You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The diagrams below show the existing ground floor plan of a house and a proposed plan for some building work. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The provided diagrams compare the current layout of a house with its forecasted arrangement after refurbishment.

Overall

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, it can be seen that compared to the existing ground floor plan, the new design proposal involves numerous changes to these basic infrastructures, mainly in the central area.

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, there will be no modifications to the external walls and two entrance doors. Looking at the pictures in more detail, there are several stairs with a storage

room

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and a hall connecting the

kitchen

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and the living

room

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now.

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, these will be no longer present and

instead

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, new stairs are predicted to be constructed on the northern part of the hall.

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, the internal wall between the hall and the living

room

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is projected to be demolished, which makes these two regions integrate into larger open spaces.

According to

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the two maps, at present, homeowners enter their

kitchen

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through a single

room

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near the northwest entrance

door

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.

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,

this

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door

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will be replaced with the internal wall, and a dual

door

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is planned to be built near the central entrance

door

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.

Additionally

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, the renovation construction work is

also

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going to include the installation of some

kitchen

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furniture in the western

kitchen

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.