Pondering on moving Kitchen to Cellar

BlueVeranda

Mustbeananswer?? said:

la531983 said:

An obvious pitfall is when you sell the house nobody wants their kitchen to be in the cellar. 

It might be better than in the lounge lol.This is a big thing up North I reckon??Ive seen it done really well ??   

It's not that different in essence to those narrow "town houses" where the kitchen and garage are on ground level and the lounge is up a level from there. I've also seen it done in some older terraced houses to make space as you are considering, though I don't know how well they sold after.

Think the key (aside from logistics of tanking and rerouting utilities) is as much the "feel" of the cellar area, I've lived in houses where even the access to the cellar feels like an afterthought and you're dreading what might be lurking there every time you venture down, and then others where it does almost feel like an extra room waiting to be used.

Emmia

Presumably you don't have an outside space to extend into, to enable a larger ground floor area?

silvercar

Sounds a dark place to put a kitchen. Also if you are 65 it could be that stairs may become an issue for you in the future, do you really want your kitchen down stairs? I'm thinking of having to carry groceries down the stairs at the very least.

prowla

All of the TV house wonderful programmes seem to try and make the kitchen part of the living space and activities of the house; putting it in the cellar would be very isolating.

badmemory

Why not a lift & a utility room rather than all the kitchen.  If you spend any real time in the kitchen it could become a bit depressing to always be in the dark.  Believe me that having to go down a flight of stairs just to boil a kettle in 10 years or so could become a bit of a pain.

Mustbeananswer??

silvercar said:

Sounds a dark place to put a kitchen. Also if you are 65 it could be that stairs may become an issue for you in the future, do you really want your kitchen down stairs? I'm thinking of having to carry groceries down the stairs at the very least.

I am as fit as a fiddle(at the moment) was playing football up to 5 years ago

Mustbeananswer??

badmemory said:

Why not a lift & a utility room rather than all the kitchen.  If you spend any real time in the kitchen it could become a bit depressing to always be in the dark.  Believe me that having to go down a flight of stairs just to boil a kettle in 10 years or so could become a bit of a pain.

I dont think I am the archetypal 65 year old tbh.I have a Disco Business and my Partner is 15 years younger than me.Cups of Tea are not the norm and I dont smoke a pipe !!! 

badmemory

I am much older than you and 3 years ago was still running up & down stairs.  Then the proverbial hits the fan.  Hopefully that will happen again, but no guarantees.

Emmia

prowla said:

All of the TV house wonderful programmes seem to try and make the kitchen part of the living space and activities of the house; putting it in the cellar would be very isolating.

I think the OP already has this, but wants to segregate the cooking area from the living room area - nothing wrong with that. 

I personally really dislike lounge/diner/kitchens in a single room... kitchen/diner + separate lounge is fine, kitchen + lounge/diner is fine... not the three together.

Mustbeananswer??

Emmia said:

prowla said:

All of the TV house wonderful programmes seem to try and make the kitchen part of the living space and activities of the house; putting it in the cellar would be very isolating.

I think the OP already has this, but wants to segregate the cooking area from the living room area - nothing wrong with that. 

I personally really dislike lounge/diner/kitchens in a single room... kitchen/diner + separate lounge is fine, kitchen + lounge/diner is fine... not the three together.

Thank You Emmia...Im glad you understand.It would help enlarge the lounge and give me a sizeable kitchen in what is essentially a smallish property x