The main difference to what we had been thinking about, is putting the stairs along one end, we had been thinking near to where they are now but more compact. This has the advantage of giving us a single open plan room down stairs with one side of it being kitchen/diner and the other the living room. We think we pro this idea (pending further thought) as we like the current setup where someone in the living room can chat with the person in the kitchen. Upstairs this layout has made it easier to fit two spare bedrooms of a similar size in rather than a huge one and a smaller one. The ensuite in the master bedroom is in a different place and a window has been extended which we also like the idea of. The main entrance is through a new side door which is also an interesting idea and would improve flow between our outdoors shaded kitchen and the real kitchen, this idea needs some tweaking though to give a place to hang coats and shoes that is within the heated area rather than outside in the outdoor kitchen. Shoes would be a tad chilly in winter...
He has done a guestimate of the price of the work which is interesting and has for example ruled out underfloor heating!
It has given us a lot to think about, in terms of the layout and what we feel we can do ourselves, plus what we need to scale back to keep the whole thing affordable (ish)
Architect plans look exciting... my french is rusty.. but looks like master bedroom will be above garage? Only comment I have here (and may not be relevant) is that we had this situation in Chicago and we found that that bedroom was chilly since it was above the garage area which was not as insulated and with heat like all the other areas... just a thought... if only to get extra insulation between the garage ceiling and the floor of the bedroom. When do they start renovating?
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