u/Narrow_Crazy6456

Im really struggling with what to do with this area of my house. What would you do?

Context- Utility as marked on plans is just a garage space, single skin, cold but with plumbing for washer/dryer. Ideally would like to add insulation but would be costly and ceiling height slight problem.

Upstairs on 1st floor is a master bedroom qith walk in wardrobe, 2 further double bedroom. All sharing a modest family bathroom. On the 2nd floor is a loft bedroom with en suite. Not using this as a master. More a guest/teenager room.

The pantry area has a restrictive bulkhead due to pipe runs that cant be altered. Ceiling height as indicated 2.15m

Options

A) design as planned. Pantry limited in size at 1.6x1m, lots of different door swings to handle

B) Take out the wall between toilet and pantry. Creating a downstairs shower room. Use recessed shower rainfall head due to bulkhead

C) Make pantry bigger, have main kitchen entrance open against the side wall.

D) Make pantry bigger, but make it a Utility room in a heated space, handy off kitchen. Block up door to garage space then for better kitchen design? Or will I regret losing internal access to garage? Shift door into garage up closer to the nib?

E) Make bulkhead space into coat store off hallway, doesnt seem very useful but gives a clean wall for kitchen units

F) something totally different

I have a downstairs loo which measures 2x1.5m. A adjacent storage cupboard that measures 1x1.5m which joins onto the kitchen.

Kitchen living diner is 8x6m and although pantry would be nice, its not essential as already lots of storage in the kitchen.

I was deciding whether to make the cupboard a compact walk in pantry or combine it with toilet for shower room.

4 bed family home, 3 kids. Planning to live here long term.

Upstairs. Master bedroom with walk in wardrobe & 2 children's rooms. Average size family bathroom (4 sharing 1 bath)

Then a loft extension with en suite which older child will use

Any thoughts welcome

Hi,

Not strictly DIY but wondered if anyone had any experience. Looking to install low profile retrofit wet ufh into the kitchen, diner and trying to manage floor height build up and flooring.

We are keen to have glued lvt. Ufh company have specified that boards are 20mm, 10mm screed/self leveller on top and then ready for lvt (2mm?).

Flooring companies seem keen to lay their own 'finishing' screed which would add to this build up further.

How do people manage this, do you get ufh/builders to leave the finish deliberately low accommodating for the fact floorers will lay more? Or is there floorers out there that will lay directly. Seems counterintuitive to do something twice.

Also, there will be a c.10mm transition between hallway and kitchen, ideally the floor would run throughout. Can lvt installers transition with a steady slope?