shall i stay 2 beds or go to one bed
stacy
11 months ago
We have a 2 bed ground floor flat with the second bedroom being really small, at the back of the house and leading from the kitchen
we are thinking of re doing our kitchen and stuck as to knock throw making a larger kitchen dinner with door to the garden, we use as an office come washing room , or jsut re design the kitchen and keep the second bedroom. having a bedroom off the kitchen is not great and it's really small
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Jonathan
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11 months agoLeonie
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11 months ago
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10 months agoJonathan
10 months agoOn reflection consider turning the living room into a bedroom and bathroom and then knocking together the whole space at the back to make a kitchen living space
stacy
10 months ago
Rosy W
10 months agoRosy W
10 months ago
Someone more expert than me needs to sort out the doors to the kitchen and bathroom but hopefully you get the idea. And hopefully much of your lovely kitchen could be reused.
Rosy W
10 months ago
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