Floorplan fixer-upper

[kkgirl]

What would you do with this floorplan?

How would you fix this floorplan on a tight budget? We have 40-50k, which has to also cover re-levelling, painting and re-polishing of floors. Is it doable?

NB: The rear bedroom/sunroom/bathroom area is a cheapish step-down extension about 10cms lower than main house.

Also included photo of kitchen which looks into the sunroom, and awkward living room.

 

[westminster]

Sounds like the back part is the old rear verandah and its been enclosed. They often had a step down which no one ever was really bothered about.

The cheapes and most logical thing I can think of is to move the kitchen over to the laundry side and create a passage from the entrance through to the rear. Just pull the oven out and slide the kitchen along about 30cm and put a door there.

Then the kitchen can be set up where the laundry/door/hall is and it will stop the loungeroom being a thoroughfaire.

 

[esdarch]

I'm with Westminster, a opening to sunroom should be at existing oven position.

Other proposal:

- Demolition walls between kitchen/lounge to make open space.

- Get a new kitchen installed. Ideally laundry should be relocated to somewhere else, ie. build a small laundry shed next to powder room.

- Make large opening/ window kitchen to sunroom, it would be nice to have dinner there.

- Combine Bed 3 & Bath to Master Bed & ensuite.

The most pricey one is new kitchen & replumbing. If it's DIY, 40-50k is more than enough for above works + relevelling, flooring & painting.