Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 312Oct 29, 2013 6:03 am wakudoki Danois Do you seriously want to live in a triangular house? ROFL this forum is comedy gold at times!! Well, he did say he wanted a house to fit a triangular piece of land and wanted it to not waste any real estate. Edit: On second read, he actually stated out-right that he wanted a "triangle" house. Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 313Oct 29, 2013 10:40 am Cooper05 Toilets and bathrooms without windows...I want fresh air goddamit!! So many plans require me to play around with them so the toilet or bathroom is on an external wall. Yes I totally agree. Current house we are renting the main toilet, laundry and ensuite are internally rooms and have no window I hate it!!! Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 314Oct 29, 2013 11:03 am Danois Do you seriously want to live in a triangular house? Yes. We have a triangular floor plan, but all the rooms are square/ rectangular shaped. We have a large block so we could have built a pentagon if we wanted........ Now that would have been interesting. Anyway my biggest hates are Under sized Alfresco areas. Marketed as an alfresco for a 4 seater table, but no allowance for moving around the table once people are seated. Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 315Oct 29, 2013 11:51 am I hate those open study rooms right by the front door... Either put a door on it and make it usable to become a room or don't have it. Honestly, they have a desk, bookshelf and a globe or something "study" like in the display homes, but realistically if that was an actual study it would be full of paperwork, empty coffee mugs and power cords. Do you really want that to be what you see as soon as you open the door?! Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 316Oct 29, 2013 12:07 pm Not sure if anyone else has had this problem. When questioning prices on there upgrades (toilets, basins and bathtubs) I was told "its currently with the estimating department" Now my first thought - Should this be a straight forward answer - the cost of a gold range bath tub is $.... Wait what exactly are you estimating??? How much you plan on charging me depending on how much money you think I have?? Shouldn't it be a set price! Maybe someone else has a better explanation because I cannot understand why im waiting on the estimating dept to tell me how much a gold range bathtub is going to be!! Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 317Oct 29, 2013 2:25 pm Totally 100% agree deluxes I hate those open study rooms right by the front door... Either put a door on it and make it usable to become a room or don't have it. Honestly, they have a desk, bookshelf and a globe or something "study" like in the display homes, but realistically if that was an actual study it would be full of paperwork, empty coffee mugs and power cords. Do you really want that to be what you see as soon as you open the door?! Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 318Oct 29, 2013 2:28 pm Perth_Euro Totally 100% agree deluxes I hate those open study rooms right by the front door... Either put a door on it and make it usable to become a room or don't have it. Honestly, they have a desk, bookshelf and a globe or something "study" like in the display homes, but realistically if that was an actual study it would be full of paperwork, empty coffee mugs and power cords. Do you really want that to be what you see as soon as you open the door?! x 3 <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 319Oct 29, 2013 3:08 pm deluxes I hate those open study rooms right by the front door... Either put a door on it and make it usable to become a room or don't have it. Honestly, they have a desk, bookshelf and a globe or something "study" like in the display homes, but realistically if that was an actual study it would be full of paperwork, empty coffee mugs and power cords. Do you really want that to be what you see as soon as you open the door?! Oh Yes! X 4. Got one in the rental house we are in. Near front door & looks exactly like you realistically described with leads running to router, printer, 2 laptops and haphazard piles of paperwork related to building and fittings! Also has two trikes taking up the postage size floor space, apparently it's the perfect "toddler garage" which is probably the best use for it Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 320Nov 01, 2013 8:26 pm I love this thread! Mostly because it makes me realise how everyone's tastes are so different...all part of the fun I hate: Open ensuites - just generally impractical Master bed at the back of the house (I want to be able to sticky beak out the window when I hear strange noises at night!) Flooring that goes from tiles or hard floor to carpet back to hard floor When the first thing you see when you walk in the front door is a black wall or awkward looking space Side and back alfrescos - I prefer it all in one space out the back! We do have an open study and it's straight on the right as you walk in to the house! I actually love it. I always loved the study in our old house and it was in a bedroom so I would always leave the door open because it was such a beautiful room. I'm a bit in love with books and stuff though so I love having some special ones on display as kind of a study/reading room My build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70636&p=1161767#p1161767 Really tight at the top of the stairs- how to get furniture into those rooms? Study books - does anyone really use them these days? Large storage closet would be more functional. 2 6884 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13769 If there have been changes, variations, during construction then the drawings should be revised, the building permit amended and the current, as built drawings given to… 2 4480 |