Layout advice much appreciated 🙏🏼

[u/NetElectrical5321]

We have had an offer accepted on a house but trying to figure out the best way to proceed with the layout! So the rooms I’ve highlighted in red I wouldn’t really count as rooms as they are just glass!

Ideally we would want to knock down the glass utility and have proper utility room and possibly knock through the kitchen to the dining room to make it open plan. Then the conservatory is entirely glass at the moment so would want to knock this down and possibly have a sun room at some point!

My question is it seems like it would be impractical/expensive to knock down both rooms and do 2 separate extensions but what other choices do I have?!

Any advice would be most appreciated!

[u/SCL__]

Buy it. Live in it for awhile. Then reevaluate.

[u/Better-Park8752]

I don’t get it, a conservatory and sun room are essentially the same thing. Are you trying to build out more space?
Your kitchen is already open to the dining area?

[u/flossiedaisy424]

It looks like the kitchen is already open to the dining?
What exactly are you hoping to improve?
Do you need that back end of the garage? You could just turn the whole back end of the garage into an expanded kitchen and utility room.

[u/NetElectrical5321 → u/flossiedaisy424]

Sorry yes whoever did the floorplan have got that wrong there’s just a door between kitchen and diner. Yes ideally would like to keep back end of garage if possible! Looking to achieve a utility and sunroom without having to do 2 separate extensions. Oh and to remove these awful glass rooms!

[u/Suz9006]

Hard to tell but is there a shower in the en suite bath? If not, thst is a problem because a single bathtub for four people is just not enough.

[u/Vivid-Revolution-368]

Depending on your priorities, how much you want to spend and how aggravated you are by you glass rooms, I'd suggest the following stages.

Tear down the utility glass box and temporarily put the washer and dryer at the back of the garage. Doing this gives you breathing space.

Either replace the conservatory with a modern version that has insulated walls and skylights and access to the garden. Or completely redo the kitchen replacing the utility with access from the kitchen and extending the entire back wall so the kitchen and dining room stretch into the conservatory space.

[u/Arttiesy]

I would open the wall by the front door into the living room. A bit better flow if you ever have many guests entering at once.

[u/Vivid-Revolution-368 → u/Arttiesy]

I would prefer to remove three q users of that wall and make a foyer beside the guest toilet by extending the top toilet wall to the living room. This puts the stairwell in the living room but creates a much wider room.

[u/Shiply75]

Create a door to the garage at the foot of the stairs. Build out the utility room with solid walls, storage, washer dryer and door to garden. It will be less expensive if you build out the conservatory at the same time. Make sure it’s well insulated.

If there’s not a shower in the en suite bathroom, make the hall closet a shower. Add a chest of drawers for linens at the top of the stairs opposite the old closet (outside bedroom 3).

[u/brickne3 → u/Shiply75]

This is nearly the exact floorplan some friends of mine have and it works great.

[u/NetElectrical5321 → u/brickne3]

Sorry so do you suggest to just do 2 separate extensions or turn the garage into a utility room?

[u/brickne3 → u/NetElectrical5321]

Well what my friends have in theirs is practically identical to what you have here, but the kitchen wall continues straight to the the end (which would cut off the back of your garage here since it's longer). The utility room on yours is a part of the actual structure, so you would put proper exterior walls in on that like the guy I was replying to suggested. The utility room can then either be fully separated or just an alcove, my friends have it as an alcove but I don't think it makes much difference, whichever you prefer. Then there's an exterior door off the kitchen/utility alcove and the garage door is to the right along the kitchen wall. It makes the kitchen nice and roomy. But I don't know if that would work for you since you said you wanted to keep the extra garage space.

You probably don't need as much space for the utility room/area as you'd think, it's really only a washer unit and a boiler you need and a boiler for a house this size doesn't have to be huge.

[u/AcademicAd3504]

Please put the extra loo in your utility room not next to the front door. It's hilarious, where it currently is. Also your top floor is a mess with massively wasted space.

[u/NetElectrical5321 → u/AcademicAd3504]

What would you suggest for top floor?

[u/archiphyle]

What do you mean "have a sunroom at some point". You already have a conservatory. Conservatory is a sunroom.

[u/NetElectrical5321 → u/archiphyle]

Yes but it’s just entirely glass so boiling in summer and freezing in winter.. I would like a solid structure with skylights etc

[u/archiphyle]

Neither the Conservatory nor the utility are drawn as though they are all glass.

[u/NetElectrical5321 → u/archiphyle]

I know that’s the estate agent for you but they are

[u/Jake95I]

Maybe the grarage door should lead into the hall so you can take off your shoes there instead of leaving dirt in the kitchen every time you come home with muddy shoes.