Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Sep 01, 2015 10:31 pm Hi All, I am wanting to renovate my apartment but am not having much luck with configuration ideas. I can see that there is a lot of flexibility available around the kitchen, study, WIR and Ensuite, but can't quite piece something together. The main thing I want to get out of the renovations is to make the kitchen bigger, (it is very narrow and storage space/pantry is nearly non-existent). Additionally, while wall are moving, the WIR can do with being reconfigured/extension as the amount of hanging space is no more than if it was just along the wall of the bedroom. Yes you are probably thinking, to make things bigger something has to get smaller. Well the en-suite has some room in it to be shortened as the current design is longer than it needs to be. And also the study is really wasted space (Its a dark poky room than send your crazy if you were to use it as an office), so if it has to go to make the apartment more functional then it can go. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Structurally, internal wall should be able to be moved, however drains probably should stay where they are and, water pipes and gas pipes should stay in close proximity to current locations. Any ideas on possible solution would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Re: Apartment renovation (Kitchen, WIR, En-Suite and Study) 2Sep 02, 2015 10:51 pm How about making the study the kitchem, removing the walls and linen cupboard? Or would a galley style kitchen along the master bedroom wall work? And make the study area more open. Then with the wir, put two doored robes on either side on approach to the ensuite, and push that wall back at the same time.. Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: Apartment renovation (Kitchen, WIR, En-Suite and Study) 3Sep 14, 2015 8:48 pm You will of course be limited with layout of kitchen and bathrooms because the drain pipes for sinks, dishwashers, showers, baths, toilets etc cannot be moved, or at least cannot be moved without the approval of body corp and your downstairs neighbour (the plumber would need to rip down their kitchen ceiling, re-route pipes, core drill through the slab and then plaster back their ceiling - I doubt anyone would be willing to let you do that to their apartment...). As for walls, you'll find that in multi storey apartment buildings, lots of the internal walls are actually structural (supporting the floor above) and cannot be altered. If they are lightweight stud frame then it should be ok. You probably need a builder, or architect/building designer or engineer to come out and have a look really. It's a bit hard to tell from just looking at a basic layout drawing. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Apartment renovation (Kitchen, WIR, En-Suite and Study) 4Sep 14, 2015 9:19 pm Put the study into the double doored linen press and make the study a storage cupboard? Might be able to ditch the single doored cupboard, but looking from here it could have been built that way as its structural. Re: Apartment renovation (Kitchen, WIR, En-Suite and Study) 5Sep 30, 2015 6:11 pm WIR do take up a lot of space compared to a BIR along a wall, not sure what you can do to improve that area though. Kitchen...I am wondering if you can move the sink to the right behind the wall so you have a large uncluttered bench. Remove the wall between the kitchen and study??? Add a wall where the study doorway is to make a "proper" kitchen. You could have a large WIpantry down the end of the kitchen....or if you don't really want/need a WIPantry you could have a pantry that runs across the back wall with just shelving with doors. I don't know how wide the study/kitchen area is, but if narrow you may be better off with the fridge down on the back wall and having cupboards/bench running down one side only. I do think the large clear bench area would be a good prep area with the sink close by. A stove or hot plates/under bench oven will save room over a wall oven/hot plates. Put in as many drawers as you can, rather than cupboards....much easier to get to things. Pantry space needs only to be quite narrow, just wide enough to house your largest storage containers...thinking flour/sugar/pasta etc storage. Think about some of the pull out designs, you may only need two. Try to incorporate a space for rubbish bins and tea-towels into the cupboards. If you can't remove that wall between the kitchen/study, you may be able to put a door in it from the kitchen and make use of it that way. I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 10048 Assuming the structure of your cabinetry is good then I would DIY everything as follows: - replace your counter tops entirely, - replace all drawer runners with soft close… 1 4784 Hi all Am new to this forum. I want to get some ideas/info about how to manage an 80 year old factory restoration to convert to a residence. The factory floor is concrete… 0 6345 |