Browse Forums Building A New House Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 81Mar 07, 2012 7:35 am You know what Dee, I think that's my worst fear, if we were to build again, to forget to do something that was a great idea the first time. I'm a 'lists' girl so I started up a word doc of things to remember if we ever do it again. And things that I don't want to get wrong again! Can I put a cavity sliding door over a cross-wall? I'm not too sure about that. We were supposed to have one somewhere and the builder couldn't fit it in. Definitely should find the answer to that one for further use. If we can, may be good, but if not, I like the door being in the middle of the room so you can put stuff (or shelves) either side of the door as you walk in. . . Less wasted space. Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 82Mar 07, 2012 7:42 am ^^ Yep, you can. Our last ensuite's CSD slid to the left-which meant the frame butted up against the door frame to the WIR and the dividing wall between the two ran as the T if that makes sense? Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 83Mar 07, 2012 8:04 am Hello gogo, doc specified the size of bed 2 and asked me to give some space fom bed1 to the retreat. At the moment, the south wall of bed1 is a supporting wall I think, so we can only change that if we change the upstairs are too. Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 84Mar 07, 2012 11:56 am Hey Dee, that's good to know. . . now I can go crazy with the cavity sliders! I think I'll have to get the top floor space sorted out tonight then we can spend some more time on the fiddly stuff like doors and bathrooms. . . the layout may change depending on how we restructure the top. . . . KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 85Mar 07, 2012 2:03 pm It's like I have my own design team!!! My Knock down and Rebuild thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54685 Our Building Blog http://ourknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 87Mar 07, 2012 6:40 pm Hey Doc. .. just taking a look over your original plans again. noticed on the site plan that you have footprint and site coverage area. . . So. . . would 33% be the maximum coverage of the house on your land? Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 88Mar 07, 2012 7:40 pm jodge Is that a good thing or a bad thing? neither...its GREAT!! i'm not too sure about the area. I know we are pretty much at the boundaries front and side. same rear given the pool and the fact that we dont want to lose any of the yard space we have. I assume now the Store is not meant for mower and garden tools etc given its location now so rather a general store room. Like the idea of CSD also this one Quote: If mrs z doesn't want a separate wc in ensuite could you place wc opposite vanity take the separate wc space and cut down WIR a little that would add another metre or so to bed width. maybe just another 40 -50 cms. also like idea of slightly bigger shower like in previous one seeing the builder again on Friday morning . love the new ideas for GF. Regarding the idea of the study with ensuite, wow what a great idea!! I would love to see how that would look. i think practically for us it may be over kill, seing there is only 3 of in the house so we'd have a bathroom each!!, but I can certainly see the value in it longer term. We do plan to live here for another 10 years so we may not get too much use of it, but can certainly see why you would do that. If dont mind that we may not end up with it, then i'd love to see how it looks. PS I'm in sydney cbd, down for 2 night back tomorrow afternoon. My Knock down and Rebuild thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54685 Our Building Blog http://ourknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 89Mar 07, 2012 7:57 pm Goodo Doc. . . I've just been looking at the overall plan tonight. I think we'll be ok taking a bit of space off the WIR and ensuite to give back to bed1. . . I'll include that in the design. I'm really not so sure how we're going to reduce the space upstairs without affecting the facade though. I don't want to take the former theatre room area back to the staircase. .. I think it will wreck the front. . . and we can't really take any room from the back because we need to keep this area free for the kitchen, meals and living. . . hmmm. . . any ideas? Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 90Mar 07, 2012 8:17 pm Doc, on your original plans, you had the laundry and ensuite on the west wall, and the wardrobes on the west wall . . . I think that the general rule of thumb is that jutty-out bits like these cost a bit of cash. . . In my newest plan, I'd like to take these jutty out bits from the east side (i.e. take away your son's wardrobe space, and 600mm of the laundry), and add them to the west side (i.e. add to your WIR. Are you ok with that? Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 91Mar 07, 2012 8:27 pm Loving watching this design in process. You are very lucky doczim to have so much of jodge's attention! She is a woman in demand. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 92Mar 07, 2012 8:45 pm jodge Doc, on your original plans, you had the laundry and ensuite on the west wall, and the wardrobes on the west wall . . . I think that the general rule of thumb is that jutty-out bits like these cost a bit of cash. . . In my newest plan, I'd like to take these jutty out bits from the east side (i.e. take away your son's wardrobe space, and 600mm of the laundry), and add them to the west side (i.e. add to your WIR. Are you ok with that? sure, though Laundry & ensuite were on east wall. assume that just means wardrobe in bed 2 is elsewhere. laundry seems a good size now, do you think it needs to be bigger? regarding the first floor. I really hadnt considered the facade d'oh, but what i was thinking is that the study wouldnt extend as far east as the existing wall so would "jut" in northwards back towards the lounge room, then go back out eastwards to the end of the lounge//clear as mud?? SunshineT Loving watching this design in process. You are very lucky doczim to have so much of jodge's attention! She is a woman in demand. oh yes I know! and am very grateful! My Knock down and Rebuild thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54685 Our Building Blog http://ourknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 93Mar 07, 2012 9:02 pm HAHAHAHA. . . hardly! If I was in demand, I'd have a life and wouldn't be doing this! HAHAHA Ok. .. had a thought. . . If you want to reduce the space a little, we could do the following: Remove a 500mm slice of the house from east to west. This would mean. . . - Lose 500mm from the theatre room (which we don't need to do, as this bit jutts out we can have it as long as you like. . . within reason. . . leaving the theatre room as the current size will add only another 1.7sqmish)). - Lose 500mm of the WC. . . WHO CARES??? - Lose the store completely. . . I'm starting to think you don't care too much about it now anyway - lose 500mm of bathroom and ensuite, though we can now extend these two into the store area. - lose 500mm of the WIR. . . though I'm planning on extending the west wall of the WIR down to the car port anyway, so you actually gain 900mm of hanging space - lose 500mm of kitchen, meals, living space (though upstairs is a different kettle of fish. . . we can extend the 500mm from the living onto the deck at the back. . . we can extend the kitchen into the void that was originally the pantry and WC in the front. . . we'd be able to maintain something similar to your current facade. . . Howzat?! With the 500mm slice, we'd lose you 7.27sqmm from the bottom floor, 6.11sqm from the top. I'd be adding on less than a square metre to get you that extra 900mm of WIR hanging space. You could actually add the 500mm onto the carport if you really wanted. . . maybe put a row of built-in lockable containers down the back afterwards for outdoor storage? Or else move the house forward by 0.5m, giving you a bit more space out back? If you wanted to extend the living/meals out onto the deck by 500mm, you'd be converting about 3sqm of deck to living area. Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 94Mar 07, 2012 9:13 pm jodge HAHAHAHA. . . hardly! If I was in demand, I'd have a life and wouldn't be doing this! HAHAHA Ok. .. had a thought. . . If you want to reduce the space a little, we could do the following: Remove a 500mm slice of the house from east to west. This would mean. . . - Lose 500mm from the theatre room (which we don't need to do, as this bit jutts out we can have it as long as you like. . . within reason. . . leaving the theatre room as the current size will add only another 1.7sqmish)). - Lose 500mm of the WC. . . WHO CARES??? - Lose the store completely. . . I'm starting to think you don't care too much about it now anyway - lose 500mm of bathroom and ensuite, though we can now extend these two into the store area. - lose 500mm of the WIR. . . though I'm planning on extending the west wall of the WIR down to the car port anyway, so you actually gain 900mm of hanging space - lose 500mm of kitchen, meals, living space (though upstairs is a different kettle of fish. . . we can extend the 500mm from the living onto the deck at the back. . . we can extend the kitchen into the void that was originally the pantry and WC in the front. . . we'd be able to maintain something similar to your current facade. . . Howzat?! With the 500mm slice, we'd lose you 7.27sqmm from the bottom floor, 6.11sqm from the top. I'd be adding on less than a square metre to get you that extra 900mm of WIR hanging space. You could actually add the 500mm onto the carport if you really wanted. . . maybe put a row of built-in lockable containers down the back afterwards for outdoor storage? Or else move the house forward by 0.5m, giving you a bit more space out back? If you wanted to extend the living/meals out onto the deck by 500mm, you'd be converting about 3sqm of deck to living area. I like the idea of the Store, but if somethings got to give thats probably not a necessity for us. mrszim is pretty keen that the kit, meals lounge is 12m long. only 500mm i know, but I think our ideal was 13 and we settled for 12!! My Knock down and Rebuild thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54685 Our Building Blog http://ourknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 95Mar 07, 2012 9:33 pm OH. . . That's ok then. . . as I'm taking your half a metre from the depth of the house, not the width. . . so you'll keep your 12.3m length for the kit/meals/lounge. . . Of course you're a Doc, doc! We're all friends here, we don't discriminate against doctors or non-doctors or docs or doc martens. If you're polite and non-arrogant, then I like you! Here's 12.3m wide. . . just like it was before. . . did they tell you why you couldn't have 13m? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Do you like the new kitchen going into the front jutty bit? Pantry would be a bit of a problem with the window. . . I'm sure we'd sort out something aesthetic from the front. .. maybe a wooden screen that looks like a window? I've pulled the meals area 1m into the deck. . . if you know what I mean. Oh. . . and the freezer's in the pantry! Woohoo! I don't mind the WC here so much, as it's around the corner from the main living area. . . can even put up a bit of a wall in line with the top of the stairs and the kitchen bench to block the entrance. . . kitchen island is now 3m long x 1.35m wide. WOOHOO! Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 98Mar 07, 2012 9:50 pm jodge OH. . . That's ok then. . . as I'm taking your half a metre from the depth of the house, not the width. . . so you'll keep your 12.3m length for the kit/meals/lounge. . . Of course you're a Doc, doc! We're all friends here, we don't discriminate against doctors or non-doctors or docs or doc martens. If you're polite and non-arrogant, then I like you! Here's 12.3m wide. . . just like it was before. . . did they tell you why you couldn't have 13m? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Do you like the new kitchen going into the front jutty bit? Pantry would be a bit of a problem with the window. . . I'm sure we'd sort out something aesthetic from the front. .. maybe a wooden screen that looks like a window? I've pulled the meals area 1m into the deck. . . if you know what I mean. Oh. . . and the freezer's in the pantry! Woohoo! I don't mind the WC here so much, as it's around the corner from the main living area. . . can even put up a bit of a wall in line with the top of the stairs and the kitchen bench to block the entrance. . . kitchen island is now 3m long x 1.35m wide. WOOHOO! I do like this. what is the depth dimension now? do you think the study could go upstairs? as you enter the pwd room, what is that on the right, a cupboard? i know mrszim was pretty keen on the size of her original pantry in the first plans. maybe putting the island bench back to original lengths might give that back? and you are right about the pdw room, it is more tucked away now so seems fine My Knock down and Rebuild thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54685 Our Building Blog http://ourknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 99Mar 07, 2012 10:15 pm i see what you mean now, quite ingenious!! yes, make the cut please! bed 3 is getting pretty tight, might need to take 100mm off bed 1 & 2 to add back there. shame the store space couldn't be used, but i guess we could add 500mm back to ensuite , wir and bathroom as you said My Knock down and Rebuild thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=54685 Our Building Blog http://ourknockdownrebuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: KCC's Knock Down and Rebuild - Concept plans are here 100Mar 07, 2012 10:18 pm Ok then. . . just one more quick sketch. . . haha. . . Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ - Island bench is now 2.3m long as oppose to your original 2.6m. - pantry is pretty much the same size as your original. - I dont think I like the position of the fridge on this one.. . It doesn't work in with the golden triangle rule. . . I think the fridge would be better to the left of where the pantry door currently is. . . I wouldn't want to put it in the back wall, as I think it will look nicer along that back wall if you can have one big row of cupboards - the two rooms at the front of the living room are approx 2.3 x 2.5m each.. . one study and one reading room? Too big to make both into one study perhaps? - Leaves living space of approximately 5.1 x 5.1m - fit a lovely set of stacka doors onto that deck! Take up almost the full wall! We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. 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