Come critique my potential house layout!

[ellyo]

Going to a viewing soon of a house that has alot of potential but will need alot of work. Have attached pics of the current layout plus my proposed layout. What would we need to think about if we were to try and rejig the layout this way? We know very little about renovating, but this house could give us the opportunity for our ideal location and long-term family home. Would love feedback/thoughts/ideas etc.

You need to think about plumbing. Where the kitchen currently is is probably where the water supply/waste water out from the house is. If you move the kitchen you need to find a way to connect all the pipes and potentially they have to run a long way through the house.

Also, are you getting rid of the downstairs loo?

Put the kitchen at the back

I’m not sure that room is big enough for kitchen dining room, and I don’t think it would work to be going through the “snug / games room” all the time to get to utility. The utility would be best attached to the kitchen. And it’s not a snug if it’s a through room.

Kitchen at the back where they’ve got the bedroom, utility off that. Then their dining room can be your snug/ games, and keep the lounge where it is.

Thanks all, this is really helpful.
The reason I thought kitchen at the front is that the room at the back has a recess with chimney you could potentially install a log burner. I was concerned that making that room a kitchen/diner plus fireplace might make it all a bit busy. Especially trying to incorporate the bay window also. But appreciate the point about the plumbing.
Not sure about the downstairs loo yet. Would like a downstairs loo if we can, but don't need the shower that's in there also. Hoping we could fashion some kind of loo/utility room combo.

Please ignore my horrendous drawing...T is for toilet....accessed from hallway.

How much do you want to spend on this renovation? If you can keep the toilet in the same location, you want to do that, even if you are getting rid of the shower. Same with any other major plumbing, but definitely your wastewater.

take the downstairs shower room, collapse it down to a toilet and sink. Build the utility room right next to that . Decide if you want that to bleed into the kitchen space or the existing bedroom, but if you put the snug/games room at the back then probably the back. Then combine the kitchen and dining room into one big room. Minimal pipe movement.

Thanks all. The downstairs shower room doesn't actually have a toilet - just a shower and sink, so won't be keeping that at all I don't think.

Budget wise, we think we'll have around 60k to renovate. And that's where it would be great to get an idea of what's possible with that, as it's obviously not an endless budget!