Swap lounge and kitchen??

Thurlow40

DOH.a said:

Where is your garden... to the left hand side only or left and rear?

The back wall of the house opposite the front door is the adjoining property, it’s a semi detached 

Grenage

As others have said, I'd be put off (and was when viewing) by long narrow living rooms.  They just don't work.

DOH_a

Thurlow40 said:

DOH.a said:

Where is your garden... to the left hand side only or left and rear?

The back wall of the house opposite the front door is the adjoining property, it’s a semi detached 

Oh ok. A suggestion I had in mind isn’t possible.

markin

Could take out the WC and move the wall closer to the front door or just get rid off it.

DOH_a

It looked to me the house is a reasonably new build along with having a W.C. that meets Part M. If this is the case, it would not be allowed to remove it. But I could be wrong 

markin

DOH.a said:

It looked to me the house is a reasonably new build along with having a W.C. that meets Part M. If this is the case, it would not be allowed to remove it. But I could be wrong 

How would they know, or enforce it? Would the 3 year rule apply?

DOH_a

To re-locate a Kitchen would require BR’s and if a part of those proposals was to remove the W.C., it’d be picked up then.

It could also flag up issues during the sale process.

pinkshoes

It’s only 40cm narrower, so I don’t really see the issue. You would just need to be clever with furniture e.g the sofa would have to fit across the end wall.

I have a garden room that is 5 metres x 1.9 metres. I have a sofa that is 1.8m wide that goes across the back wall. That way the room doesn’t look too narrow at all. I then have a single chair on the opposite wall. My piano is also in there.

Andy_L

It's looking like a lot of time, effort and money to get a substandard version of what you want. Is walking away and getting a house that's already set up as you want an option

ETA would building an extention for either the kitchen or a better proportioned lounge be an option? Theres very little living space for a 3 bed home 

Mojisola

markin said:

Could take out the WC

I know a lot of people don't have a downstairs loo but it would stop me buying a property.  In this case, there will be plenty of other houses in the area with the downstairs WC so it could make the property harder to sell.