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  1. #1
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    Default Floor plan and renovation idea's

    Hey Guy’s

    I’ve recently purchased (still waiting for settlement) an 1880’s symmetrical cottage.
    I’m just throwing some ideas around for the best design and use of space.

    My current plan is to remove the rear lean-to and bring the house back to its original 4 walls.

    Bring the bathroom inside(not to scale) (approx 1500x3650) and install bi-fold doors at the rear on the house. <O

    I’d also like to open up the living area by opening the doorways and walls up.

    <O
    Regards<O

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    I previously renovated quite a small inner house annd didn't want to extend. I found that a large deck out the back made a fantastic difference to how large it looked from inside when the back doors are open. Also, they are relatively cheap and with a good BBQ become almost like an additional room.

    Maybe work considering outside your proposed lounge?

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    Pretty unusual to demolish an extension without replacing it with something that's designed a bit better.

    It looks like a bit of a squeeze to get a bathroom/laundry into that space that you've allowed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by OBBob View Post
    I previously renovated quite a small inner house annd didn't want to extend. I found that a large deck out the back made a fantastic difference to how large it looked from inside when the back doors are open. Also, they are relatively cheap and with a good BBQ become almost like an additional room.

    Maybe work considering outside your proposed lounge?
    The bi-fold doors will lead out into a nice deck approx 3 x 10m.

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    While I like the idea of opening the lounge out onto the backyard and deck - reducing your available living space in a small cottage seems the wrong direction to me, and I'm sure many future buyers also.

    i'd be far more inclined to put the new wet areas next to the kitchen in place of the bedroom, rebuild the existing externsion with better materials and probably a ceiling set down to delineate and then your bifolds or even triple track sliders right across the rear to bring the outside in.

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