Moving kitchen?

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Morning all,

Currently checking rightmove on a daily basis for houses, we have seen this one and quite like its quirkyness..

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-49170128.html

The only thing that puts my wife and I off is the kitchen is downstairs and the rest of the house upstairs.

Would anyone in the know be able to look at the floor plan and advise if it would be feasible to move the kitchen upstairs to the rear bedroom, next to the dining room. We'd then change the existing kitchen into an office with sofa bed as we only need two bedrooms. To save a little money we would leave the boiler downstairs and not use a gas hob upstairs, probably use an induction unit.

These are all just ideas at the moment and looking for pros and cons. Thanks for taking the time to read.

Thanks.

Ps. I know it's alot of ££, prices are silly in the area.

*~Zephyr~*

From what I can see, it's not a full flight of stairs from the kitchen - it's only 4 steps? It wouldn't bother me really, in fact I really, really like the whole house. It's wonderfully quirky

I'm sure it's absolutely possible to move the kitchen though, if you're happy to loose a bedroom. But I would probably live in it for 6 months first to see how it works in everyday life.

Fab house. Go for it!

Cisco001

Personally would swap the lounge and move kitchen directly up.
Then living room at existing kitchen area.

Reason:

1. I don't want boiler in bedroom, personally don't feel it is safe. And boiler could be noisy at night.
2. Less distrubs if one of you want to stay up late watching TV in living room

jhs14

Cisco001 wrote: »

Personally would swap the lounge and move kitchen directly up.
Then living room at existing kitchen area.

Reason:

1. I don't want boiler in bedroom, personally don't feel it is safe. And boiler could be noisy at night.
2. Less distrubs if one of you want to stay up late watching TV in living room

Fine as a personal preference, but really, a boiler in a bedroom is shouldn't be a problem, safety wise - if the boiler is unsafe, it's no safer in the living room than in the bedroom!

Cisco001

jhs14 wrote: »

Fine as a personal preference, but really, a boiler in a bedroom is shouldn't be a problem, safety wise - if the boiler is unsafe, it's no safer in the living room than in the bedroom!

It's up to you. The last thing I want is the carbon monoxide detector beeping in the room when my kid is sleeping inside.

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Thanks for all of your replies. Was thinking the current kitchen would be changed into an office with a sofa bed so just used as a bedroom on the rare occasion that we had overnight visitors.

Would certainly leave it for 6 - 12 months to see how we get on.

Thanks again, will arrange a viewing.

jhs14

Cisco001 wrote: »

It's up to you. The last thing I want is the carbon monoxide detector beeping in the room when my kid is sleeping inside.

Sure, but I don't see how carbon monoxide leaking into the kitchen, or any other room, is any more prefereable. Obviously, take steps to remove/mitigate the risk of CO leaks (regular servicing, co alarms etc) in whatever room your boiler is in.

A boiler in the bedroom is undesirable, but for me that's more to do with the noise, even boxed into a cupboard.

Gloomendoom

jhs14 wrote: »

Sure, but I don't see how carbon monoxide leaking into the kitchen, or any other room, is any more prefereable. Obviously, take steps to remove/mitigate the risk of CO leaks (regular servicing, co alarms etc) in whatever room your boiler is in.

A boiler in the bedroom is undesirable, but for me that's more to do with the noise, even boxed into a cupboard.

You are particularly at risk from carbon monoxide while you are asleep because you are unlikely to be aware of the symptoms

jhs14

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You are particularly at risk from carbon monoxide while you are asleep because you are unlikely to be aware of the symptoms

Yes, I know, hence the need for servicing and a working alarm. As is the case regardless of which room the boiler is located in.

My point is only that a boiler in a bedroom is not dangerous in itself. All else being equal, you probably wouldn't choose to site one in a bedroom, for a number of reasons, but if there is one there, then fine. My point is that if you do have a boiler in a bedroom, or due to circumstances you have to install one, then, as long as it is serviced and you have a CO alarm, I wouldn't worry about it.
Besides, modern boilers are far safer than old gas cookers/fireplaces which still exist in millions of homes.

pickledonionspaceraider

Gloomendoom wrote: »

You are particularly at risk from carbon monoxide while you are asleep because you are unlikely to be aware of the symptoms

Very true, but with it being a gas, it will likely get to you if the boiler is located downstairs, or in a bedroom. Carbon Monoxide detectors are a must

I think theres a bit of scaremongering going on, as long as boilers are regularly serviced and of correct standard, I dont see a problem