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Leksie5000, another thought. I wonder if frosted glass windows would satisfy privacy requirements? As mentioned previously, you don't have many northern windows on either plan. The Hunter mightn't get that could, but it still would be nice to heat the house passively in winter, with northern sunshine. I'm guessing frosted glass, or glass bricks would bring in a decent amount of light, & winter warmth, & you wouldn't have to look at the ugly neighbours.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for looking, our plan was okayed by council verbally but now they are unhappy with no habitable room.....
We are looking at our options - leaving it and disputing or changing it......
We don't want to change the width of the house or the rear - it is a 10.3m wide 30m long house with the long axis facing north - the front is east - the rear west wall is doubly insulated with no windows.
Can you see a better option for a habitable room and an entry and a biggish garage....The post on the porch would go to the very corner or we are considering cantilevering the roof at the porch so no post at all and gaining the 600 eave of roof.
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww288/ambipup05/comparison.jpg
Thanks for looking, our plan was okayed by council verbally but now they are unhappy with no habitable room.....
We are looking at our options - leaving it and disputing or changing it......
We don't want to change the width of the house or the rear - it is a 10.3m wide 30m long house with the long axis facing north - the front is east - the rear west wall is doubly insulated with no windows.
Can you see a better option for a habitable room and an entry and a biggish garage....The post on the porch would go to the very corner or we are considering cantilevering the roof at the porch so no post at all and gaining the 600 eave of roof.
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww288/ambipup05/comparison.jpg
Unit 1 toilet is right next to the dining area - not only do you have a direct line of sight, but your diners will be able to share all the toilet sounds and smells with the user!
You can solve this be creating a small hallway into the guest room, and accessing the wc and guest from there.
The driveway curving in front of the house is a little awkward - can this be changed? It might look pretty, but it will a pain to keep having to turn to stay on the driveway.
It is worth considering if the galleries in unit 1 and 2 are a waste of space, could the soace be used more efficiently? They aren't really furnishable, so consider adding the space to the rooms or converting the space into storage.
Unit 3 looks really good, there aren't any issues I can spot there.
You can solve this be creating a small hallway into the guest room, and accessing the wc and guest from there.
The driveway curving in front of the house is a little awkward - can this be changed? It might look pretty, but it will a pain to keep having to turn to stay on the driveway.
It is worth considering if the galleries in unit 1 and 2 are a waste of space, could the soace be used more efficiently? They aren't really furnishable, so consider adding the space to the rooms or converting the space into storage.
Unit 3 looks really good, there aren't any issues I can spot there.
- Hi, thank you for your feedback. The family and dining area actually will be used for dining area only. The dining table will be close to the wall near the kitchen bench. But definitely, that's something I will consider.
Yep, the driveway is a pain, we have submitted the drawing with the council asking for a straight driveway and hopefully we can retain the existing one as well! Good idea with the storage space for the gallery of unit unit 1 and 2.
- Unit 3 is the one that I will be living in, that's why I spend a lot of effort to make sure it's right
Hopefully, the council is OK with building double storey on unit 3. Both of the neighbour at the back of unit 3 are double storey. If the council rejecting it, I may need to go to VCAT. But I hope they will just approve it.......
Hi, any suggestions/feed back on this plan?
thanks
Leksie5000, another thought. I wonder if frosted glass windows would satisfy privacy requirements? As mentioned previously, you don't have many northern windows on either plan. The Hunter mightn't get that could, but it still would be nice to heat the house passively in winter, with northern sunshine. I'm guessing frosted glass, or glass bricks would bring in a decent amount of light, & winter warmth, & you wouldn't have to look at the ugly neighbours.
Unfortunately they don't, we are running with as many windows as we can get on that side (we can still do higher windows but a bit of variation in the living room TV area would be nice), there should still be northern light. We will see what we can get through our DA. It needs to be balanced with allowing access to northern sunshine and we aren't looking into rooms but they could view it as private outdoor space, see how we go. Our house isn't even two story just our block a little higher than next door.
Hi Everyone I have moved my original post viewtopic.php?f=1&t=75933 to this thread as i found some nice Criticism in this thread.
Here is the latest update with dimensions for further CC. Thanks so much "ShuddaBeenATradie" nice Criticism. This land size is 765sqm and is located in Parramatta Sydney. These drawings are just stage #1 of concept designs and the CC i receive we review and discuss with our Architect. Narrow frontage but splades at the back to 25meters very difficult block...
Wishlist we requested in our deisgn:-
Fibreglass pool
2 car garage storage of tools etc
Outdoor entertainment area
Yard to have access for drive thru cars and vans
Kitchen to serve alfresco area
Living areas to lookout into pool area
Design to grow with family
Concrete slab for 2nd storey to minimise noise
We have requested that the bedrooms are large enough to fit queen size beds as the children grow might have to live with us until they are financially ready at the age of 40+ (Goodluck
Any other factors which should consider in our design brief???
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pfu4 ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pfu4 ... sp=sharing
Here is the latest update with dimensions for further CC. Thanks so much "ShuddaBeenATradie" nice Criticism. This land size is 765sqm and is located in Parramatta Sydney. These drawings are just stage #1 of concept designs and the CC i receive we review and discuss with our Architect. Narrow frontage but splades at the back to 25meters very difficult block...
Wishlist we requested in our deisgn:-
Fibreglass pool
2 car garage storage of tools etc
Outdoor entertainment area
Yard to have access for drive thru cars and vans
Kitchen to serve alfresco area
Living areas to lookout into pool area
Design to grow with family
Concrete slab for 2nd storey to minimise noise
We have requested that the bedrooms are large enough to fit queen size beds as the children grow might have to live with us until they are financially ready at the age of 40+ (Goodluck
Any other factors which should consider in our design brief???
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pfu4 ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5pfu4 ... sp=sharing
Hi Everyone,
My husband and I are building our first home in Canberra. We have a bit of an odd shaped block so we are going down the custom route. A friend of ours, who is an architect, is drawing up the plans for us and we just can't decide which ones to go with. He drew up some great plans for us to start with although we were concerned they were going to be outside of the budget so he has modified them to bring the size down a little. We are going for a country look, although the guidelines for our estate are quite strict so I'm not sure how that style will play out.
Apologies these are quite draft sketches at the moment, but any advice or opinions on whether one design seems to work better then another - we would love to hear from you. We have two young children (2 and 3) and depending on the day keep changing our mind as to what we want in a house (want the bedroom at the front, don't want the bedroom at the front, want the bedroom away from the kids, don't want to be too far away from the kids... Hehe ok, we are hopeless!!)
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Block shape
My husband and I are building our first home in Canberra. We have a bit of an odd shaped block so we are going down the custom route. A friend of ours, who is an architect, is drawing up the plans for us and we just can't decide which ones to go with. He drew up some great plans for us to start with although we were concerned they were going to be outside of the budget so he has modified them to bring the size down a little. We are going for a country look, although the guidelines for our estate are quite strict so I'm not sure how that style will play out.
Apologies these are quite draft sketches at the moment, but any advice or opinions on whether one design seems to work better then another - we would love to hear from you. We have two young children (2 and 3) and depending on the day keep changing our mind as to what we want in a house (want the bedroom at the front, don't want the bedroom at the front, want the bedroom away from the kids, don't want to be too far away from the kids... Hehe ok, we are hopeless!!)
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Block shape
Hi outdoorharry,
It's been a couple of weeks since you posed the question, but I like option 1 best, I love the immediate "decision" of looking at the living or the dining rooms as soon as you enter. That is my personal preference, but the others look good as well. Just watch out for that western sun (an issue I'm trying to deal with too).
After reading and following so many of the threads on this forum, for about six months now, this is my first post, and will post again soon with our initial sketch plans, for some input from all you H1'ers.
Cheers
It's been a couple of weeks since you posed the question, but I like option 1 best, I love the immediate "decision" of looking at the living or the dining rooms as soon as you enter. That is my personal preference, but the others look good as well. Just watch out for that western sun (an issue I'm trying to deal with too).
After reading and following so many of the threads on this forum, for about six months now, this is my first post, and will post again soon with our initial sketch plans, for some input from all you H1'ers.
Cheers
Hi everyone
I have been a keen reader of this forum for about six months and now finally posting our ideas/sketches, would love some early input from you guys before we go to the next steps of engaging architects and/or builders.
Our story: we purchased a house in inner west Sydney (Cabarita) in mid-2014 with a view to doing a knock-down rebuild after saving some money and have rented the house out until Feb '16. This will be our "forever" house that we plan on living for the next 30+ years. We're currently staying at the in-laws, which isn't too bad and obviously rent-free so we are very lucky in that respect and can save more for our build.
Started to do the homeworld display home thing which was fun and exciting and gave us some good ideas but since our block is quite narrow (12.2m frontage) none of the options really screamed out at us as being what we were looking for. Also, we don't like that "garage-dominated" facade you often see on narrow blocks, so we have decided to suck it up and set aside the extra money to get a basement garage. This will also enable us to have a really large rainwater tank in the basement and some extra storage space. It seems we are keeping up with the joneses a little bit with the basement garage as the last 4 or 5 houses to get approved and/or start building in the area have gone for this option too. I guess that is good for our home value for long term. Because they don't consider building basement garage, it takes a lot of the project home builders out of the picture and leaves us with small specialist builders, or the larger design & construct custom builders.
First thoughts: our requirements include 3 bedrooms upstairs with a convertible guest room downstairs, separate study, open plan living/dining/kitchen, and an extra-large WIR, as requested (demanded?) from my better half
Our sketches: Each grid square is 1m x 1m. The block is narrow and long, about 40m deep, and the rear faces basically due west. It slopes down slightly from front to rear - we have put in a small step down entering the living area so that there is not too much additional drop off (1-2 steps) from the alfresco to the yard.
These are obviously not architectural drawings (I used a ruler though!!) and don't have any window provisions at this stage, but we will seek expert advice to get as much passive solar effect as possible, with minimal western glazing. We'll be installing a shutter/blind system at the edge of the alfresco to block the western sun into the open plan area.
Options/potential changes: We are considering switching the stairs over to the north side where the formal lounge is now - do you think this is a good idea? If we do that, beds 2&3 will be at either side of the front of the house.
The hallway will be used to absorb the wall width so it will be closer to 1m wide. There will be a door between the hallway to the open plan area to zone it off.
Ground floor
First floor
Would love to hear your thoughts, comments, criticisms! And I hope the photos attach properly....
I have been a keen reader of this forum for about six months and now finally posting our ideas/sketches, would love some early input from you guys before we go to the next steps of engaging architects and/or builders.
Our story: we purchased a house in inner west Sydney (Cabarita) in mid-2014 with a view to doing a knock-down rebuild after saving some money and have rented the house out until Feb '16. This will be our "forever" house that we plan on living for the next 30+ years. We're currently staying at the in-laws, which isn't too bad and obviously rent-free so we are very lucky in that respect and can save more for our build.
Started to do the homeworld display home thing which was fun and exciting and gave us some good ideas but since our block is quite narrow (12.2m frontage) none of the options really screamed out at us as being what we were looking for. Also, we don't like that "garage-dominated" facade you often see on narrow blocks, so we have decided to suck it up and set aside the extra money to get a basement garage. This will also enable us to have a really large rainwater tank in the basement and some extra storage space. It seems we are keeping up with the joneses a little bit with the basement garage as the last 4 or 5 houses to get approved and/or start building in the area have gone for this option too. I guess that is good for our home value for long term. Because they don't consider building basement garage, it takes a lot of the project home builders out of the picture and leaves us with small specialist builders, or the larger design & construct custom builders.
First thoughts: our requirements include 3 bedrooms upstairs with a convertible guest room downstairs, separate study, open plan living/dining/kitchen, and an extra-large WIR, as requested (demanded?) from my better half
Our sketches: Each grid square is 1m x 1m. The block is narrow and long, about 40m deep, and the rear faces basically due west. It slopes down slightly from front to rear - we have put in a small step down entering the living area so that there is not too much additional drop off (1-2 steps) from the alfresco to the yard.
These are obviously not architectural drawings (I used a ruler though!!) and don't have any window provisions at this stage, but we will seek expert advice to get as much passive solar effect as possible, with minimal western glazing. We'll be installing a shutter/blind system at the edge of the alfresco to block the western sun into the open plan area.
Options/potential changes: We are considering switching the stairs over to the north side where the formal lounge is now - do you think this is a good idea? If we do that, beds 2&3 will be at either side of the front of the house.
The hallway will be used to absorb the wall width so it will be closer to 1m wide. There will be a door between the hallway to the open plan area to zone it off.
Ground floor
First floor
Would love to hear your thoughts, comments, criticisms! And I hope the photos attach properly....
Leave the stairs on the south side as if hate to see northern aspect be used up by stairs if you have a living room area to been benefit
That wir is huge!
The kitchen opening to the alfresco will be lovely with bifold windows. But the peninsula bit seems proportionally small?
More after a bit of brewing
That wir is huge!
The kitchen opening to the alfresco will be lovely with bifold windows. But the peninsula bit seems proportionally small?
More after a bit of brewing
Wow double sinks x2. If probably only put a single sink near the alfresco. I've found the sink on the peninsula for us is good for sweeping in crumbs (under mount sink) but eats into a lot of space too. And when you have no table yet the bench gets very cluttered!
I'd consider making the guest room closer to a bathroom. And even have it almost a dual key apartment (so if you ever wanted guests to stay and feel a sense of independence they could).
I'd move the linen closet to the south side to maximise northern side windows. The leisure would be better north and bedrooms south.
I'd consider making the guest room closer to a bathroom. And even have it almost a dual key apartment (so if you ever wanted guests to stay and feel a sense of independence they could).
I'd move the linen closet to the south side to maximise northern side windows. The leisure would be better north and bedrooms south.
Yes, huge WIR. Right now our kids are young 3 & 1 but I expect we'll get the question later on "how come your wardrobe is bigger than my room?"....."ask your mother!"
Read somewhere on houzz that ideal is a 1.2m gap between bench tops in the kitchen so that's what we'll be aiming for. With the island bench, my drawing probably doesn't show that accurately. I'm currently trying the sweet design 3D program to get it all a bit more official looking. Tedious though. Will post it when completed.
With the sinks we need to decide which will be our washing up sink (I.e. A double) and which will be the rinsing fruit/filling kettle/filling glass sink (single). This will depend on the best locations for the dishwasher too. If the space gets reduced we might just go for one double sink. Planning on undermounts for the crumb sweep as well.
Good advice on the linen. I think we might swap bed 2 and the leisure around, and maybe move the linen in between bathroom and ensuite...although that might shrink the WIR (!). Might have to find another place for it haha
Thanks for your ideas yvonneh!
Read somewhere on houzz that ideal is a 1.2m gap between bench tops in the kitchen so that's what we'll be aiming for. With the island bench, my drawing probably doesn't show that accurately. I'm currently trying the sweet design 3D program to get it all a bit more official looking. Tedious though. Will post it when completed.
With the sinks we need to decide which will be our washing up sink (I.e. A double) and which will be the rinsing fruit/filling kettle/filling glass sink (single). This will depend on the best locations for the dishwasher too. If the space gets reduced we might just go for one double sink. Planning on undermounts for the crumb sweep as well.
Good advice on the linen. I think we might swap bed 2 and the leisure around, and maybe move the linen in between bathroom and ensuite...although that might shrink the WIR (!). Might have to find another place for it haha
Thanks for your ideas yvonneh!
Hi everyone
Need help don't know we're to start need to design single story 4bed and 2 living areas any suggestions pls
Need help don't know we're to start need to design single story 4bed and 2 living areas any suggestions pls
Hi everyone
Need help don't know we're to start need to design single story 4bed and 2 living areas any suggestions pls
Need help don't know we're to start need to design single story 4bed and 2 living areas any suggestions pls
You need to know your council requirements setbacks from front and sides and coverage allowed.
You need to know how big a house you want - which is constrained by land size and budget.
Then get your orientation right - north side living
And make a list of what you want which is 4 bed 2 living areas - master separate to other bedrooms? How many bathrooms, kitchen with pantry, alfresco?
Look at some project home websites to get an idea of plans.
Start sketching
Hi all,
My husband and I purchased 2.5 acres in the great southern of wa. Due to the slope and soil classification we have decided to build a custom home and get plans drawn through a designer/architect. We are currently in design development but would love any feedback or changes you might recommend.
My husband and I purchased 2.5 acres in the great southern of wa. Due to the slope and soil classification we have decided to build a custom home and get plans drawn through a designer/architect. We are currently in design development but would love any feedback or changes you might recommend.
Or put it on the wir wall. I'm sure you will move it and it was the designer thinking it would be cool to watch bathroom ablutions from the bed...
Some people enjoy that. Ild rather not see all someone's secrets....
But otherwise fabbooooo
Thanks kiwi
Is there a view? Is that why living areas are pointing south? Its a lovely plan.
Hi hrvat, very nice design and layout. Love the nice big kitchen area and WIP. Well done you will love it.
Hi All, has anyone designed a home that accommodates a 2m fall (rises from the road) across the building platform?
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