mathew Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 right heres the scenario: im currently in the process of developing an house which has two reception rooms. i really want to knock them into one but then many who ive asked say i should leave them as two as this way il have an extra room. il be looking to sell the house in a few months and was wondering what do/would people prefer? two medium sized rooms or one fairly large downstairs? also has anyone undertaken the task of knocking two rooms into one and would you say it was worth it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 i have 3 rooms downstairs. a kitchen a living room and a room that i guess is the dining room. if i had it knocked through id just have a hugely big living room i dont have a use for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 My friend Pete Donnelly did it, and now his dining room has a 17 foot high ceiling:D I've an older house that had a front room and a dining room. I knocked the dividing wall out and now have a large living room. We much prefer it, but the downside is a rectangular space which can be difficult to furnish depending on the length / width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 In our last house, which was 1930's we kept the front room to maintain the "front parlour" idea of older houses. Your best compromise is to knock through leaving small nibs and install some nice timber doorsets to partition it off, then your potential buyers have the best of both worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Lynz_ Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 If you where staying there and really didn't like having 2 rooms then I would say knock it through. But as you're not I'd leave it, 1 cause it's a big job that will cost you more money and 2 (being the avid property laddder fan) they always say it's better to have 2 rooms then people have the choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathew Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 In our last house, which was 1930's we kept the front room to maintain the "front parlour" idea of older houses. Your best compromise is to knock through leaving small nibs and install some nice timber doorsets to partition it off, then your potential buyers have the best of both worlds. this is excactly what i was thinking earlier. not to take the entire wall down but to create more of an opening if anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Open plan looks very nice imo:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 hi matt , id leave it as it is , less work or you to get it ready for sale . a lot of properties over here sa1 area are being snapped up by people who are only going to rent , so the more rooms the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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