Knocking through internal walls

[Fritilleries]

Anybody got any advice or stories to share? In NW. Not going to do anything for at least 18 months in order to save up. Looking to knock thru the top section of this floor plan and already worrying it's going to be massively expensive. Like 100k which is bonkers expensive.

I have to say, it’s not clear what your intentions are. Can you reload the plan with say red lines against what you plan to remove? The lounge/diner wall is obvious but not what’s going on with the kitchen. Thx!

Red bit is removing of wall section. Hopefully you can see the space. On left is existing kitchen.

are you moving the kitchen? what will go in the narrow corridor space at the left when you are done? are you moving the downstairs loo? where to and is there already plumbing nearby?

The wall you're ringed in red is likely to be the original outside wall of the house but part of it has already been removed. Is there a steel in place already? Obviously its a supporting wall so will need steel I'd have thought. The same for the wall between the lounge and the dining room - not external but likley to be a structural / supporting wall up through the house. Again, you'll need steel. It shouldn't be anywhere near your estimate, but you will have to factor in feathering perhaps of ceilings (if they're not the same height) and then making good (matching flooring / decor etc).

Knocking the walls down isn’t 100k. I presume it’s kitchen moving etc… that’s a very big open plan space? I’d keep something separate tbh.

At the movement. The kitchen is to the left and at the top/back in a wc and garden room. To the right is a separate dining room and entry to lounge/garden room which is one big room.

I want to knock through the top end wall only to create sense of separation as a cavernous open plan doesn't appear.

To the left I ideally want wc which means plumbing, and within that area a utility. I want to make the end of the hall go through. It is currently blocked. As you go through, you find yourself in the kitchen.

My idea is to have the top end open plan for chilling, dining and just a big space. Where you see a fireplace in that large space would be a TV corner with bookshelves.

In the front room would be playroom/snug.

Hope this makes sense. We would be reusing as many units as possible from kitchen as part of utility space. So that's my rough sort of dream.

I really should just ask a builder but I appreciate thoughts.

That looks like potentially a lot of work for not much gain.

It's literally knocking through a wall and relocating a toilet and installing a kitchen. It's not an extension.

@Fritilleries maybe I misunderstood? Are you leaving the kitchen where it is? That I wouldnt spend any money for.
Or wanting to move the kitchen to the current garden room? That one I would do, but I wouldn't expect it to be cheap as it will have to move all of the utilities around- soil stack, gas drains. But the kitchen will be much better.

Combination of both. Hoping use units from kitchen as utility story and to move the kitchen into the wider space/breakfast room (see first diagram) so even tho there's rejigging I'm hoping that it won't cost like an extension would if you see what I mean.