Calling all interior designers!!

[Rollin]

Can someone with the ability give me some ideas on how to redesign this floor so that there is a reasonable sized ensuite/wetroom in the biggest bedroom and a larger main bathroom. I'm crap at interior design

[Martin T]

Rollin said:

Can someone with the ability give me some ideas on how to redesign this floor so that there is a reasonable sized ensuite/wetroom in the biggest bedroom and a larger main bathroom. I'm crap at interior design

Wouldn't you be better with an arcetect than an interior designer?

[ATTAK Z]

an arcetec?

[RobJShe]

I`m no Interior designer or Architect, but what you are asking based upon the plan sounds bloody expensive. Buy a new house instead with the layout you want perhaps?

[outlaw biker]

ATTAK Z said:

an arcetec?

How about an Aztec? Just do it stepped pyramid format, it'll be fine.

[eharding]

Easy Peasy.

[Rollin]

RobJShe said:

I`m no Interior designer or Architect, but what you are asking based upon the plan sounds bloody expensive. Buy a new house instead with the layout you want perhaps?

I don't own the house yet....but it's bloody cheap! So funds are available for the alterations.

[Rollin]

eharding said:

Easy Peasy.

Ideal, but I don't think next door would be too pleased with me knocking through!

[outlaw biker]

eharding said:

Easy Peasy.

Thats all fine and dandy but where do you plan on fitting the snooker room and S&M dungeon? Be practical!

[ATTAK Z]

outlaw biker said:

ATTAK Z said:

an arcetec?

How about an Aztec? Just do it stepped pyramid format, it'll be fine.

R Zed Tek!

R1 plus Nissan plus ... can't think of anything
= heaven!!

[henrycrun]

Don't do a wetroom - recipe for disaster
If you can't provide a new soil stack for the additional bathroom, you might need to use a turd grinder (aka Saniflo)

Edited by henrycrun on Wednesday 10th September 23:54

[eharding]

outlaw biker said:

Thats all fine and dandy but where do you plan on fitting the snooker room and S&M dungeon? Be practical!

I make that...um....23 minutes into the project, and you've changed the requirements already. No bloody wonder most home makeovers turn into a monumental goat-feck.

[B17NNS]

Are you semi or detatched?

Just thinking about getting waste out of the new en-suite.

Can you show man holes on your plan if you have any at the front of the house.

Oh, and can you show what each wall is constructed of (timber stud or brick) and whether it is stuctural or supporting.

Edited by B17NNS on Thursday 11th September 00:13

[ATTAK Z]

eharding said:

outlaw biker said:

Thats all fine and dandy but where do you plan on fitting the snooker room and S&M dungeon? Be practical!

I make that...um....23 minutes into the project, and you've changed the requirements already. No bloody wonder most home makeovers turn into a monumental goat-feck.

1) establish a budget
2) add contingencies
3) add provisional sums
4) add preliminaries
5) make client aware of costs
6) sit back and wait for client to find money
7) send invoice for fees to date

[eharding]

ATTAK Z said:

eharding said:

outlaw biker said:

Thats all fine and dandy but where do you plan on fitting the snooker room and S&M dungeon? Be practical!

I make that...um....23 minutes into the project, and you've changed the requirements already. No bloody wonder most home makeovers turn into a monumental goat-feck.

1) establish a budget
2) add contingencies
3) add provisional sums
4) add preliminaries
5) make client aware of costs
6) sit back and wait for client to find money
7) send invoice for fees to date

Do you actually bill for item (6)?

Ah. Silly me. Stupid question.

[outlaw biker]

ATTAK Z said:

eharding said:

outlaw biker said:

Thats all fine and dandy but where do you plan on fitting the snooker room and S&M dungeon? Be practical!

I make that...um....23 minutes into the project, and you've changed the requirements already. No bloody wonder most home makeovers turn into a monumental goat-feck.

1) establish a budget
2) add contingencies
3) add provisional sums
4) add preliminaries
5) make client aware of costs
6) sit back and wait for client to find money
7) send invoice for fees to date

8) you may need permission from the council to keep goats.

[jeff m]

Very expensive to move the "Water"

Not ideal, but did you consider putting two doors on the bathroom.
Enlarging B3 and make it the master.
Then moving the internal wall between the old B1 and B2 to give you a new B2 & B3. some built in storage could be accomplished at the same time.

ETA Two doors on the bathroom will give access to people from other bedrooms and make it sort of still En S. but practicle.

Edited by jeff m on Thursday 11th September 02:09

[Rollin]

B17NNS said:

Are you semi or detatched?

Just thinking about getting waste out of the new en-suite.

Can you show man holes on your plan if you have any at the front of the house.

Oh, and can you show what each wall is constructed of (timber stud or brick) and whether it is stuctural or supporting.

Edited by B17NNS on Thursday 11th September 00:13

House is semi detached.

Manhole is on the drive to the left of the plan.

Unsure about the walls It's not my house yet.

[stackmonkey]

Rollin said:

Can someone with the ability give me some ideas on how to redesign this floor so that there is a reasonable sized ensuite/wetroom in the biggest bedroom and a larger main bathroom. I'm crap at interior design

Answer depends on you budget and on whether you are prepared to lose one of your 3 bedrooms or not.
Easiest one to sort is the ensuite to bedroom 1.
Where the internal landing wall is, 'extend' that across the main bedroom to between the bay window and the extra smaller one. you may need an extra wall (horizontal in the pic) and door so that you would walk into the bedroom, rather than going into the bathroom, then the bedroom.

'Easiest' option for the larger family bathroom would be to effectively 'move' the existing wall to the other side of where the basin is in the 3rd bedroom.

[mechsympathy]

stackmonkey said:

Rollin said:

Can someone with the ability give me some ideas on how to redesign this floor so that there is a reasonable sized ensuite/wetroom in the biggest bedroom and a larger main bathroom. I'm crap at interior design

Answer depends on you budget and on whether you are prepared to lose one of your 3 bedrooms or not.
Easiest one to sort is the ensuite to bedroom 1.
Where the internal landing wall is, 'extend' that across the main bedroom to between the bay window and the extra smaller one. you may need an extra wall (horizontal in the pic) and door so that you would walk into the bedroom, rather than going into the bathroom, then the bedroom.

'Easiest' option for the larger family bathroom would be to effectively 'move' the existing wall to the other side of where the basin is in the 3rd bedroom.

You're going to have problems with the waste though. I'd look into removing the wall between bedrooms 1&2 and losing 3ft from each room. You'd then have a decent sized ensuite with the waste going outside to the drain in the drive and no need for a macerator.

Increasing the size of the main bathroom will compromise bedroom 3 though so I wouldn't have thought it's be worth it.

But above all will the market in that area support a three bed, two bathroom house? It's cheap for a reason.