Hi
I hope Ive posted this in the right category, if not just say and Ill move it.
Ive just bought a place thats a complete renovation job. It needs new flooring, bathroom, kitchen (likely roof) etc...
It used to be 2 cottages which have been converted into 1 and a staircase run up through the center. Ive attached the floorplan.
The existing bathroom is too small, and the ensuite is positioned oddly where the toilet is directly in front of a big window by the road. The road is raised so this window is almost ground level. (no privacy!)
Im looking for ideas on how to improve on this plan.
Ensuite:
I would like 1 ensuite, but not in the room where it currently is (or atleast not in the front window!). I could remove that ensuite and knock down the wall and the light from the big window would flood the stairwell which would look great. But Id have to find somewhere to fit an ensuite in one of the other rooms.
Bathroom:
This is too small. Where the bathroom currently is I could make that as an ensuite to bedroom 3, but then Id have to find somewhere to fit a bathroom (maybe divide Bedroom 1?)
Ground floor lounges:
What do people usually do with 2 cottages thats been made to 1? They dont have 2 lounges do they? Maybe a lounge and a snug?
Ground floor kitchen/dining room:
I think I would put a utility room (with downstairs toilet) on the left of the kitchen. Then have an open plan kitchen/dining room.
Becuase the house is on a busy road, I would probably have the side entrance (porch) as the main entrance. Does that make sense? You would walk into the dining room. At the moment you walk through the front and faced with stairs with lounges either side. Maybe its best to keep it as is?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Im a bit overwhelmed with it all tbh, Ive never done this before.
I hope Ive posted this in the right category, if not just say and Ill move it.
Ive just bought a place thats a complete renovation job. It needs new flooring, bathroom, kitchen (likely roof) etc...
It used to be 2 cottages which have been converted into 1 and a staircase run up through the center. Ive attached the floorplan.
The existing bathroom is too small, and the ensuite is positioned oddly where the toilet is directly in front of a big window by the road. The road is raised so this window is almost ground level. (no privacy!)
Im looking for ideas on how to improve on this plan.
Ensuite:
I would like 1 ensuite, but not in the room where it currently is (or atleast not in the front window!). I could remove that ensuite and knock down the wall and the light from the big window would flood the stairwell which would look great. But Id have to find somewhere to fit an ensuite in one of the other rooms.
Bathroom:
This is too small. Where the bathroom currently is I could make that as an ensuite to bedroom 3, but then Id have to find somewhere to fit a bathroom (maybe divide Bedroom 1?)
Ground floor lounges:
What do people usually do with 2 cottages thats been made to 1? They dont have 2 lounges do they? Maybe a lounge and a snug?
Ground floor kitchen/dining room:
I think I would put a utility room (with downstairs toilet) on the left of the kitchen. Then have an open plan kitchen/dining room.
Becuase the house is on a busy road, I would probably have the side entrance (porch) as the main entrance. Does that make sense? You would walk into the dining room. At the moment you walk through the front and faced with stairs with lounges either side. Maybe its best to keep it as is?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Im a bit overwhelmed with it all tbh, Ive never done this before.
