Kitchen rebuild in Victorian terrace

Noneforit999

As said above, anything is possible it just comes down to cost.

Bear in mind things are expensive at the moment. Materials have gone up considerably and with the cost of living rising, I would imaging labour rates are going to follow.

What might have cost £20k to do 3-4 years ago is probably £30k now so I would get some ballpark figures and then add 10% to those. 

FreeBear

hazyjo said: Late night scribbles lol. Zigzag bifolds. Side extension in dashes, or keep the original wall.

Even with the changes in Building Regulations coming in to force from June 15th, large expanses of glass will lose a lot of heat. Building Control may well want to see insulation upgrades in other parts of the building to offset the losses through bifolds.

Parties03

How about something more like this, bringing the utility and downstairs bathroom back into the existing kitchen and wherever that ends, a side return into the space - this wouldn’t interfere with the upstairs bathroom at all, would still give a wide kitchen and would keep a utility and downstairs bathroom. 

I’m no designer so this might be terrible but from a coat point of view I guess it will be a lot cheaper, and would still have a significant amount of garden gained back. And overall sq footage would remain pretty much the same. 

Section62

Parties03 said:

How about something more like this, bringing the utility and downstairs bathroom back into the existing kitchen and wherever that ends, a side return into the space - this wouldn’t interfere with the upstairs bathroom at all, would still give a wide kitchen and would keep a utility and downstairs bathroom. 

I’m no designer so this might be terrible but from a coat point of view I guess it will be a lot cheaper, and would still have a significant amount of garden gained back. And overall sq footage would remain pretty much the same. 

You'd need a 'T' shaped steel structure - the 'cross' part spanning the opening between the kitchen/diner, the 'tail' part supporting the bathroom wall and roof above.  This kind of work is one of the most expensive parts of any building project, more so at the moment because steel prices have gone through the roof.

I think overall the problem you have is keeping the utility/downstairs bathroom where they are limits the view (and the light) from/to the kitchen.  If you are spending a lot of money on alterations it won't achieve the best result (/financial return) if the kitchen (albeit larger) is 50% separated from the garden by a solid block of 'utility' space.  If you are going all-in on improvement works I would move the utility/WC/Shower space towards the middle/side of the building, so the kitchen has more interface with the garden.

Parties03

Section62 said:

 If you are going all-in on improvement works I would move the utility/WC/Shower space towards the middle/side of the building, so the kitchen has more interface with the garden.

I agree… if we ever did this I would be getting someone to design this for me! 

Mardle

Might be worth looking at what was done to a property on Homes Under the Hammer in Grimsby recently. Having lived in a very similar property I was amazed at the transformation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001574c/homes-under-the-hammer-series-25-episode-6
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/117811493#/?channel=RES_BUY

hazyjo

Mardle said:

Might be worth looking at what was done to a property on Homes Under the Hammer in Grimsby recently. Having lived in a very similar property I was amazed at the transformation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001574c/homes-under-the-hammer-series-25-episode-6
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/117811493#/?channel=RES_BUY

Looks more like the OP's original pic.