No entrance hall?

Soli_bear

When buying a house, would it put you off if there was no entrance hallway, and the front door opened straight into the kitchen/diner (via a porch)?

We are looking to buy a house currently where I feel the kitchen is a little small, and this issue could be resolved by knocking the wall through into the hallway and extending the kitchen into it, which would be fine for us, but I’m slightly concerned that this might put future buyers off if/when we decide to move on?

FtbDreaming

My house opens straight into the livingroom... my brothers the kitchen. Its not ideal and I would absolutely love a hallway so people weren't looking into my livingroom when they knock on the door, however it is liveable and wouldn’t let it put me off a house.

hazyjo

I do like a hallway, but would buy (and have previously owned) a house with just a porch. Mind you, it'd have to be a small house. Wouldn't consider it if a 4+ (possibly 3) bed house.

katkatmachine

In my home country in Asia hallways are not really a thing in houses, mostly they are open plan. You open the door and there you go straight to the lounge. I love it as it saves a lot of space and makes the room a lot bigger. 

Coming here in the UK i noticed that almost every house has a hallway which I find weird at first, i did not understand the purpose and i thought it’s a waste of space. But now I realised given the effin weather here in UK a hallway is really helpful especially during winter. At least when someone opens the door all the cold wind/snow won’t blast inside. Also back where i used to live in asia we don’t have to wear coats or even jackets as climate is very tropical, but here you only get to do that during summer which only last for three months!!! So you need some kind of area to hang those kinds of stuff. 

So yeah, a hallway would be nice. Also gives you a little privacy. Good luck. 

Davesnave

Opening into a kitchen/diner is better than straight into the living room. If there's a weatherproof porch and it's not straight onto the pavement that's even better.

Older and/or cheaper houses are full of compromises and the individual situation's detail is important. We live on a messy smallholding, so like a lot of farming types, we have a porch/boot room, followed by a utility room on the 'weather' side of the house. On the other side, where our front door is, there's just an open porch. It's so sheltered there, we even have a carpet!

rach_k

If it opens into the kitchen, that would be fine with me, especially as you'd have a porch anyway.  Opening straight into the living room would be a no.

davidmcn

Soli_bear said:

When buying a house, would it put you off if there was no entrance hallway, and the front door opened straight into the kitchen/diner (via a porch)?

If by "porch" you mean something with its own internal door between the kitchen and the outside door, that's substantially better than allowing the weather straight through every time somebody goes in or out.

bucksbloke

I would never buy a house without a hallway. No thanks!

Cash-Cows

Opening onto a kitchen would be ok but not the lounge. I like carpet in lounges so mud would be brought in. 

Chilli6

I viewed one recently straight into lounge (no porch) and it put me off due to less room for furniture, as you needed space for door to open and safety aspect with two dogs.
I had on my list a preference for some sort of hallway but porch may have done 

SharkMoney

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