I re opened a thread from early 2016 but now think it might be better to start a new one for your valued advice!
We like a detached house on a largish new build estate. One problem with it it that it has a 3/4 year old high spec kitchen diner (guessing about £30-35K, which for me very expensive) and no utility room. It literally has a single built in washing machine.
we currently dont have a utility room and wanted one as it wuold be somewhere to hide the airing rails when they are loaded with wet clothes and the weather is too bad for outdoor drying. of course that would have relied on a big enough one to hold a couple of drying rails.
It looks as though the utility room was removed. Looking at sold prices, nearly every single other house on that estate would have one apart from a few of the medium detached "family executive" , the size down from the one we might be interested in buying. as its a new build has the usual low ceilings and a way out the back door so no real room for ceiling hung one. it would have only held washer, tumble and three upper cabinets.
I can see why its been done, the utility room took up floor space to make a square room an awkward shape and taking away a lot of the sun from the rear of the house.
i dont have dogs or any pets, so no need for a place for their food and things. there are so many cupboards away from sink, induction hob and food prep area for things like laundry.
Just thinking about practicalities, if my child had a wee wee accident, i wouldnt rinse those pants in the kitchen sink - i'd use the downstairs loo. If i had a utility, i wouldn't use that sink either. i'd like to keep toilet waste in toilet sinks.
it has a kitchen dinner with breakfast bar, space for a large table and loads of cupboard space, a couple of those are full length, i presume to hold mops/steamers etc.
there is another separate formal dining area and 2 more separate living rooms.
we would be planning to stay there for a about 15 years at least. dh and i are thinking we'd let this kitchen run its course and then re-jig in the year 2032!!!!
another possibility is to make a stud wall in the detached garage which has a side door about 6 ft away, put plumbing in etc.
any thoughts? are we mad to consider this? do i need one? supposing we sell on in 7 years and dont re-jog to create utility again?
I'm open to opinions and wont shout or ignore anyone who I disagree with.
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buying a largish family home with no utility.
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budgetsbonus · 22/01/2017 13:18
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