House Layout Advice

missbiggles1

teneighty wrote: »

I prefer the first house but with the alterations to the kitchen and knocking bedrooms 3 and 4 into one.

Sometimes, size just is everything.;)

oligopoly

albert_s wrote: »

why do you think the first house is in an affluent area? because some people are stupid enough to pay over inflated prices for property that is in reality worth much less.

Both houses are in a nice area around 1 mile apart

oligopoly

cyantist wrote: »

The lounge/diner in the second one is over 40% bigger than the living room plus dining room in the first. How big are the bedrooms in the first house? They all look very small.

Dimensions are in first post but yes they are small. Every house I've since looked at online I've compared the dimensions and yes the original house rooms are small!

cyantist wrote: »

That 4 bed just isn't big enough to be a 4 bed house.

I now agree - I really appreciate everyone's advice.

cyantist wrote: »

I love having a detached house and it has a lot of benefits but if the choice was just based on space I'd go for the semi. The outbuilding could also mean you don't outgrow the house for a while as it could be used for so many different things. We are thinking of building one in our garden to use as a home gym.

Agree 100% (although thinking more man cave than gym!)

oligopoly

Offer has been accepted! (on the second floorplan I posted). I still have slight reservations on the upstairs as the rooms are quite small taking into account the eaves, but our hope is to build out on top of the garage to create a 4th (which would become the Master) bedroom plus en-suite. Next door have done it... I reckon £20-25k to do this, so one for the future!

ic

Doozergirl wrote: »

Because the kitchen is too small and the dining room is too small? Knocking a wall down doesn't make either space bigger, unfortunately. It removes wall storage space for the kitchen, making it smaller.

You don't gain floorspace and you do reduce your room count - however each room gains the perceived space and light from one another - you have room to swing a cat!

Doozergirl

Congratulations!

clw1

Congratulations Oligopoly !

Before you buy the house it would be worth checking that you can extend over the garage as the rules may have changed since your neighbour did it. Trafford council used to let you extend over garages and out to the boundary but changed the rules recently so now you must leave at least 1m from the boundary.

tired_dad

good decision.

Dumbfounded that one could fit a 4bedroom house in a little over 1100sq ft.

A good size 2bedroom flat should be around that

oligopoly

clw1 wrote: »

Congratulations Oligopoly !

Before you buy the house it would be worth checking that you can extend over the garage as the rules may have changed since your neighbour did it. Trafford council used to let you extend over garages and out to the boundary but changed the rules recently so now you must leave at least 1m from the boundary.

Good shout. The fact the offer has been accepted only puts it at 30% done deal in my mind, so plenty of time for things to go wrong!

oligopoly

Fell through :rotfl: :mad: