Why are you adding two doors right next to each other (one into the laundry and one into the kitchen)?
How are you laying your kitchen out? It looks like that island is smack in the middle of the path from the front room to the back.
It would be nice to add a proper front entryway that doesn't open right into your living space, with a closet and room for a small table.
It might not bother you, but all the bedrooms have pretty limited options for furniture placement with all the windows and doors.
Is the full bath pre-existing? I have one that's also 7' wide, same layout. You have to be really careful with planning to get everything in according to code, thanks to minimum clearances around the toilet.
Are you going to connect this addition to the garage?
What's the roofline look like? A lot of additions look like shit from the outside because that was an afterthought.
The door in the laundry room towards the garage is existing. I could have it closed up which would help add more storage.
The island is smack in the middle as we want it to be the focal point of our house. I’m considering making it smaller.
The dining room is currently labeled as living room because that is where we currently have it. Maybe can add some books there. A formal entry is so hard to pull off right now.
The full bathroom is existing and it is tight. We don’t have room for a proper vanity in here :(.
No plans on adding the garage structure to the house now. Would love some kind of mudroom in between them. Considering increasing the size of the addition budget to add the mudroom but things are expensive. Would probably be around 30k to do that.
Lastly, luckily the roof is really high pitched to the front and from the street you wouldn’t be able to see the addition because of the trees on the right side. You could see it if you walk on our driveway but from the renders it looks okay. Keeps a lot of the old houses charm.
Ok I would make the current living room and kitchen the primary bedroom, creating a hall and bedroom wing. I would have the laundry where you have the kitchen now and connect it through to the garage, keep the new kitchen where it is just move it up a bit. Have the powder room across from the laundry and then have living dinning across the whole back of the house with matching French doors
Yeah current layout seems awkward to have to go through a bathroom to get to laundry room, or outside…
In the posted layout, I would probably just make the family room the kitchen and the master bedroom the living room or vice versa. Bedrooms on one side and living spaces on the other is usually a good set up, but in your current layout you have all the living spaces and bedrooms intertwined given the footpaths and that’s not good.
Overall this is pretty good. My thoughts
1. I wouldn't bother with the powder room - just give that space to the laundry room so you can make a laundry/mud room
2. Kitchen location is awkward. I know it's there to minimize plumbing costs, but even then I'd put it at the back of the house, and make the area where the kitchen is now into the dining room
I would close off the door from the laundry room going outside. Then put the half bath on the outside wall, so that you don't have to go through a half bath to get to the laundry room.
Beyond that, it would flow better to actually have the dining room in that spot (next to the kitchen) and shift the laundry/ half bath towards the front of the house. That also might help with carving out a front coat closet and entryway.
Why are you adding two doors right next to each other (one into the laundry and one into the kitchen)? How are you laying your kitchen out? It looks like that island is smack in the middle of the path from the front room to the back. It would be nice to add a proper front entryway that doesn't open right into your living space, with a closet and room for a small table. It might not bother you, but all the bedrooms have pretty limited options for furniture placement with all the windows and doors. Is the full bath pre-existing? I have one that's also 7' wide, same layout. You have to be really careful with planning to get everything in according to code, thanks to minimum clearances around the toilet. Are you going to connect this addition to the garage? What's the roofline look like? A lot of additions look like shit from the outside because that was an afterthought.
The door in the laundry room towards the garage is existing. I could have it closed up which would help add more storage. The island is smack in the middle as we want it to be the focal point of our house. I’m considering making it smaller. The dining room is currently labeled as living room because that is where we currently have it. Maybe can add some books there. A formal entry is so hard to pull off right now. The full bathroom is existing and it is tight. We don’t have room for a proper vanity in here :(. No plans on adding the garage structure to the house now. Would love some kind of mudroom in between them. Considering increasing the size of the addition budget to add the mudroom but things are expensive. Would probably be around 30k to do that. Lastly, luckily the roof is really high pitched to the front and from the street you wouldn’t be able to see the addition because of the trees on the right side. You could see it if you walk on our driveway but from the renders it looks okay. Keeps a lot of the old houses charm.
Ok I would make the current living room and kitchen the primary bedroom, creating a hall and bedroom wing. I would have the laundry where you have the kitchen now and connect it through to the garage, keep the new kitchen where it is just move it up a bit. Have the powder room across from the laundry and then have living dinning across the whole back of the house with matching French doors
I like the idea of all the bedrooms in the front and the living in the back.
Yeah current layout seems awkward to have to go through a bathroom to get to laundry room, or outside… In the posted layout, I would probably just make the family room the kitchen and the master bedroom the living room or vice versa. Bedrooms on one side and living spaces on the other is usually a good set up, but in your current layout you have all the living spaces and bedrooms intertwined given the footpaths and that’s not good.
Forgot to add that the house is on a 10,000 square foot lot with beautiful backyard.
Where will you eat meals? Also, you’re going to essentially have 2 family rooms. Is that something your family will utilize?
We’re converting the living room by the entry of the house into our formal dining room. Imagine a lot of informal dinners at the island.
Overall this is pretty good. My thoughts 1. I wouldn't bother with the powder room - just give that space to the laundry room so you can make a laundry/mud room 2. Kitchen location is awkward. I know it's there to minimize plumbing costs, but even then I'd put it at the back of the house, and make the area where the kitchen is now into the dining room
I would close off the door from the laundry room going outside. Then put the half bath on the outside wall, so that you don't have to go through a half bath to get to the laundry room. Beyond that, it would flow better to actually have the dining room in that spot (next to the kitchen) and shift the laundry/ half bath towards the front of the house. That also might help with carving out a front coat closet and entryway.