Kitchen Reno- ideas, suggestions Please
Adriana Nascimento
8 years ago
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Comments (20)Thank you. No subdivision occurred prior to us buying (still vacant at present). We do have clear access to back of block off side street. Builder is currently doing up a few rough sketches to give us ideas. Council will approve downstairs as living space, it would be classed rumpus but not approval if classed as granny flat. I think downstairs space might not be ideal for mum as not particularly private; upstairs kitchen, lounge & then adding a open deck is/will be heart of home so is busiest and nosiest and particularly if putting entrance down there too... Initial thoughts have been convert downstairs on RH as half as rumpus/guest room, other half keep as garage. Extend slightly out the RH side as enclosed entrance foyer with door to rumpus, door leading out to side of house/ path to back yard and then with stairs leading up to lounge (w/- powder room under stairs). Carport over existing driveway & then above covered deck. Extend out back for a s/c granny flat with own access, courtyard and would also have internal access by putting hall way in place of robe in bed 1. Would eliminate existing entrance and hallway and use this as WIR for bed 2. Any thoughts on this? Thanks again for your reviews....See MoreKeen for ideas - pole house kitchen reno
Comments (34)Hi siriuskey, In answer to your previous question, no we are not having as big of an oven/cooktop shown in the design. Ours will be a 60cm induction cook top, with a 60cm built in oven underneath. I'm guessing this is just the picture they have in their design software. It seems a bit distorted anyway. At this stage we are not sure if we will be repainting the kitchen & dining space. I guess it depends on what colours we go for, as it was only recently repainted. It is really only the one wall in the lounge room that is still natural wood, the remainder of the house has been painted in the light grey. The previous owners had already started to organise the reno, just before we bought the house. So we have a 'custom' flat pack that they order, to replicate the current kitchen layout. They choose StyleLite for the doors in either Frost or Arctic (http://stylelite.net/product_info.html) and it is a high gloss. One of the kitchen companies is happy to take away our flat pack and modify it to suit our new design. This would save us money on cabinet costs and get it out of our way. So, for these reasons we are keen to stay with the white cabinetry. Originally we were thinking of a black stone top with a little metallic flick in it (http://www.caesarstone.com.au/colour/6100-night-sky) but we are now considering a less stark colour like a grey (https://www.silestoneusa.com/color/marengo/) which would be perhaps more of an industrial style look? All of the poles in the lounge room, dining and kitchen are the blue colour, which we are keen to keep if possible so that the entire space has some continuity. Plus with cream coloured carpet, we don't want to repaint the lounge room ones! They are different colours in the other rooms. Having said all this, we are open to ideas and plan to take our time getting the design and colour scheme right, so we don't make it too modern and detract from the feel of the house....See MoreReno Suggestions
Comments (4)From doing renovations with my mum's place - you're always running into the most expenses when moving and adding plumbing. Especially if you're in a slab foundation situation - drilling new wastes into those things is a nightmare of extra cost. You could block out the front dining room area into a mudroom and laundry off the garage with an internal access door, and turn the kitchen into a corner with an island, you could likely knock out the current closed out kitchen wall to open up the space. I've left some assumed pillars in place to keep the ceiling up, but you could see how closing in some walls might create a better flow. For the main bath, closing the outside door from the laundry, and then using the current plumbing you should be able to add shower + bath + vanity. Then that odd ensuite thing at the end of the living space could be adjusted to be a powder room. Once that's done you could snag out the WC and current main bath for the master suite, shift the door, and either noodle around with some robes to create a WIR situation or just roll with what you have. Personally I think built-ins give you as much storage but lose you less floor space. The windows in the floorplan make it seem like it would be hard to create a WIR without having the move them too....See MoreKitchen Reno Feedback / Suggestions
Comments (23)Siriuskey, the dimensions for the rumpus area 7720 x 4910. I really like how your design improved the flow of the house as soon as you walk through the front door. Paul Di Stefano, I couldn't agree more. Infact when I was first looking into renovations for the house, my number one choice was moving kitchen and dining to the rumpus area and opening up the rest of the house as living space. I actually agree that it would have the biggest impact on the house as a whole. I am definitely considering all options suggested thus far, but there are a few reasons why I might have to stick with a "good enough" design, rather than the best possible design; which is a shame because we have a lot of space to work with. Some main points: 1) bed 2 and 3 are very small. You can't fit a double bed in them without either covering the robe or the window, they are definitely single bed rooms. For this reason, the appeal of adding a fourth bedroom is much greater as the space would be large enough to function as a nice family / media room, while also being able to be utilised as a bedroom that is less functionally limited by its size, should the need arise for either us or a potential future buyer. 2) we are lucky enough to be able to get any kitchen cabinetry done at essentially cost price, with free installation. This makes the cost difference of reshaping and improving the current kitchen versus totally remodeling the house much greater. It seems likely that if we make a great kitchen roughly where it stands, we would be better off from a cost vs benefit perspective than if we were to gut the whole middle section of the house and start again 3) This is our first home and is definitely a "fixer-upper". Except for the rumpus extension, it's all 80's original condition. We will likely stay for quite some time but sooner or later we will be looking to use this as a stepping stone to move closer to the area where we want to stay long term. As it's all original condition, there is lots to potentially spend money on. Bathrooms x 2, laundry, kitchen, carpets and flooring throughout, landscaping. If we redo all of it and get too far in to any really expensive changes, we will likely overcapitalise and not be able to recoup the money when it comes time to sell. In a few other areas in Canberra you would get your money back no problem, but this part of town is not as highly desirable as some of the more central areas; so have to think hard about how much money we would spend and how much money we would be able to sell for down the track. I suppose the main question will be, how much will our house improve simply by adding a better kitchen and another bedroom that comfortably that fits more than a single bed, versus how much will it improve by focusing on the flow and usability of the main living areas of the house. I can't stress enough how annoying our current kitchen is, so I feel like anything that fixes this problem is a win. Photo attached - this was the real-estate agent's photo, so editing probably makes it look bigger than it is. For perspective, the area infront of the microwave is roughly big enough to fit a little over one extra microwave on... that is the entire bench space we have to work with in the entire kitchen unless you prep food on top of the electric cooktop......See MoreAdriana Nascimento
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