Critique my floorplan please

[Square Feet]

I think I'm probably at the stage now where drawing it up a bit more precisely would help as the few mm of discrepancy will add up when repeated enough.

Many thanks for all your help with this so far.

[garrymartin]

8 minutes ago, Square Feet said:

The view to the south:

I bet I'm not the only one that thought of Windows XP 😉🤣

 

[ETC]

On 02/10/2026 at 12:37, Square Feet said:

I'd love your input @ETC if you are still around.....

Sure….happy to take a look…..will get back to you next week….

[ETC]

A few sketch designs I completed a few years ago.

[Mike]

7 hours ago, Square Feet said:

Thanks for going to the trouble to redraw this Mike. I'ts perhaps a bit confusing but north is at the bottom in my drawings so that would mean the kitchen was in the best south facing bit of the house and the dining room in the cold dark north. Having the dining table near the fabulous view is really important I think. 

A good view is a big asset, but so is space - so how many hours per day will you be sitting down to eat in the dining room (during daylight), vs how many hours will be spent in the kitchen? And if you turn the worktop extension I proposed into a breakfast bar, you would see the view through the kitchen window too. Tip: make the bottom of the kitchen window flush with the worktop, and site the cooker & sink to one side, so that there's minimal interruption to the view.

 

Also bearing in mind that anyone in the dining room on the wrong side of the table doesn't get to see the view, and in summer you might be eating outside, rather than inside

 

Of course if 'dining room' actually means 'office', then keeping the view on the dining room side is easily justified!

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Mike