Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Broad Reno ideas for enhanced layout 19Jun 09, 2017 12:49 pm Wowee, thankyou so much for the very detailed response! all of the ideas and knowledge was fantastic to read. I can certainly understand the need to keep the current lounge as it is, as you say, that front facing window is quite large and would get a lot of heat in the afternoon in summer. FYI I am in Melbourne. My only concern with keeping that lounge, and knocking out bed 1 to make a rumpus is that bed 1 would be no more and I'm not sure where is would go...I guess that could always be part of the extension, and for now bed 1 could stay where it is. I think that if I was to knock out the kitchen/dining walls facinv the hallways, I would maybe look at moving bed 1's door around to being near the bed 2 door. We are planning to have 3 kids so the 4th bed would still need to be a comfortable size. So with all that in mind, if the goals was to initially renovate things like the floors, electrics, paint etc and put in a new kitchen and then down the track (maybe 7-9 years away) do an extension so that the house has 4 beds (1 with ensuite), dual living, what would be your suggestion? My main concern is that I don't want to have to do the kitchen again, so I want to place that where I want it to be long term. The meals, kitchen and dining areas are too pokey, so I want to try and end up with just a good size kitchen and meals area (big enough for a family size table). Re: Broad Reno ideas for enhanced layout 20Jun 09, 2017 1:03 pm Sorry, this IPad keeps refreshing while I'm writing, & I lose what I type (just lost a paragraph on outdoor areas. Grrrr). So I've been editing what I've originally typed. So you mightn't have seen I said put the master in the extension, when you build it. Leave the master where it is, until your ready to extend. Once that's done, convert bed one to the rumpus. Only problem is you don't get an ensuite until you extend. I'll continue writing, in a new post. Thanks for the suggestion. The space between shower and sinks was too tight. I agree about the toilet location. So I have tried two other options: The lower one is… 3 4557 Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. A quick search on… 3 6199 |