Extension

[LovesBeingAMum]

Hey all

We currently live in an old bungalow which we bought a year ago and are now looking to do an extension and would really appreciate your opinions!

having lived in the space and explored the different alternatives we feel that our best option is to build an extension to the side of our house which would be the kitchen and open plan diner. There would then be double doors which open into our existing living room. The draw back is that access to the kitchen/diner would be through the living room.

Basically you would enter through the front door and off the hall is the door to the large living room. Directly opposite this door would be the door to the diner.

This would ensure the most cost effective build cost & minimise disruption to the existing house.

We're happy with this layout and feel that it would work for our (hopefully) expanding family but I was curious to know how many of you would be put off buying a house that had access to kitchen via the living room?

We may never sell but at the same time would like to ensure that any renovation work adds to the value of the house.
I'm usually very opposed to access via rooms but think this could work as it's all living space?

Ah!

I tried to reply to this yesterday, but the site went down as soon as I got post!

So, will there be an external door in the kitchen? If so, it seems like a very common set up, and would be fine. I can think of loads of houses that only have kitchen access through the living room, but they all have a kitchen door to outside. Might be a bit weird otherwise.

Have you got a floor plan from the sales particulars? If so, you could post in here - even a photo of it - for us to have a look at. There may be something you haven't thought of that could work without sending your costs sky high.

Yes there would be an external door to the kitchen.

No floorplans as it's an extension that we're planning ourselves, we will consult an architect when we have a better idea of what we want.

I just need reassurance from others! lol