Changes to bungalow layout

[JustInTime2021]

Currently the property has a small bathroom and I am trying to think of ways of improving the layout to increase the size of the bathroom and open up the living room and kitchen while still keeping the sizes of the 2 bedrooms. I am trying to avoid spending lots of money on a large extension and wondered what ideas others had - I appreciate that I will need an architect/structural engineer if I was looking to move forward.

 

[sparkwright]

Knock down the wall between the bathroom and the toilet.
Knock down the wall between the kitchen and the living room.
Lose the larder.

Block up old kitchen door.
Block up old bathroom door.

Must be the simplest and cheapest way.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Is this one of those trick questions?

 

[JustInTime2021]

Sorry I should have added the toilet and the bathroom would be too small even if the wall was removed. The dimensions aren't on the diagram but they are small.

 

[sparkwright]

Is this one of those trick questions?

Yes.

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

Is the garage used?
Is there a passage between the garage and the toilet to the rear of the property?

 

[sparkwright]

Why would the bathroom and toilet knocked into one still be too small?

What do you intend doing in there?

 

[JustInTime2021]

Why would the bathroom and toilet knocked into one still be too small?

What do you intend doing in there?

It's very cramped at the moment, you can see in the diagram the door is hitting against the bath tub which is small as well.

 

[JustInTime2021]

Is the garage used?
Is there a passage between the garage and the toilet to the rear of the property?

Yeh there is a passage between the garage and the property that allows access to the garden.

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

Does it have to be a bath in there?

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

No other access to the rear?
Is access to the rear important?

 

[JustInTime2021]

Yeh bath is the goal

 

[sparkwright]

It's very cramped at the moment, you can see in the diagram the door is hitting against the bath tub which is small as well.

Yes, but with that door blocked up, and you enter through the toilet door (which incidentally opens outwards to save space), it shouldn't matter.

 

[JustInTime2021]

No other access to the rear?

No, only through garage or through the passage between the garage and the building.

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

Yes, but with that door blocked up, and you enter through the toilet door (which incidentally opens outwards to save space), it shouldn't matter.

Or a pocket door.