We’re just in the process of extending and knocking through to create an open plan kitchen dining living area. The shell is done and the roof is on. We’ve come to check measurements for our kitchen as it’s a DIY kitchens one so doing ourselves and it’s 14cm smaller than the architects plans, or about 18cm if you don’t include the plaster. The room should be 7.7m x 5.83m. The error is on the width and so it’s actually measuring at 5.65m. The building contractor has been amazing so far and we have a very good relationship with him. We also have the architect managing the project at a cost of around £850 a month as we couldn’t be at home or nearby to oversee things as we have a baby and toddler and it’s extremely dusty in the house.
I know this isn’t a lot but over the 7.7 metres length its over a metre of space lost. I feel quite disappointed and worried that it will make the internal space just that little bit more cramped especially around the table and sofa. We also had a island planned and will probably have to make this smaller than we wanted. We don’t want to spoil our relationship with the builder as the work so far looks very good but equally the whole project is costing well over £100k plus architects fees etc. Very torn with what the next steps should be, any thoughts?