Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 81Apr 29, 2012 6:50 pm well done ayaman - very fancy work. What program are you using? I have to confess I still don't understand the stair conversation, so I will wait till it is about rooms then I can add something useful. The great thing is once you have analysed and over analysed the design, the end result will be exactly what you want. So all the muddling beforehand will be worth it. I think jodge is just finishing up another plan ... either that or she is going DIY - she is a handy girl jodge. 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: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 82Apr 29, 2012 6:53 pm Thanks Sunshine. I use Home Designer Suite. It's my saving grace, there is no way I could do a custom build without it's help! I can't visualise to save myself so this allows me to put in my floorplan and see it in a 3D walkthrough. I dont' make any decisions without looking at it first! Poor Jodge..she is in demand!! Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 83Apr 29, 2012 6:59 pm That's a beautiful plan ayaman! I just put the extra metre onto your media room and found that it grew to 6.42m. . . which I thought was too big. . . then, would you believe it, I actually thought of using it for the garage, just fleetingly! I'll have a look into what you've drawn and see if I can see any drawbacks, or alternatives. . . I'm handy me! Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 84Apr 29, 2012 7:06 pm Yes - she is in demand. We were just PMing about your plan, so I thought I would extract my comment and post it in your actual thread too! Downstairs - tricky - but that alfresco deck is just wrong for the sun.... Can you keep the L but flip it (but keep inside the footprint - she was clear about not changing that...)? Or just move the kitchen to be next to the media room (and dining on the east - nice for breakfast)? 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: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 86Apr 29, 2012 7:32 pm probably because it doesn't work... But I just had another idea - keep the kitchen layout but move just the alfresco and dining. So, the deck without roof goes to the north corner (which is best for light to come in), then dining, then covered alfresco beneath that. So dining can open onto the sunny deck on one side or onto the afresco on the other... except that you break up the alfresco and deck space... 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: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 87Apr 29, 2012 7:38 pm ayaman Site plan: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Ground floor: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Upper floor: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Elevations: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 3D drawings- facade will change slightly in style and we need to choose external colours and materials: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Just bringing these over to this page. Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 88Apr 29, 2012 7:40 pm Dining would have a brilliant view of the pool then T! Imagine how stunning that could be at night with some spectacular lighting around the pool area! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 90Apr 29, 2012 8:10 pm Hello! I've done a bit of a diagram. . .based on stairs with a 175mm riser and a 250mm tread, we have the following: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ T, you can see the levels on this one a bit easier. .. the garage is at the bottom, the foyer is 2100mm above the garage, and the living area is 900mm above the foyer, top floor is 2.7m above the lounge, upper top floor is 300mm above the top floor (and thus 3m above the living.) At the moment, ayaman has: - stairs from the garage up to the back yard - rise of 3m over 17 steps - stairs from the garage to the living area - rise of 3m over 17 steps - stairs from the driveway to the foyer (external, at the front) - a rise of 2.1m over 12 steps - stairs along west of house from front (which is 800mm lower than foyer) to back yard - rise of 1.7m over 10 steps (???) - stairs from the foyer to the living area - rise of 900mm over 5 steps - stairs from the foyer to the top level - rise of 3.6m over 20 steps - stairs from top level to upper top level - rise of 300mm over 2 steps At the moment, the best way to get to the top floor from the living room, is to go down to the foyer first. . . A typical house might have 2.7m ceilings, with an extra 300mm of floor and beams and stuff before you get to the top floor. . . ayaman will have to jog down 900mm of steps to get down to the foyer, then crawl up 3.6m of steps from the foyer to top level with a hamper full of clean laundry before collapsing and dying at the top. Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 91Apr 29, 2012 8:18 pm jodge - something about the words "stairs" and my brain just blanks out! Dee - yes, yes, yes, the more I think about it, the more I think that would make for a spectacular dining area both at night (like you say, with pool lights and a feature - I am sure ayaman's DH can think up something beautiful here), plus with the morning Easterly sun for breaky. So this is what I am thinking: just switch around the dining (drop it down so in the middle), covered alfresco drops down, then uncovered deck moves to the very top. The other thing I like about it is that the kitchen then has fabulous light coming into it too (whereas before that wall and air-con unit blocked it). Dining has sliders on two walls - up to the deck, down to the alfresco. The pool still has a lovely alfresco next to it, but most importantly, you then have the northern deck drenched in sunlight. Nice to have two different outdoor areas too, depending on the time of day / season. What do you think? 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: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 92Apr 29, 2012 8:21 pm You've convinced me! As long as we get an invite to visit said dining/outdoor areas upon completion! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 93Apr 29, 2012 8:22 pm ps: alternatively, if you wanted the dining to be directly next to the kitchen, just make the current lounge area the dining (which works well as it is currently a bit of a thoroughfare anyway from the front door) then shift the lounge into the room that is sandwiched between the outdoor rooms. Oh, except you want that wall to watch TV... Perhaps the TV could go on the wall facing East (the one between the two sliders - I am not good at explaining myself). Will be nice to have a little outdoor table out on that northern deck for breakfast / entertaining too, so good that closer to kitchen. 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: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 94Apr 29, 2012 8:23 pm SunshineT probably because it doesn't work... But I just had another idea - keep the kitchen layout but move just the alfresco and dining. So, the deck without roof goes to the north corner (which is best for light to come in), then dining, then covered alfresco beneath that. So dining can open onto the sunny deck on one side or onto the afresco on the other... except that you break up the alfresco and deck space... You could be onto something here T. . . with the dining room in the middle, and having two separate decks, the deck off the media room would be protected from the summer afternoon sun, so would be excellent in summer, and the deck on the kitchen side would get the afternoon winter sun so will be excellent in winter! You would have two clearly defined decks, so you could have table and chairs on one, and a nice outdoor sofa-type setting on the other. You could have bifold or stacka doors on both sides of the dining room to open it all up. Edit: Don't you just hate it when you finish your post. . . go to submit it and find that somebody else (thanks T) has written exactly the same thing? Maybe we're just both right. T . . . I go exactly the same when anybody talks about politics or law. . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 96Apr 29, 2012 8:53 pm I love the dining in the middle, but keep in mind that the uncovered deck which is now outside the kitchen, will not be uncovered as the bathroom is above it upstairs.. but I do love the layout so far! Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 97Apr 29, 2012 8:59 pm jodge SunshineT T . . . I go exactly the same when anybody talks about politics or law. . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzz You are looking at me now, aren't you?! 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: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 98Apr 29, 2012 9:00 pm Hey ayaman. . . still on the stairs. . .was looking at your steps from the garage to the living (at the back of the media room). I'd have your drafty check this one. You've only got 15 steps there to go up a 3m rise, which is 200mm per riser. Maximum riser height as per the "your home technical manual" is 190mm. . . I may be wrong, but it looks like they've confused themselves with the levels and calculated on going to the foyer level. Re: Slopey block design- opinons welcome! 99Apr 29, 2012 9:01 pm SunshineT jodge SunshineT T . . . I go exactly the same when anybody talks about politics or law. . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzz You are looking at me now, aren't you?! HAHAHAH! no! I was just saying that it's ok for you to glaze over when talking about the technical bits, as I cannot follow anything wordy. . . I just fall asleep! Tradie may sit at home but will need to get house plastered as well or will you sit it out? 6 9974 dimensions on your original plan are inconsistent and with accurate dimensions (including site plan, upstairs and down) i could make a proper scale drawing with furniture… 3 7520 6 11152 |