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Advice please on proposed extension!

Nicola Hassall
7 anni fa
Hi all. We have just had our plans drawn up an extension. our house is a 1930s semi, currently with a very small kitchen. the plan is to have a single story extension running along the back of the property for our new kitchen and dining area (linking to an exisiting living room) and double story extension at the side for small store and utility downstairs with a bedroom, ensuite and study upstairs. the plans give us everything we've asked for, but not sure if we'll end up with dead space in between the island and dining area. would welcome any comments or suggestions before we put in for planning! thanks
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  • kikiamack
    7 anni fa
    I think the downstairs plan looks good. Perhaps change the orientation of the dining table so it is parallel to the patio doors. My concern would be with upstairs. You have two bedrooms on the right which look to me like either could be master suites, but neither has an ensuite bathroom. If this works for your family set up, that is absolutely fine, but if you are thinking of selling in a few years, I think most buyers would expect the master bedroom to have an ensuite, rather than one of the smaller bedrooms. It is worth trying to think about the upstairs as a whole, rather than as "existing" and "extension", obviously budget, existing pipework and load-bearing walls etc allowing.

    Commenti (8)

    • PRO
      Duke of Design
      7 anni fa

      Hi Nicola, you are quite right. It will create a dead space. ok, hard to explain this. But the design is creating too many out of sync 'corners'. What do you think about extending the wall counter till the island kitchen. Orienting the dining table to the middle of the pier between your two doors.

    • PRO
      Create Perfect
      7 anni fa
      Hello. Exciting times ahead for you then! Glad your plans are coming together.
      I agree with above that if you change the orientation of the table and move this to better fit the space it should work well. It will be a stunning space once it's finished! I think upstairs is fine if you want the en-suite room for a guest bedroom where not much else if needed in the space otherwise I took would look at reconfiguring the space to get an en-suite in the larger room.
      Has your architect done any 3Ds with your space planning - they really help show you the layout and how you can use it.
    • Nicola Hassall
      Autore originale
      7 anni fa
      thanks everyone. I agree that having the table the other way round works better and I like the idea of centering it in between the doors. extending the kitchen cupboard to line up with the island is also something I'll look at
    • Nicola Hassall
      Autore originale
      7 anni fa
      upstairs suits us for the moment but eventually I think we will turn the small front bedroom into an ensuite. really helpful suggestions, thanks!
    • LTS
      7 anni fa
      What about turning the island 90 degrees and having corner seating?
    • PRO
      Douglas Strachan - Chartered Architect Midlothian
      7 anni fa

      The proposals look good. There's something to be said for allowing a bit of space between things to allow free flow, but I can understand why this might be considered "dead-space". The suggestion to rotate and re-centre the dining table is good, but I would be concerned about how this would relate to the window/door positions.

      I would endorse the suggestion of asking your Architect to produce some 3D visuals for you, as this is something we find works well with our clients. If they do so, it would be good to ask them about the relationship between the dining table and light sources.

    • Jonathan
      7 anni fa
      Because of where the upstairs pipework is I think that when you need an ensuite it might be more cost effective to make the family bathroom into the ensuite and make the study into the family bathroom.
      This might influence your furniture buying now
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