Ideas for kitchen

[Ikeameatballs]

This is the floor plan for my house. We would like to somehow open up the downstairs/make the kitchen bigger.

Option 1) extend the kitchen so that the external wall goes out as far as the lounge wall. Square off the odd angled door, glass door in straight from bottom of hall with bifold doors most of the was across the new external wall that you can see straight through into garden from hall. Rest of layout remains the same.

pros: retains downstairs loo and separate dining room would be more of a playroom/snug/study space. Increases square footage.
cons: more expensive

Option 2) knock through the utility and take out the downstairs loo so one continuous space front to back of house. Square off door as above.

pros: cheaper, one large ++ space
cons: would need to relocate downstairs loo to back of garage, which may increase price.

Thoughts on these options and any other ideas??

Option one but without extension? Just altering internal layout might not need planning permission or ground works so that would reduce cost.

I wouldn't extend either. I'd take the internal walls down from the end of your hall space (so the door/wall is flush with your garage space). Put a nice table in there and some seating, and convert your front dining room into a snug/TV room.

I’m not quite sure what you mean as to where you would put the door?

What do you think about the loss of the downstairs loo?

No, the bit straight after the loo. Before it goes diagonal!

Is the grey box the garage/stairs?

agree with op about opening the back two rooms into kitchen/diner/living and make the dining room the tv room/second lounge

As someone house hunting now (so looking at a lot of houses!) I’d got for option 1 as you still retain the ‘snug’ but have a nice big kitchen diner. I like open plan but only if you’re lucky enough to also have small additional rooms. You’re essentially creating just 2 spaces downstairs.

i agree another way of doing option 1 more cheaply is to change the layout of the walls where the diagonal is but it would mean the living room is only accessible through the kitchen.

Thanks, yes the grey box is the garage.

I’m not keen on making the living room open plan to the kitchen though I know it might suit a lot of people. It’s a good shout though to square off the living room to add a bit more space to the kitchen diner. We’ve already taken out the small cupboard that’s built into the kitchen on the original plan.

How long have you lived there? Any scope for converting garage to lounge?

Garage is used as a gym