It is an unusual layout. For me and probably others to get their heads around it I think we need to know where north is and have pics of all sides of the property??

Hi Emily, I have attached a couple of photos of the property. It is an unusual layout with the conservatory being at the front(south) of the bungalow and the potential extension at the rear(north)

Along the side shown in the first picture there is a wide drive way the whole length of the bungalow and the other side there is a hedge and the bungalow goes right up to this boundary so there are no windows on that side

hope that helps to make sense of the layout a but

thanks

Becky

I am not suggesting you do any of this but just looking at what you have I think I would want to live in this property this way: Entrance between sitting and beds 2 and 3. Living area is beds 2 and 3 (incl ensuites). Sitting room becomes kitchen and conservatory is upgraded and becomes dining. And then I’d figure out how to configure bedrooms in what remains and extend as necessary to accommodate that.
Like I said, not advising you do this I’m just putting my gut feelings on how I’d like to live in that property.

Can I ask how many bedrooms you need and how many bathrooms? And why would you put the proposed extension on the north facing side instead of knocking down the conservatory and building a large extension there on the south facing side?

Thank you Emily, all ideas are helpful

We would ideally want to retain 4 bedrooms and one family bathroom with at least one en suite. The reason for the proposed extension being north facing is that we have a young family and want the family/kitchen area to ideally be leading out onto the back garden which is north facing. Fortunately, because this is a bungalow and the garden at the back is so large, the back garden isn’t completely shaded. Many thanks

Well I always think people putting ideas out there sometimes start trains of thought that end up really good even if they get sidetracked or go round in circles for a while.
Anyhow, good luck :)

I agree swapping the kitchen and master bedroom around then make the utility into an ensuite and the shower room into the utility.
Make the main entrance at the side of the conservatory and knock the separate loo and shower room through, incorporate that bit of empty space next to it to make a family bathroom.

Thank you, really good to get some fresh ideas

My favourite area of this property is the bed 2 and 3. And if you used this as your kitchen/day area then you’d have a nice south facing aspect but you could have access for kids to the more secure back garden.
Think there is good potential with your property just needs careful consideration to make the most of it. :)

Is there any option to knock it down and rebuild??

Wow, that’s really given us some food for thought. Thank you Jonathan

Jen - I don’t think knocking it down is an option

How about extending at the front opposite the conservatory? You could create a new driveway with parking space near the new front door. The extension here would make it easy to access the conservatory/sitting room without losing too much of the old sitting room which would now be a bedroom. And I think its nice to be able to see the driveway from your kitchen.

The kitchen/living/diner would have tons of space for storage- you could probably include a walk-in pantry.

The main problems with this are that:

you've lost your walk-in wardrobe from the master bedroom to access the old utility/new bedroom- you'd need new wardrobes

the family bathroom has no window- maybe a roof light would work?

Not sure if this helps!

Hi, before we could give advice on layouts we would need to know where north is on the site so we can best orient rooms to maximise solar gains. Could you tell me where north is on the floor plan you provided?

The poster said the conservatory is on the front of the house and the front faces south. :)

Yes as Emily said, it’s a bit of a strange layout but the conservatory is at the south of the bungalow which is also the front of the house. The back garden is north facing and the sun terrace is at the west of the bungalow. Thank you

Just to add, if we were going to add an extension at the rear for the kitchen then we would plan to have bifold doors or similar most the way around to make the most of the light and potentially a velux in the roof