Feel disappointed by architect-help!

[dancingqueen345]

Have just received a first draft of our extension plans through from the architect and I am disappointed to say the least.

It isn't what I'd imagined, I feel like there's loads of 'dead' space and not come up with any of his own ideas/suggestions.

Please can someone tell me that this is what always happens with a first draft?!

Or help me fix it please!

My suggestion for the master bedroom would be to move the back window more to the right, bring the bed forward into the room against a false wall and put the wardrobes behind the false wall to give a walk-in. Maybe false wall isn't the right term but hopefully you know what I mean! You could then do away with the cupboard by the ensuite and make the ensuite bigger.

You would need to make the other window facing to the front smaller though

You will need to check if the wall I've highlighted orange is loadbearing or not... I suspect it might be. Quick way to get an idea (although not a definitive answer) is to look at which way the floorboards span. The will generally run parallel to a loadbearing wall. Although the fuckers who put down a second set of floorboards at right angles to the first did catch me out once... you will need a structural engineer for this work so I'd get them to check this wall for you.

I'm a bit lost dancing - on your pic the bedroom extension does seem to come out as far as the ground floor? (at least it does above the kitchen area)?