Moving kitchen to back of the house.

midd_2005

Hi Guys,

I’m looking at buying a house but I’d want to extend and move the kitchen to back of the house.

I’m not sure where the drains are located without going back and looking but I know there’s a washing machine plumbed in the garage which is directly behind where the new kitchen would be located. Hopefully it’s not too difficult. I wouldn’t want gas so it would only be electrics and plumbing to consider. 

I’ve attached floor plan and indicted where washing machine and new kitchen will be located. Hopefully you can work it out!!



appreciate any advise as I know nothing about plumbing!

Thanks 

fenwick458

what was that room that you want to turn into the kitchen?
i'd just extend accross the full width of the house, take it out 3m, full width, it will come under permitted development, no planning required.

flashg67

I guess the washer is only cold feed, so you'll need a hot feed too - is there a bathroom above to pull from? Electrics might be an issue too - if you have electric oven & hob, you'll likely need a new feed for this from the consumer unit

Davesnave

You will probably need to run new drains along the left side of the property as viewed  , where there's a door into the garage, suggesting you have land available there. The diagram doesn't show whether there's an appreciable slope, but assuming there isn't and you can get a mini digger in, no great problem.

A new kitchen = new electrical circuitry anyway and the plumbing shouldn't be a major problem.

But you could still find the drains are in the rear garden. In our last house drains ran from front to back.

SameOldRoundabout

My main concern would be what you’d turn the existing kitchen into? It’s very long and thin to be used as a reception room. I’d be tempted to steal the top portion of it and a bit of the hall to make the dining room the main living area, with the leftover as a study type room. But that depends on budget, supporting walls, moving that window, feasibility etc. Almost anything is possible with enough money, you just need to think what you’ll be left with. A dream home or a great room with an awkward space elsewhere. 

Doozergirl

The only issue is locating the waste pipe.  Even then, it's not the end of the world, but the washing machine would be a good indication of decent waste outlet somewhere close by.  You haven't shown us upstairs.  Where is the bathroom?  That's one magic key.  

I agree on giving a bit more thought to the final layout.  I certainly wouldn't be arbitrarily extending the house by 3 metres - what a great way to waste money!  

It's a good point that the existing kitchen breakfast room isn't an ideal length and width for most rooms.  It almost looks like the kitchen was the garage originally. 

I too would consider stealing space from the hall for the dining room.  I'd also consider  converting the garage instead of extending.  

It almost looks like the kitchen was the garage originally, the width of it is uncannily similar to that of a garage, not an original room! 

I'd either swap to garage to the front part of the existing kitchen (I would convert the rear to a neat little utility) or build a new garage instead, space allowing.   It will be cheaper and I think you'd end up with a better house.  

That house needs a smaller garage and a better flow as a starting point.  I can see lots of different options to achieve that.   An extension may well end up on the cards, but it would be MSE to readdress the current layout first.  

theonlywayisup

Where is your sitting room/lounge?  The flow of the house isn't good and sticking a kitchen in at the back isn't going to improve the flow at all.

DevilDamo

We would need existing plans in order to help identify the existing drainage. Do you have both the ground and first floor plans to hand? Assuming the property is listed for sale online, are there any external photos which may show the manholes, etc...?

Has the house been extended or altered in the past, which may have required Planning approval? If so, you may be able to find some existing record drawings via the Council website and they ‘may’ indicate the existing drainage.

midd_2005

Sorry I didn’t explain myself very well and I rushed the diagram just to show basic plans. I’ve attached a full plan of what we’d like to do. The bathrooms and en-suite are almost directly above where we plan to have the new kitchen. 

The existing kitchen is to be split into 2 perhaps as a study and utility room? 

Rosa_Damascena

Given the location of the en-suite and the existing kitchen I don't think running plumbing through will be a problem.Can't comment on gas installation though.

Looks like a reasonably large house. What is a PR? Is it a prayer room?

midd_2005

Rosa_Damascena said:

Looks like a reasonably large house. What is a PR? Is it a prayer room?

No it’s play room, sorry should have said.