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neverdespairgirl

EdInvestor wrote: »

But while they may stipulate separate kitchens, many people these days regard that arrangment as out of date and unsuited to their lifestyle. Even very upmarket flats often have integrated kitchens/living rooms.

Do many people actually like them?

I don't, at all. This evening, for example, we did jigsaw puzzles and played with the lego house after dinner, in the living room. The dishwasher and washing machine were on, but as the kitchen door was shut, it didn't bother us. Be pretty noisy if they were in the same room, though.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Lounge /Kitchen 4.75m x 3.8m - so that's 15'7" x 12'5"

That's not massive for a living room, and for a combined room, it's tiny.

superstylin

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Do many people actually like them?

I don't, at all. This evening, for example, we did jigsaw puzzles and played with the lego house after dinner, in the living room. The dishwasher and washing machine were on, but as the kitchen door was shut, it didn't bother us. Be pretty noisy if they were in the same room, though.

We have the combined living room/kitchen and it does have the advantage of being quite social - in that you can chat on with your OH while cooking the dinner, and you can keep an eye on eastenders. Disadvantages being cooking smells in your living room and noise from extractor fans and washing machines (eastenders gets turned up then).

We've bought a place that has seperate kitchen and living room and I think I'll have to get used to pottering about in there on my own - might buy a small TV to keep me company

Bogof_Babe

They are not so bad when there's a separate utility (with door that shuts) for the noisy machinery. Still get the cooking smells though. No thanks, I'm much happier with my separate although tiny kitchen (in the flat). Deffo need a radio and/or TV in there though. I am having a TV fixed to a wall in the hall/dining area, on one of those double hinged arms so I can turn it in various directions and watch it from the kitchen if I want to.

Norma_Desmond

We recently took our friend's son to look at a new apartment in Cardiff Bay - great views but nothing else going for it whatsoever; the area was a soul-less wasteland and the flat itself was tiny and priced at £250K.
There wasn't even enough room in the sitting room/kitchen to put a normal sized 3 seat sofa and the bedroom was just that - space for a bed but nothing else besides.
Our trip convinced him that the place was a total rip-off and he's now the proud owner of a lovely old 2 bedroom terraced house with good size rooms and a tiny garden for well under £100K.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

That's not massive for a living room, and for a combined room, it's tiny.

The total floorspace of my entire home is under 15' square. That is a living/bedroom with open doorway to the galley kitchen, a showerroom and what they call a dressing room (built in double cupboard and a chest of drawers).

If I moved into my neighbours, where the kitchen became a bedroom and the living/bedroom became a living/kitchen, then the combined living room/kitchen is 9'x14'7"

PasturesNew

When I buy a house, I am looking for open plan, but preferably a generous kitchen in an L, so if you're in the living room at one end, you don't see the kitchen (it's round the corner). But if you're up the other end you can use a breakfast bar area to sit/chat/drink coffee.

But there's just me.

I don't have a dishwasher and the washing machine goes on about once a fortnight, so it's rarely on compared to the available timeslots it could occupy.

I do want a good utility room ultimately, for a myriad of purposes.

superstylin

PasturesNew wrote: »

The total floorspace of my entire home is under 15' square. That is a living/bedroom with open doorway to the galley kitchen, a showerroom and what they call a dressing room (built in double cupboard and a chest of drawers).

What kind of home do you live in pastures? ('Galley kitchen' made me think of a houseboat!)

GDB2222

PasturesNew wrote: »

The total floorspace of my entire home is under 15' square. That is a living/bedroom with open doorway to the galley kitchen, a showerroom and what they call a dressing room (built in double cupboard and a chest of drawers).

You need to be pretty organised and cut out the clutter. We have managed to clutter up our house amazingly in the 10 years we have been here. I am sure that we would simply have thrown more rubbish out (and be the happier for it!) if we had less space. As it is, in my office now, you have to look carefully where you put your feet.

PasturesNew

superstylin wrote: »

What kind of home do you live in pastures? ('Galley kitchen' made me think of a houseboat!)

It's a standard Barratt's built early 1980s studio flat. They used one design: a block of eight, four on the ground floor, four on the first.

The design is a square, cut that in half and one half is the living/sleeping area. Divide the other half into 3 parts:
kitchen | shower | dressing
You access the shower through the dressing room.
Living area has three doorways off it: the main entrance door, door to the dressing area, open doorway to the kitchen.