I can't believe they'd have one!

Our study will be at the front of the house, but will most definitely have doors and sound proofing! Husband usually has a messy study, but it has to be big enough for my PC as well as his, plus some other gear, and room for storage. The kids will have their space upstairs.

Our downstairs powder room will be close to the living areas, but 'descretely' tucked away around a corner so you are not opening the door onto the living space. This was an important factor when choosing our floorplan!

We will be adding doors onto our ensuite, and the toilet is seperate (and behind a closed door!!).

As much as I like the idea of a wine rack in the kitchen, there is no way I would be sacrificing my wine in a silly position above the fridge either! Under the island bench is a little better, but it's just another thing that will need cleaning when it collects dust! We will possibly fit out part of our understair storage with racks.

I personally can't wait to have a big laundry! The tiny box I have suffered with for 11 years is driving me insane. There is no external access from it, so I have to walk through the house and out the back door with the washing, and I can hardly move in it! Our bigger laundry will have the built in trough with cupboards, and also over head ones. Coming from a house that has virtially NO storage space, I'm getting as much as I can, and I can't wait!!

My main 'urk' (and keep in mind this is just my thing!) is tiles throughout the living areas. I can't stand the sound or feel of grit underneath my feet, and with young kiddies there is no avoiding it! I just think of all that grout that needs to be kept clean as well . I like the warmth that floorboards and carpet bring...especially in Melbourne in the middle of winter!

I'll be thankful to have anything other than where I am at the moment...waaaay too small for a growing family!

I can't think of anything else specific off the top of my head, but I know there are more!

Stormy,

Lots of room for FOH bins, Foldback, Tbars, desks, cables and stuff???

Hi Everybody,

what a funny thread

A few' icks' that people dont like, I am having them in my place but I dont mind at all, we all have different tastes

I must admit, many of my 'icks' have already been mentioned.

Here are a few more...(IMHO)

Strange little rooms off the passage that have no purpose
House too big for size of family
Rooms that are never used
Dinning rooms attached to living area with light carpet and no where near the kitchen
Corner spas...Cousins of our have only used theirs once in 3 years
Bedrooms with no views oF the outside eg, windows too high or low...seems to be trendy at the moment
Kitchens with inadequate storage or badly designed.

Thats all for now

Mrs B

I dislike houses which attempt to turn hallways and corridors into "rooms" by making them a little wider and giving them a name.

The way I'm feeling I hate everything!!

Can't seem to get the floor plan or facade right!! Drew it on MVH and both hated it!!

I did see a display on the weekend, by Comdain, it was perfect (almost - needed bigger laundry, doors on the study and bigger WIR in master), well not so perfect then...

One big thing I am trying to achieve is to be able to close upstairs off from downstairs, so both can be able to have TV on or friends and not interfere with each other.

Back to drawing board.

No you dont have to be a business, it cost $5 for CD and about $8.95 (Ithink) to post it.

Be warned its not that user friendly... The first attempt I nearly threw the computer through the window
A week later and alot of deep breathing I has another go and got the hang of it a bit better.

Managed to do the house in 3D but had trouble putting things in like stacker doors and windows - maybe thats why we didnt like the house, it really didnt give us the true feel...

Matt from here loves it, but then maybe he is more of a computer buff than me

Go to the web site and have a look, you may enjoy it.

Work whats work???

Since being on here, I have spent lots of time in the office doing 'paper work' (reads on homeone).

What should have taken me 1/2 a day is still going Will do it now, I promise

I hate seeing spa baths in every bloody display home bathroom. In this time of heavy water restrictions, I find this not only impractical but irresponsible.

Fiona

Mikita, we are having a sitting room, (formal lounge, whatever you call it) near the front door, lounge and main bedroom are either side of the entry hallway, in our case its not a status symbol, its not even a large house (166m2 plus garage) I wanted a separate quiet adult TV area away from main activity, noise and traffic area of open space kit/meals/family, it can be closed off with bifold doors or left open. Visitors coming in can either go from entry hall into lounge or bypass it to end of hallway which leads into casual living area.
I guess the thing when planning every room or section of a house is to look at your lifestyle (and your price range!) ask yourselves whether you will use it regularly, so in our case yes to a separate lounge but no to ,say, a separate study or separate dining room.