The most common type of housing are small two-room apartments ranging from 43 m² to 45 m². Typically, the usual "kopeck piece", called in the people "Khrushchev", differ in the narrowness and lack of competent planning. In such apartments narrow corridors, tiny kitchens and bathrooms, and most importantly - uncomfortably designed rooms, one of which is a checkpoint. That is why the owners of "Khrushchev" often have a desire to radically change and rebuild their homes. Carefully designed redevelopment is able to open the hidden reserves of the necessary area and help to optimally use each square meter.
With what begin the re-planning of "Khrushchev"?
Before starting repair work, you should think about what results you need to achieve with the help of redevelopment: get a large living room or a wide corridor, or maybe a big bathroom or a spacious kitchen? The redevelopment of the 2-room "Khrushchev" must begin with the drafting of changes in the premises. It is advisable to entrust this work to a professional - so you will be sure that the future transformation of housing will not harm the entire house. Also it is necessary to legalize the redevelopment. Serious repair of the premises is desirable to begin with the registration of all necessary legal permits, otherwise the converted apartment will be impossible to sell, change or give. The lack of a valid technical passport for housing threatens possible troubles to its owner.
The main possibilities of re-planning "Khrushchev"
The main methods of re-planning "Khrushchev" are: the destruction of any wall, partial dismantling of walls, the transfer of doorways or partitions to other places. The most common way of modifying an apartment is to combine one living room (hall) with a kitchen. This will visually increase the space of the living room and bring it a special feeling of freedom and airiness. Separate areas of the kitchen and hall can be with the help of an original bar counter, light partition or color zoning. Such redevelopment will allow you to simultaneously make the hall more, and the kitchen - more comfortable and comfortable. Another way to dramatically reshape the "Khrushchev" is to move one wall into the interior of the room, so that a passage is formed between the two living quarters. Thanks to such a restructuring, from the adjacent hall and bedroom, two isolated rooms are separated, separated by a corridor. This change in the apartment reduces the room by about 4 m², but the entrances to the rooms turn out to be detached, and in the corridor there is a place for a spacious wardrobe. Often for redevelopment "Khrushchev" use a balcony: it is glazed, insulated and combined with the total area of the room. This allows you to expand the living space, make it more spacious, light and stylish.
Variants of increase of a bathroom
One of the ways to increase the area of the bathroom is to combine the bathroom and toilet rooms. This allows you to place in the room a washing machine or corner bath. Using a shower enclosure significantly increases the free area of the "Khrushchev" bathroom. Redevelopment (the photo clearly demonstrates its advantages) allows you to get an adjacent bathroom with the optimal location of the necessary furniture and plumbing. The combined bathroom becomes more spacious and comfortable. Another variant of the redevelopment is the modification of the corridor: its space is divided between the bathroom and the kitchen (for this purpose the walls of these rooms are transferred). As a result of such a change, a rather spacious corridor is obtained and the area of the bathroom increases, which makes it possible to install all the necessary plumbing in it. The kitchen thus slightly increases, but if desired, you can remove the common wall from the living room, making an apartment-studio. In any case, redevelopment allows you to transform the room, making it more comfortable, modern and spacious.