How important is a utility room?

Threebabes

I dont have a utility room, I wouldve liked one though but have managed fine without one. We have a table & chairs in our kitchen and wouldnt give that up.

bristol_pilot

By 'obviously small', I meant does it look small - on first impression - for the house that it's in. Simply knowing the dimensions is not enough to answer this question.

Hailstorm

I would prefer a larger kitchen.

If you did make a utility room would there be room anywhere else for a table? The presence or absence of a utility room wouldn't have made a difference to me. I did however want somewhere to put a table.

Have you had an estate agent for a valuation yet. If not ask them when they do the valuation. They should know the target market for your house and whether they would prefer a larger kitchen or a utility room, whether it would make a difference to the value and which would be easier to sell.

molit

I had this quandry and have decided to go for the seperate utility room - I have a seperate eating area, and I think it suits the house better. It comes down to what you want - are you looking to sell the place soon, if so ask an estate agent, or is this a long term home, in which case do what you want. Have to admit the toilet idea left me kicking myself

madeupname1

I had this quandry too! And ended up sticking with a larger kitchen. I would have liked a separate utility room but on balance i think I made the right decision. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and I've found it nice to have a small table and chairs in there, for informal eating, or just for people to sit and chat with me whilst I am doing other stuff in there, even though I have a separate dining area.

downshifted

Thanks for all your replies.

It's a 2 bed bungalow - with separate dining room and lounge. All the rooms are quite large - bedroom 1 is 17' by 12', sitting room is 20 by 12'6 and dining room 15'5 by 11'5. Bathroom is downstairs of course and if we go into the roof for a third bedroom then it will have an en suite.

It needs a lot of work - including new kitchen and bathroom so we are planning what to do first. We are hoping to stay there for several years. I guess it comes down to how often we would eat in the kitchen.

I have had a large kitchen before and missed the utility as well as hating having to keep washing the kitchen floor as everything traipsed through!

olias

I would definately opt for a seperate utility. We have one now and there are always baskets of washing etc out on the worktops in it which would drive me mad if they were in the kitchen. Also it's great to have somewhere for dirty boots, wellies, overcoats etc in winter especially rather than having them in the hall or kitchen.

Olias

downshifted

olias wrote: »

I would definately opt for a seperate utility. We have one now and there are always baskets of washing etc out on the worktops in it which would drive me mad if they were in the kitchen. Also it's great to have somewhere for dirty boots, wellies, overcoats etc in winter especially rather than having them in the hall or kitchen.

Olias

These are very good points thank you. We will have to see if we could get a small table in the smaller size kitchen I guess, then it meets all requirements!

nearlyrich

We have a smallish kitchen and we made a seperate utility for the washer, dryer and freezer plus storage for stuff we don't use all the time. We couldn't fit a table in the kitchen anyway but we have a seperate dining area in the lounge so it wasn't an issue here.

I would always do what works best for you if you plan to stay for the longterm.

Eric1

nearlyrich wrote: »

I would always do what works best for you if you plan to stay for the longterm.

Seconded.
I'd still consider a lighter partition/wall that could be easily removed if you change your mind.