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Help!!! - Floor plan improvements

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Ringthebell26 · 17/08/2026 00:40

We have obtained planning permission to build our family home. Ive attached my current floor plan. The utility/pantry/kitchen area have been improved since this plan.The front of the house has been designed to make the most of lovely views.

I'm struggling with the design of the bedroom block - upstairs and downstairs and I'm beating my head off the wall trying to see ways to improve it.

Id really like a small home office preferably on the ground floor. I'd be happy to move the hot-press upstairs and to reduce the bathroom upstairs to a shower room. I also don't mind reducing room sizes if necessary.

The second thing that I'm not happy with is the layout of the upstairs front bedroom. Originally it had an en-suite and a a dressing room but then we changed the stair layout and as I wasn’t sure if I wanted an en-suite it was removed. Now I find the layout of that room really weird. I cant see how to lay that room out to include a walk in wardrobe and ensuite.

Id really appreciate any suggestions or ideas for improvement.

OP posts:
DandelionClockSeeds · 17/08/2026 06:47

The floor plan hasn't attached properly.

GoldenishFish · 17/08/2026 07:43

It's hard to tell what would or wouldn't work for you without seeing a plan. Have you tried visualizing it? Pretty much any interior design app (like this one or similar programs) would build a model based on your plan and you can move things around, change the sizes and see how this or that combination would work. Thing is, the ideas you have might sound good but in reality might turn impractical so it's always better to "see" them beforehand.

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