You can get a better idea of the planned layout with the furniture in, and I have also included a 3D view.
Brian has started work on re-arranging the layout around the bedroom, bathroom and fireplace area. This involves knocking down part of the original back wall shown below (now internal due to the extension) and building various small stretches of block work wall. We didn't originally plan to do quite so much to the internal layout, but the more we lived in the house and uncovered the original structure so we could understand what was going on, the more our plans changed. This is the layout the house had when we moved in: There were a few major issues with it, the most noticeable one being the lack of a kitchen or bathroom! Another problem was the number of doorways off the main room (five) meaning it had almost no wall space (where would you put the sofa?). Finally, the one metre thick original back wall was taking up a lot of internal space. Although there was some quite nice stonework at the pantry end at the bedroom end it was of poor quality and had been topped with some badly done poured concrete. The planned new layout is: We have already knocked through the middle bedroom to make an open plan living room / kitchen area which we are very happy with. The problems with this new layout are that the second bedroom is in an awkward location and the front door opens straight into the main room. The longer term plan is to add an extension onto the side giving at least two more bedrooms by the current bedroom and the bathroom. At that point the "ex-parlour" second bedroom would return to being a second reception room, which works much better. Also to knock down the current porch and add a larger enclosed one.
You can get a better idea of the planned layout with the furniture in, and I have also included a 3D view.
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alison
18/3/2015 02:25:58 am
Thats a great plan! You are both very talented!!
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Laura
23/3/2015 12:52:57 am
Thanks Ali!
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Mícheál Ralph
24/3/2015 06:00:40 am
Hi Laura, how is Ronnie?? We loved the Christmas photos. It'd be great if you could post some more of him again soon!
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Laura
28/3/2015 11:22:23 am
Hi Micheal & Lilyan
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