Would this extension give me enough extra space to be ‘worth it’

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So I know it’s not a huge area and I’m currently discussing with the architect about making the utility room smaller and the WC longer (so that it goes into the garage or ‘store’ more’.

The thing is, my house has no downstairs WC or utility and I have an attached garage that doesn’t have a lot in it.

i keep dithering on whether this knocking down of wall would result in much more space to justify the price tag.

I do need a downstairs WC as it’s horrible having everyone traipse upstairs.

any thoughts or idea would be welcome

What's that space outside the utility for?

I'm a bit confused. I'm not sure if it's because you've left a lot out, or if I'm just not reading it properly,

can you give a bit more detail?

If you have a drive it would be worth converting the whole garage to usable living space. You could fit a dining room and downstairs loo in that space.

I think you'd need to know costs for both to properly weigh it up, but I think the design with WC needs more thought anyway, as creating that corridor is stealing a lot of space. Why not just access the WC directly from the utility?

So your dining room would also be larger? I think it would be worth it. I'd be inclined to run a bank of doors (either bifolds or French doors with sidelights) the whole length of that back wall.

I would try and do something like this to give yourself more useable living space/a snug area and less hallways/store as shown on the current design.

I don’t know the dimensions but if you don’t use much of your garage, I’d cut off as much as you can and create a downstairs loo/utility combined (so you don’t need the extra door) coming straight off your hallway.

Obviously I’ve cut through a window but you could either have the utility with no window, move where I’ve put the wall, or create a new window perhaps…

Just an idea for how I would do it looking at the space available.

I really like this idea, though I do need to access the store/garage for logs etc.

Also would a loo in a utility room look a bit strange? I always assumed the need to be separate for hygiene etc?

Yes I have costed it and quite a range! The corridor is leading from the hallway in the house which has a door to the integrated garage.

You have to click on the picture and shows the current layout and then on the left, the proposed new layout.

Im hoping a narrower utility room is possible, say 1600mm and that would give me a decent enough amount of snug space.

I like the option a PP has given with the loo/utility rotated. I'd sacrifice internal access to the garage/store for that. We store our logs in the garage and have to go outside to get them - it's not a big deal as we only have to do it every 3-4 days.

Is it an extension or a Garage conversion?

I'd prefer the loo to be accessed from the hall. You could then have a door from the storage to utility if need be.

It’s a garage conversion, so knocking through from the kitchen.

We have got a 50% garage - looks like a garage from the front but is only 50% depth and the back has been hived off to make a utility room, similar to what you are proposing. I think it's a good compromise. The "garage" is still big enough for bikes/ surf boards/ tools and gardening stuff/ camping gear etc. and I definitely wouldn't want to give that up entirely.

Ok I'd.put the 'store wall' with enough room for logs & whatever else you need in that space. For me that would be decorating stuff, bikes, gardening stuff if I didn't have a shed & Christmas stuff (if no other good storage for it). Keep the external entrance as a garage door). Internal into the utility room, close up the hallway entrance.

put in stud walls around the toilet area in a rectangle longways against the side wall between the storage & towards the garden. Then have the rest of the area open with utility/freezer & a table.

it's basically the layout of a house I used to live in & it's SO incredibly functional.

so easy to access the garden from the road & plenty of space to do random messy projects. Comfortable enough to sit in etc. we had carpet tiles - warmer/cosier, easy to clean etc

id rather more functional space than a 'snug' when we had a perfectly cosy lounge.

@LaPalmaLlama

thats what I meant, but you describe the 'store' 50% garage much better!!

Any chance you could draw what you mean? I don’t know if I’m coming or going I’ve look at so many option 😬

Sorry if someone has already said this but when we cut our internal garage 1/3 and 2/3 retaining the 1/3 with its up and over door (for bikes etc), we had to have a proper fireproof wall installed to divide the space as the building regs still regarded that 1/3 as being a garage!

@CobaltRewind we’ve recently turned our own downstairs loo into a utility with no issues having it all in one room. Ours is a square so the units and machines run along one wall with the toilet on the opposite side.

I’ve attached a few from Pinterest. If you need internal access to the store could you create a second door from the hallway if you went with a similar layout to the one I suggested?

I'm far too messy for a lootility, unfortunately. I don't currently have a utility room but when I do I know it will end up with washing hanging everywhere and stuff shoved in it to 'deal with later'. Prefer just a loo that can't possibly get untidy if someone pops in usually the Tesco delivery driver for a quick wee 🙄

If you're looking for the cheapest option, I'd imagine moving the wall back a bit in your current utility, turn into a lootility and add a door from your dining room would be easiest.
If you want a larger dining space, go with what your architect designed, but get rid of loo door, make it a lootility. Your guests are already walking past your washing in the architect's lay out. Not really sure what hygiene your worried about, there will be a sink for people to wash their hands?