Semi detached Kitchen/Diner remodel

Dan-1987

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but here goes,we’ve looked into a rear extension for some time now,had plans drawn up etc but unfortunately we just can’t get a reasonable enough quote to make it worthwhile so I’m now looking into remodelling the kitchen and dining room to make a better/bigger kitchen and wondering if anyone on here has done similar and would mind sharing examples and/or advice? 

The house is a typical bay front 1930’s semi detached so the dining room and lounge is well sized but the kitchen is small

I’ve scoured Google images for similar projects but to no avail,99% of the stuff that comes up is extended and as mentioned that just isn’t an option at the moment 

ka7e

We knocked through kitchen and dining room and blocked kitchen door to hall. I would have liked to move the kitchen into the dining room space, but the cost of removing the chimney breast and re-routing services was prohibitive. Final plan for kitchen - Blocked door is behind the f/f, oven combo. Back door on l-hand wall. Rear wall has window over the sink and French doors on the right. Chimney breast omitted from plan.

ka7e

Finished, except for flooring

J63320

For more ideas, why not look at similar properties to yours on Rightmove. You’ll be able to see photos and floorplans.

_Sam_

"Your home made perfect" on BBC iplayer can give some ideas They show floorplans and virtual reality before and after. Sometimes they extend but sometimes just move internal walls. 

Dan-1987

ka7e said:

Thanks for the reply,that looks really good and similar to what we are thinking! Our dining room has already had the chimney breast removed and when we first bought the house we blocked the hallway entrance to the kitchen and a side door up,then knocked through into the diner so I guess we are already halfway there, we had set our hearts on extending but now I’m going to have to come up with something instead 

Doozergirl

Do you have your existing floor-plan, please? 

There's often a trick with these 1930s houses that you can steal a square metre of hallway for the kitchen/diner, not by blocking the kitchen door up, but by removing the framework and walling above both kitchen and dining room doors. 

The new doorway is usually formed at a right angle directly off one side of the lounge door.  It should square off the new room rather than the original kitchen area being smaller than the original dining area. 

Dan-1987

Doozergirl said:

Do you have your existing floor-plan, please? 

There's often a trick with these 1930s houses that you can steal a square metre of hallway for the kitchen/diner, not by blocking the kitchen door up, but by removing the framework and walling above both kitchen and dining room doors. 

The new doorway is usually formed at a right angle directly off one side of the lounge door.  It should square off the new room rather than the original kitchen area being smaller than the original dining area. 

Yes I will upload now,I think I know what you mean,we already have a blocked up door from the hall into the front room so it would be possible I expect-my only issue with that would be that we remodelled the hallway/kitchen when we first got the house and I remember there is a bulk of electrical cables feeding upstairs which run up that corner 

Doozergirl

It's not really a corner that I'm talking about, it's just the full separating wall plus the area over the original kitchen door, means you're able to steal from the hallway as the last square metre becomes useless when you don't need two doors anymore.  

I've just found a house on rightmove that has done it.  I am of course presuming that your house looks like this!

Flipping the kitchen also
works well.  

diystarter7

Doozergirl said:

It's not really a corner that I'm talking about, it's just the full separating wall plus the area over the original kitchen door, means you're able to steal from the hallway as the last square metre becomes useless when you don't need two doors anymore.  

I've just found a house on rightmove that has done it.  I am of course presuming that your house looks like this!

Flipping the kitchen also
works well.  

Hi

Excellent and excatly what I was thinking of as it is a typical renovation on a 1930's house.

What OP needs to be careful about is to be sure they have enough room in their livivng room.
We had a 1930 house years ago and the combined through lounger was just shy of 30 feet but most at 24 feet combined, so OP needs to decide if the livig room will be big enough.

However, best way forward, IMHO.

Thanks

Dan-1987

This is the current floor plan,conservatory is coming down