Kitchens....

So we had a very nice consultant over from Wickes yesterday to measure up the kitchen. My boss has given me a half day tomorrow so we can go to the store and look over the designs and order it. We really need to order tomorrow as their sale ends then!


We also had a chap over to look at moving the cooker. He's a gas man, and isn't qualified to do the electrics on the cooker. *sigh* The cooker will need to be moved before we can install the kitchen, but we've got a three to four week lead time on the kitchen units, which gives us more than enough time to rip out the old kitchen and move the cooker. Can't believe I'm going to say this - but yay for lead times.


We've also had a bit of a think about the kitchen. Currently the bathroom is off the kitchen, and we want to move it upstairs. There is a toilet in the bathroom at the moment. So here's a thought:

We can create a much bigger kitchen by knocking through to the bathroom as it stands. But what do we do with the toilet?
We don't want to get rid of the toilet - we're about to start a family and we're not too keen on having to take a toddler upstairs just to go to the loo.

So we have a choice - do we leave the toilet where it is? This might have building regulation implications if we get rid of the wall round what is currently the bathroom.

Or - can we move the toilet into the cupboard under the stairs. I'm not sure about this one - there are shall we say - privacy implications!

This demonstrates one of the problems we're facing at the moment. Can we find a copy of the current building regs online? Can we 'eck! So if anyone knows where we can find building regs online - particularly ones relating to this kind of problem - please leave a comment.

Update: sent the money and all the paperwork to the solicitor. Wow that's a scary amount of money. Lets hope the solicitor gave me the right details for their account!