Floor Plan layout help for renovation
I'm looking for advice for a kitchen layout. Our plan is to remove all walls where I've highlighted green to open up the upstairs of the house. It is small space, so creating an open flow kitchen-living-dining (which will then flow onto a large deck) is the plan.
The issue I am having is the kitchen layout. By removing the walls surrounding the stairs (and replacing it with handrails), I'd taking away valuable cabinet and bench space. Moving the stairs from the centre of the house is not an option due to downstairs layout.
The dimensions of the current layout are approx 3.6 x 2.2. If we were to remove the wall next to the stairs, there is not enough floor space to put in an island bench so this will just be a passage way, I guess. Do you think the L shape space left over would be practical? Considering pantry and french-door fridge will take up a lot of room, as well as lack of space for overhead cabinetry (large windows and range-hood will take up most of this space), I'm thinking we need to ditch this idea and keep the wall against the staircase.
I'd love any suggestions!
Comments (8)
siriuskey
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoHi Tegan, a very rough idea keeping the sink in situ, couldn't work out much off the plan, whats the space next to the kitchen. I wouldn't remove any walls around stairs it could become quite expensive as they weren't built to be open cheers
oklouise
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (10)Yes keep the bath. 99% of my clients still request a separate bath. My wife and daughter still use one. Young kids still love a bath. I would look further into relocating the return air for ducted. Its not really central to the house anyway so could be underperforming. Probably easier to relocate it as this can open up opportunities for better bathroom layout. Whats in the space between laundry and kitchen, looks like a wasted area that could allow a bigger laundry, linen cupboard with space for return air.... 2480 x 1800 is plenty of room for the smaller bathroom. Allow 900 for shower, 900 for toilet and 900 for a vanity. Lot of layouts that you could try. Use a 720 door if need be. 2480 x 1800 for the other bathroom would be say 900 shower with a 1500 bath. Relocating return air and adjusting the door location and the walls would allow a reasonable bathroom layout and more layouts and a bigger bath. Note: door location is critical to the layout and not overly expensive to change compared to the money spent on rest of bathroom....See MoreHelp on renovation/layout change
Comments (2)It may be a false economy to keep the existing garage (to save $50K), but to spend more money building a generous new rumpus room with an expensive trafficable roof (the new deck). It may be better to convert the existing garage into your rumpus room, and add a carport on somewhere else. I don't think much attention has been paid to how the elevations will look as I can forsee that there are some clumsy elements happening. The planning for upstairs seems tight for the living, especially with two bedrooms opening into it, generous for the master WIR, and generous for downstairs. I would look at getting different proportions to the spaces, and giving more emphasis to the upstairs living, and less to the WIR. Best of luck Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls/Dr Retro Virtual Visits...See MoreRenovation/ Floor Plan Help
Comments (15)Siriuskey With your possible 100k budget I agree with Oklouise to extend bedrooms out and under the veranda. Adding an extra bedroom.using some of the entrance space, would give you 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, the master would have a WIR and ensuite. I would also push the kitchen out under part of the covered alfresco. Without any extra details and photos it's pretty much a guessing game as to what will give you what you want. Out of interest what roofing does the rear large under cover space have cheers...See MoreRenovation plan? Ideas on layout.
Comments (7)Get your new design fully resolved, professionally drawn up and costed before you lift a finger towards renovating. There are at least 10000 decisions to make, and there is nothing worse than making decisions on the run, based on what is available. I would be looking to simplify the spaces - the current plan looks like there is too much crowded into too small an area resulting in some awkward, pokey rooms and rooms being thorougfares which make them hard to furnish. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls and Dr Retro Virtual Visits....See Moresiriuskey
5 years agoHi Tegan, that looks like an Agents floor plan have you just purchased it, OKlouise as asked for the downstairs floor plan if you have it, in the meantime going off the living room sized I have resized the plan cheers
Tegan
5 years agooklouise
5 years agothe first thing you need to do for any renovation is understand what you already have so invest in a big tape measure (at least 8m) and carefully measure each wall and write the numbers on the plans and some photos would help....i don't understand the comments about the downstairs landing leading on to a deck and the utility being two small bedrooms...how do you get from the bedrooms to the laundry and new bathroom? has that alteration already been done? i've added new blank plans based on the agent's but there are several discrepancies (the upstairs is much wider than downstairs..is this corrects?) ...it will be so much better if you measure the walls and add in size and position of windows and doors and the new downstairs arrangement and i'll draw up a new plan for you where is the front door and are there steps up to a front porch?? how high is the front door and existing kitchen windows off the ground? please add a sketch of the block of land showing how the house and new carport will fit, direction of north and direction of the slope ...all this info will help identify the best options for the kitchen
siriuskey
5 years ago
oklouise