dark why not have a fully glazed door into the open plan area at this bottom of the stairs. This would allow you to see straight through the house when you walk in the front door and make the hallway feel much brighter and less closed in?...See MoreRobert Clark
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last yearHi Robert,
Here is a quick design that I came up with. You should be able to construct an extension up to 8m from the back of your house under permitted development rights (complying with other limits and possible local restrictions) But i have kept this to 4m internal as per your original description.
The design keeps the existing bathroom and 2 bedrooms in the same place and adds a new master bedroom an ensuite at the back left. Then the back right adds a living-dining room, and the kitchen is enlarged into the old dining room.
I think a rear extension is the most economical way to extend but would make your garden smaller. Side extensions would add less extra space or cost more per square meter. Again you can build a side extension under PD rights as long as it doesn't increase the width of the house by more than 50% (and other limitations) and does not project beyond the rear of the house. So to create an ideal side extension i think you would want to extend out to the back as well which would require planning permission.
Please let me know what you think? I have a few more alternative ideas as well.And I wish you all the best with your extension project!!
Phill
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