Any way to find a previous floor plan?

[Pixiedust1234]

I'm wondering if there is a way to find out a previous floor plan for a house. I'm looking at one on Rightmove that's had the downstairs knocked into a sort of open plan. If it was originally a lounge diner which has been knocked into the kitchen then I might go and view it BUT if it was originally separate lounge, dining room and kitchen then I won't as there doesn't seem to be any internal wall remnants like there usually is (in the larger lounge/dining space). Yes I could get a Surveyor in to check but I don't want to waste money at the start if there is a simple way to find out.

TIA for any tips that might help.

I would say if it's an older house then there would most likely be separated rooms knocked through. We've done that on a couple of houses and used a rsj to support upper floor.

Have you tried historical Right Move/Zoopla entries?

You could look up the address on the local planning portal. If there’s been a planning application you’d see it although it’s unlikely internal reconfiguration would need planning permission.

Or ask the owners/agent?

Have you tried historical Right Move/Zoopla entries?

No. Where would I find those?

Search under sold prices

If you Google "rightmove sold prices" for the postcode you might get floor plans for other houses in the road built at the same time.

You could search the address on the planning pages on the relevant local Council website. There might be plans visible if planning applications have been made for anything. Plans since 2000 are usually visible.

I can't find anything useful so either there isn't any or I'm just dumb 😬

It's this house. It does require a bit of work but I think (hope) it's mainly cosmetic except for some plastering. You can see why I'm wondering about the knockthrough.

I would try to put up a wall between the lounge and make it a kitchen/diner. Doeable on a shoestring? Or should I walk away?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/149075837#/?ch

Zoopla or council planning portal are the places to look.

Can you explain a bit more about your concerns? I can't follow what you mean.

The kitchen has been extended behind the garage. So I would assume that the wall was taken down between the kitchen and the lounge/diner.

All the houses in that street are identical so have a look at Zoopla sold prices for any that have historic listings.

Is it number 12? This is the 2018 listing

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/details/england-70198892-6373918?s=e1073e157742224063f0da768fe2b6b0bdfb301f72f944a7e25a89eee5bbec67

Beat me to it!

I can't see any signs in the ceiling or floor that there were two rooms
The fireplace seems central to the whole room

Thank you everyone!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/de24/ellastone-gardens.html?page=1

Not sure why it would be an issue anyway. You can easily build a stud wall back in to separate rooms again

I'm not a builder but I do know about load bearing walls. I also know other people aren't builders, don't know about load bearing walls and have hammers. I was trying to anticipate if it was going to be a bigger problem than it seems to be but that's thanks to other posters kindness in posting the past floor plans.

Any building works done should have a building regs application listed with the local authority and you should be able to see what was done and if that was signed of as building works completed or not.