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Please design my house!

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Whatfreshhorrorstoday · 04/11/2023 11:52

See floor plan picture. We have two choices, A or B.
L is living room. PR/S is play room study. UR is utility room. D is dining room. K is kitchen. Black triangles are doors. Between living room and playroom/study is sliding doors. Between kitchen and dining room is archway.
Shaded bit is hallway. So the difference is the hallway and utility room.
Thoughts please you clever people?

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LoseMeLikeAnArrow · 04/11/2023 20:45

It's a pity you can't change the kitchen as you are missing out on the back garden

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TeddyBeans · 04/11/2023 20:43

B from me as well!

MaggieFS · 04/11/2023 20:39

B, once the utility room has a door!

But depending on the layout if the kitchen I might not bother with the door from the dining room to hall, and just go through the kitchen. If it's an arch, it feels like one room anyway and I bet that 99.9% of the time you won't use that door.

Weefreetiffany · 04/11/2023 20:28

Totaly · 04/11/2023 12:35

B but swap kitchen and dining round or open plan

This

itsgettingweird · 04/11/2023 20:27

B

Much better to be able to shit away sound of washing machine and/or dryer and not have to walk between it.

Broodywuz · 04/11/2023 20:25

Definitely B. As pp says I would put sliding pocket door on utility room.

confusedlots · 04/11/2023 20:23

B. One of my must haves when we designed our house was a utility room that could be closed off and you didn't have to go through the utility room to get to another room or to a back door. Was definitely the right decision for us. I usually have 2 clothes horses up constantly and I can close the door so guests have no reason to see it. And it's a decent sized space so I set stuff in there out of sight when needed

Lochness1975 · 04/11/2023 20:15

B

Yellownotblue · 04/11/2023 15:19

B with a pocket (sliding) door to UR. That’s what I did with mine and it’s very useful in a small space with large appliances.

it’s hard to tell how big the space is without dimensions, but if you have enough space I would consider a washroom together with the UR. This would almost certainly add value to your house.

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FloofCloud · 04/11/2023 15:15

B - our utility ends up with shoes and coats littered by kids and often dirty washing I want to hide away before it's cleaned. I'd shut it away so all bags and crap can be stored in shelves and you're not always seeing it moving between rooms

LovelyBoy2023 · 04/11/2023 14:43

B.
But not sure I would want a utility room that wasn't next to the kitchen. Rather have a downstairs cloakroom/loo

BorisIsACuntWaffle · 04/11/2023 14:33

Just checking. Do you have an outside window into the hall? It will be v dark otherwise.
Definitely utility next to kitchen.
Do you have a door to garden from UR? Easier to take washing out

KNpepper · 04/11/2023 14:02

B.
For the utility room door I would have this as a sliding / pocket door to maximise usable space

NeedToChangeName · 04/11/2023 13:09

B

Best to have all rooms directly accessible from the hall

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Whatfreshhorrorstoday · 04/11/2023 13:08

Kitchen and dining really feel like one space with archway between them and decorated same

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Whatfreshhorrorstoday · 04/11/2023 13:07

Thanks all.
Kitchen is too new to mess with I’m afraid! But appreciate the ideas.
and yes a door Into the utility in b would be smart 😁it’ll prob be quite central
as need either side of the room for appliances and storage

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ghostyslovesheets · 04/11/2023 13:03

Similar to my house - I don't have a utility room but I have a conservatory off where your playroom is - I have open plan kitchen/diner at the back and the front it the living room on one side study on the other.

So I'd be tempted to have the utility at the back of of the playroom and open the space out to a kitchen diner

FallingAutumnLeaf · 04/11/2023 12:54

Actually, love the switching of kitchen and dining room.
You will also need some more doors. There are a lot of doors into the utility in my plan. Maybe no door from the hall?

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Hotchocolatemousse · 04/11/2023 12:50

B

IgnoranceNotOk · 04/11/2023 12:48

How would it be if you swapped the dining room and the kitchen?

IgnoranceNotOk · 04/11/2023 12:47

Yep I agree - you want your UR attached to the kitchen.

NoSquirrels · 04/11/2023 12:38

Totaly · 04/11/2023 12:35

B but swap kitchen and dining round or open plan

I agree - don’t you want your utility off the kitchen if possible?

SoupDragon · 04/11/2023 12:37

B. Although you might want to include a door into the utility room!

I don't think you get any more usable space with A as you have to leave that bit of floor free to walk through to the other two rooms.

Totaly · 04/11/2023 12:35

B but swap kitchen and dining round or open plan

WilliamFaulkner · 04/11/2023 12:34

B without doubt for me. Good luck with it all.