Which layout would you prefer?

jsb1987

I'm currently doing up a flat and need to decide by tomorrow morning which of these layouts to go for. Any opinions would be hugely appreciated!

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patman99

Option 1.

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phill99

With option 1 you will struggle with the washing machine in that location as tjete will be no waste or water feed. The WM needs to go near a source of water and waste (near the sink).

jsb1987

Thats actually where the washing machine currently is! So wouldn't be a problem.

One of the reasons option 2 is more costly...

franklee

Would need to know more about the outside space. What garden is on the south facing side and on the west side? I'd prefer the main garden area to be accessible from a reception room rather than a bedroom. So if the garden is to the side I like option 2. It also makes the kitchen nearer the dining table it that's in the lounge? Plus makes B2 quieter in the evenings when the lounge is in use. If it's sharers the bedrooms are further apart. A south facing kitchwen would get very hot. South facing bedroom could be nice.

GaleSF63

Option 2. You don't need the corridor (lost space) there if the 2nd bedroom is at the end and you can use the whole width of the building for the kitchen. Also means kitchen is nearer living room.

Old_Git

option 2 as you get a bigger second bedroom

snifflette

Option 1 with second bedroom as living room with external door.

AdrianC

Is the 2m x 1m shower room the only bathroom in the place?

jsb1987

Yep thats the only bathroom - a wet room. This is in London, and it's fairly common to just have a small shower room. I've viewed a lot of flats!

I'm definitely keeping the current living area at the front. It's a victorian flat and this room has the original cornice etc. I know it's popular to have all open plan living area/kitchen atm but I don't think it would be best in this place.

In option 2, the kitchen faces the side (a fence & then the house next door). We would install a door out to some decking, which you can walk down a few meters to get to main garden. Or stay on the decking - will get some sun back there in late afternoon.

I am leaning towards option 2, as it is a more spacious & sociable kitchen. My only worry is it being too dark, and the fact that the bathroom door is less than 2m from the cooker...

(And yes dining table is in living room - just a bar table in kitchen)

Thanks for the opinions!

Doozergirl

I lived in London for 25 years. Our first purchase together was a small one bed flat with a shower room. That was the only place I'd been in that did. There was simply no space.

Every two bed I lived in was a family home! And wvery two bed I've ever been in had a bathroom, however small. For the sale of 60cm width in a room, you are sacrificing a large part of your market. I apreciate you can sell a matchbox for £100k, but a two bed with a shower room? Not normal.