Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Newcastle KDR (Sekisui House): Pre Colour Selection Meet 16Apr 14, 2014 12:19 am yvonneh Wow! I think you can all give us lessons in CAD!! They look amazing. I downloaded the app you suggested and have not been able to play with it as yet... and time is ticking away for the trial. Love the floor plan and the changes you have made. Are you going to get much back on the single vanity (from double) in the ensuite? What is the laundry door? Is it a sliding one to outside... if so... the loo will be looking straight out? One thing I was regretting I didn't ask for is a better solution to the bathroom. I love powder rooms with sinks in them. Or a 3 way bathroom rather than the configuration that Sekisui seemm to have. For the pergola we're having similar debates but in the rear area we want a fly over roof line (Similar to yours) but tilting the other way (up away from the house) to allow more light in. I thought you were going to go one garage door rather than two? Don't have an opinion with regards to the driveway... let us know what you decide... Thanks! Its a detailed and hexy program. There are easier ones out there. You could try sketch up. There's an entire online object library for sketch up and its all free (pretty sure). Not sure on the vanity yet, but I've been told by husband that I have a lot of stuff and he thinks the extra pipe in the cupboard will take up valuable "stuff" space... Yep the laundry door is a sliding glass door, and yep that's one thing we thought of too. Thought of putting it behind the washer on the external wall, but then couldnt fit a tall cupboard. Decided against the toilet in the end. Nope decided with the two garage doors in the end. We drove around and preferred the look. Probably not as useful as a single door... but oh well! We're getting wider garage doors (2700 instead of 2400) quoted instead, so will help a little with my skillful garage parking Driveway... still unsure. I'll post a pic which might show it in more detail. I think we'll just ask a family friend who's an experienced builder what he thinks. I'm hoping my original survey is wrong and the sewer inspection point is higher than what I've drawn it as. Re: Newcastle KDR (Sekisui House): Pre Colour Selection Meet 17Apr 14, 2014 12:27 am Decided to make the larger 4 panel slider on this wall a smaller 2 panel slider (which is the same as the one on the back wall). Gives more space for the computer station (Which we'll do later ourselves). *Edit: The plan is for the cabinetry to match the kitchen, which I don't think will look strange? Computer benchtop will be standard, not ceasarstone.
http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r759/cat_dunc/Computerdesk_zpsbfb4e4de.jpg We want a fireplace, this is the only place we can think any type of fireplace could go. Any other ideas?? I know a lot of people say don't put a tv over the fire place but I found a local company that said their gas fires can have TVs over... Hmm. Requires more investigation. We love the look of it. Could we ever afford to actually DO it... hmm perhaps not. http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r759/cat_dunc/Fireplace_zps1b289332.jpg The current laundry layout. Won't get any of the cabinetry. Will do all this ourselves later. Will use the standard tub they give us to start with. Not too cramped, the baskets go where the toilet was previously drawn. http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r759/cat_dunc/Selectedlaundrylayout_zps6a97c1e4.jpg The fancy french doors we'll get priced. Ooh la la. http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r759/cat_dunc/Frenchdoors_zpsd1e76018.jpg And the driveway that I need to talk to my folks about (as it's their van) and our builder friend (who quite handily also has a van so might have some pointers). Thats a 500mm drop from one side of the driveway to the other at the boundary which is that brown line/cut in the ground running through the middle. The van does stick out onto the verge but there's no foot path and everyone walks on the road on our culdesac. Plus the van will be there perhaps a week at a time max. http://i1365.photobucket.com/albums/r759/cat_dunc/Driveway_zpsfb0c1382.jpg Re: Newcastle KDR (Sekisui House): Pre Colour Selection Meet 18Apr 14, 2014 12:30 am cat_dunc Hey just a quick note - I've just noticed the standard Signature inclusions only provides a cold water point to the dishwasher. I haven't had a dishwasher since I was a kid... don't they use hot water? nah they all use cold water and then heat up the water in the dishwasher. btw did you get a cold water point for the fridge? Re: Newcastle KDR (Sekisui House): Pre Colour Selection Meet 19Apr 14, 2014 12:32 am yvonneh cat_dunc Hey just a quick note - I've just noticed the standard Signature inclusions only provides a cold water point to the dishwasher. I haven't had a dishwasher since I was a kid... don't they use hot water? nah they all use cold water and then heat up the water in the dishwasher. btw did you get a cold water point for the fridge? Haven't sent the request to him yet but yep we will do. There's quite a list of things we're upgrading. Yikes. :/ Re: Newcastle KDR (Sekisui House): Pre Colour Selection Meet 20Apr 14, 2014 12:40 am cat_dunc Decided to make the larger 4 panel slider on this wall a smaller 2 panel slider (which is the same as the one on the back wall). Gives more space for the computer station (Which we'll do later ourselves). *Edit: The plan is for the cabinetry to match the kitchen, which I don't think will look strange? Computer benchtop will be standard, not ceasarstone. Looks great, may want to slide the doors to the left a little more Yeah we thought the same wrt the matching of the cabinetry to the kitchen. I think it will look good... Quote: We want a fireplace, this is the only place we can think any type of fireplace could go. Any other ideas?? I know a lot of people say don't put a tv over the fire place but I found a local company that said their gas fires can have TVs over... Hmm. Requires more investigation. We love the look of it. Could we ever afford to actually DO it... hmm perhaps not. I think I saw this in one of the Sekisui or Rawson house where it was a room divider where the fireplace was on a wall with a tv. I'm partial to wood fires and wood fire ovens myself so we'll be putting in a small combustion one sometime in the future Nice we're doing the same wrt to the laundry and doing it ourselves later (maybe way later!!) I like it!! 2 8018 Excellent, thanks for the tip ... not in Sydney, but I might give the Dy Mark a try, cheers 2 860 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 11053 |