Swap the kitchen and living room to put everyday dining beside the garden, with a small utility extension and the garage returned to storage and parking.
A personal walkthrough of the ideas, the changes to each floor and how the spaces work together.
A change of rooms makes better use of the existing house, while a compact extension behind the garage adds the practical spaces it is missing.
Before The kitchen sits at the front, while the larger rear living room opens onto the garden.
After The rear room becomes a kitchen and dining room with an L-shaped run, wall cabinets and a six-seat table. The former kitchen becomes a smaller, cosy living room for watching television.
After A small extension provides utility and laundry space plus a separate WC, reached through a short lobby off the kitchen. The converted play room or office is reinstated as a garage.
Carl’s discussion The video also considers turning the existing upstairs bathroom into an en-suite and building a new bathroom over the garage. That is a separate possibility: the plans and model shown here retain the existing three bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.
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