without seeing the room, my first thought is making certain the flooring is level.

Often, porch floors are sloped.

A header is expensive, heavy and requires all the foundational requirements, but an open plan is nice. Good luck!

Thanks for your response, its actually the wall between the hallway and kitchen we are thinking of removing, please find photos attached.

Thanks, Leanne

Put the plan in your posting! Not in your profile.

It won't seem to allow me to on my phone, laptops currently getting repaired.

Thanks haha

If that small porch is your front door then I vote against removing the wall. I wouldn't want the kitchen open front and center from the front door. But I see that you're working with not the best floor plan, so I understand where you're coming from.

If you're going to open-up, open up both the kitchen and Living room walls. Then, put a door closing off the center hall to the bedrooms and bathroom area.

Agree: If you're going to open-up, open up both the kitchen and Living room walls. Then, put a door closing off the center hall to the bedrooms and bathroom area.

I would keep the section of wall that the door opens on especially because you do have a closed in front porch. I would also get rid of the angled wall and open ( not take down ) the wall into the living room with a nice cased opening so you are creating a much more open space.

You will need an architect and you would need to address the floors. Redo the kitchen floor to cover where the walls were removed and you can do a new wood saddle for the living room .

Good luck!

If there is room, perhaps have a long counter on that taken down wall space so you have a place

to put keys, groceries etc. when you come in the door.

I do not see a dining space so are you hoping to use an island for eating? Is the porch the entry to the home? I think you will need at least a good interior designer to handle this right now you have an entry hall to the bedrooms . What is the indent on the right wall ? I think we need some more info please.

Yes the porch is the entry, we would probably use the space for occasional dining but mostly to make it feel a little more open. We are installing bifold doors at the bottom end of living room, indent on the kitchen wall is where there is currently a hatch, thinking the island would be the height of the bottom part of hatch. The bottom right is where the kitchen door is at an angle. Indent on living room wall is nothing just an error in colour it is a solid retaining wall. Please find more photos attached. Many thanks for your thoughts

We want to stay in the immediate area, this road or within a few streets. We had multiple asking price offers when this went up for sale but we have nowhere to go to. Around one house comes up every 8-10months and there is nothing to rent that is reasonable within 3 miles of us haha. The cost of renting would be a lot lot more than the amount we will lose if selling in a cooler market. We want a house here and are willing to wait, just want the flat as comfortable as poss as we aren't sure how long we will be here for! We had considered though! Thanks.

If your goal is to move…but there are no options at this time..i would hesitate to do any small changes….this expense may not be needed for resale under your circumstances….and the savings can go toward your next home…