Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Need some opions on my floorplan 16Oct 06, 2013 11:50 pm JazzyJess aguan28 However, the plan itself seems a bit odd to look at, and to it doesnt seem like the most economical way to achieve our goal in terms of building complexity. I think the first is fine. I've been noticing more and more strange plans on real estate websites so I often talk to the screen WHY did they do THAT? So yours aint too bad. If the kitchen in the front bothers you swap it with the dining. The thing which is wrong to me is the lack of a basin in the powder room so guests have to wander around searching. IMO your revised version is worse. How do you ventilate an internal downstairs bathroom? What is bedroom 2 for? If you have guests they have to walk a maze past bathrooms and bedrooms before reaching the living area. Why do you need two similarly sized bathrooms in addition to a tiny ensuite downstairs? You talked about your goal in your original post. What is your goal? How many bedrooms do you need? Do you entertain around the kitchen or prefer a formal living room or do you want a media room, in other words what sort of living spaces do you need? Just realize that I put two seperate baths downstairs.. YOu really get me thinking here JazzyJess. I didnt think of ventilation for the middle bathroom at all! I guess professional does think things more thoroughly than me I need four well seperate bedrooms with two masters, as my parents will come staying with us. The other two rooms are for our future kids, and with one of them having the potential to be converted into a study, hence the Bed2. As for the living space, we are more leaning towards a media room with projector and wifey does prefer a bigger kithchen for her inventions. Our site is really badly shaped and in order to cope with the setback rules and having the components we need, I really have to just move things around to see all the possiblities.. Maybe the extra bathroom space can be added into the outdoor space for a proper alfresco we love. Re: Need some opions on my floorplan 17Oct 07, 2013 8:04 pm Although the original design does feel a bit clunky, it does have one thing going for it. Most of the living areas face north. For most of Australia, Canberra included, it's a good idea to to site living areas to the northern side of the house, & place a large proportion of glazing on this side too. This results in passive heating in winter (ie. free heating by the sun, reducing energy bills & making for a comfortable house). The windows need shading (with eaves), to prevent summer sunshine from entering the house. For summer it's also important to have cross-ventilation, ie windows to funnel prevalent cooling breezes through the house.
Not just an aspect of this plan, but the siting of the house on the block has a couple of other pluses. The garage on the western corner will help block afternoon sunshine, keeping the house cooler in summer. Having the east facing back/side yard is good too. I'd have the kitchen on that side, & a covered alfresco area, which will shade morning sunshine in summer. Re: Need some opions on my floorplan 18Oct 07, 2013 8:29 pm The first design seems fine to me - although I can see PP's point about the guest toilet needing a basin as there isn't ready access to hand washing there, Very small tweak needed for that. The upstairs sitting area seems fine to me - handy area to use for a computer desk or something like that. Kitchen window at front of house is unusual but cant see any reason why it shouldn't be so - or take window out if it bothers you and have a skylight there or nothing, many kitchens don't have windows and plenty of direct light from adjacent family room windows Both main bedrooms are not large - but are as large as many floor plans I have seen, certainly not unusually small. Somebody mentioned not liking the box window in the living room - very easy to bring wall out level ad just have a standard window if you want to, very minor tweak to do that. 2 6471 Hi VK, Think it's worth investing time in an Owner Builder course to equip you with basic knowledge on Australian Building Industry and its regulations. Also, I suggest… 11 23871 Caesarstone, quantum zero, Q Stone zero, porcelain. All the manufacturers are pivoting into zero silica materials. Google any of those and have a look. Some are still… 1 1001 |