Will a washing machine go in this kitchen?

ThisIsWeird

A0911 said:

Emmia said:

I'm not sure about that whole installation - it looks like an office kitchen where people just wash up coffee mugs or a glorified utility room, (but minus the expected washing machine).

If it were me, I'd be budgeting ripping that all out (I don't care if it's "new") and installing a kitchen to accommodate a washing machine, oven, hob (where are they?) fridge/freezer...

Good point. It has been used for holiday lets since the kitchen was installed. It's currently configured to have a freestanding cooker on the left and a fridge freezer on the right.

I don't have the money or headspace to be ripping out a kitchen right now, and I can see it would need moving around at the very least.

It does look like a rubbish layout, and could easily be much improved. So the Q is, do you have the DIY skills, or the financial resource, to do this?

If not, I'm afraid there's your answer.

You could make the existing layout 'work' as it is, but it would be pitiful. You can turn that rad off, and stuff a W/M in there, but it would be pitiful. You could have a freestanding cooker at the end of that run, but it would be pitiyouknowwhat.

Don't dismiss the place out of hand. Keep comparing it with credible alternatives, and you'll likely conclude whether this place is a dud, or has potential. What you ultimately get for your money is the answer.

A0911

ThisIsWeird said:

A0911 said:

Thanks everyone. Another thing bothering me about this house is how the same people who did the kitchen tiled over the only window in the bathroom - so you can see the window from the outside, but inside it's blocked off. It's very odd and I don't understand why you'd do that.

There has to be a reason for doing this, surely? Is it, for example, that they now have a shower there? And thought it the best way to make the window waterproof?

If so, silly them - a PVC won't rot, and is designed to cope with regular rainfall, so - although not ideal - should also be possible to guard against internal water. Yes, it'll need a waterproof surrounding - the reveals, etc - and also the window board - but it's doable.

To block off a window, if not essential, is nuts.

They are wooden windows as it's a listed building. Could be why. But doesn't make a lot of sense, many of the other houses have kept similar windows intact.

ThisIsWeird

A0911 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

A0911 said:

Thanks everyone. Another thing bothering me about this house is how the same people who did the kitchen tiled over the only window in the bathroom - so you can see the window from the outside, but inside it's blocked off. It's very odd and I don't understand why you'd do that.

There has to be a reason for doing this, surely? Is it, for example, that they now have a shower there? And thought it the best way to make the window waterproof?

If so, silly them - a PVC won't rot, and is designed to cope with regular rainfall, so - although not ideal - should also be possible to guard against internal water. Yes, it'll need a waterproof surrounding - the reveals, etc - and also the window board - but it's doable.

To block off a window, if not essential, is nuts.

They are wooden windows as it's a listed building. Could be why. But doesn't make a lot of sense, many of the other houses have kept similar windows intact.

Any other reason? Could shower water get on the inside face? Even so, it's easier to fit a wee curtain or screen that to block off a window. Natural light is waaaay more desirable.

victor2

A0911 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

A0911 said:

Thanks everyone. Another thing bothering me about this house is how the same people who did the kitchen tiled over the only window in the bathroom - so you can see the window from the outside, but inside it's blocked off. It's very odd and I don't understand why you'd do that.

There has to be a reason for doing this, surely? Is it, for example, that they now have a shower there? And thought it the best way to make the window waterproof?

If so, silly them - a PVC won't rot, and is designed to cope with regular rainfall, so - although not ideal - should also be possible to guard against internal water. Yes, it'll need a waterproof surrounding - the reveals, etc - and also the window board - but it's doable.

To block off a window, if not essential, is nuts.

They are wooden windows as it's a listed building. Could be why. But doesn't make a lot of sense, many of the other houses have kept similar windows intact.

That's another reason to walk away...

Yorkie1

A0911 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

A0911 said:

Thanks everyone. Another thing bothering me about this house is how the same people who did the kitchen tiled over the only window in the bathroom - so you can see the window from the outside, but inside it's blocked off. It's very odd and I don't understand why you'd do that.

There has to be a reason for doing this, surely? Is it, for example, that they now have a shower there? And thought it the best way to make the window waterproof?

If so, silly them - a PVC won't rot, and is designed to cope with regular rainfall, so - although not ideal - should also be possible to guard against internal water. Yes, it'll need a waterproof surrounding - the reveals, etc - and also the window board - but it's doable.

To block off a window, if not essential, is nuts.

They are wooden windows as it's a listed building. Could be why. But doesn't make a lot of sense, many of the other houses have kept similar windows intact.

Wonder how you maintain the inside of the wooden, listed, windows, if it's been sealed up from the inside?!

ThisIsWeird

What happened with this, A0911?

outtatune

A0911 said:

ThisIsWeird said:

A0911 said:

Thanks everyone. Another thing bothering me about this house is how the same people who did the kitchen tiled over the only window in the bathroom - so you can see the window from the outside, but inside it's blocked off. It's very odd and I don't understand why you'd do that.

There has to be a reason for doing this, surely? Is it, for example, that they now have a shower there? And thought it the best way to make the window waterproof?

If so, silly them - a PVC won't rot, and is designed to cope with regular rainfall, so - although not ideal - should also be possible to guard against internal water. Yes, it'll need a waterproof surrounding - the reveals, etc - and also the window board - but it's doable.

To block off a window, if not essential, is nuts.

They are wooden windows as it's a listed building. Could be why. But doesn't make a lot of sense, many of the other houses have kept similar windows intact.

See those hills way over there? That's where you should be running.