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Thoughts on this house lay out (floor plan included)

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Katie47 · 29/09/2025 17:53

Hi all, we’ve narrowed down our house search to two houses.

The attached floor plan is for the house which is our favoured one.

A few things on my mind:

-Bedroom 2 is narrow..ok for a child is my thinking

-The ‘office’ space isn’t particular private, there are no doors. Eventually we’d probably prefer to knock through and have a big open plan kitchen

-Bedroom 4 is a garage conversion. It means there’s no route to the garden without going through the house (the other side of the house has the neighbours garage attached to it). I would want to potentially create a walkway with a door to garden through this room but I don’t know if plausible.

Any thoughts on the above, or anything else I may have missed/not considered would be appreciated! We would have possibly c. £15-20k available post purchase.

Thanks!

Edited to add I didn’t mean to include a poll!

Thoughts on this house lay out (floor plan included)
OP posts:
Bitzee · 29/09/2025 19:09

That office would be better off blocked up and used as a utility room/walk in pantry. At the moment it’s dead space and no one wants to work in what is essentially a dark corridor. Bed 2 would be fine for a DC in a single bed- if you went with a high sleeper to maximise floor space it would probably feel quite roomy because it’s so long.

Silvertulips · 29/09/2025 19:04

You can live with the smaller bedroom - lots of space saving furniture.

The front to back would bother me -

Are you going to use the 4th bedroom?

Office - you could add doors

CarpetKnees · 29/09/2025 19:01

You don't have to use the space as an office, just because that is what it is called on the floorplan.

You could put a door on (though presumably it would be dark if you did both ends.

Depends how many dc you have / how many bedrooms you want - office could be in the garage or one of the upstairs bedrooms.

Like every house purchase, you have to decide what are the most important things for your circumstances and what you are okay to compromise on.

Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 29/09/2025 18:58

You wouldn’t use that as an office - you can’t put furniture is as it’s a through way.uou could always block it up.

my issue is the kitchen though, it feels like a wonky galley kitchen. Not my preference at all.