Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 13, 2016 4:07 pm Re: My plan... would you change anything? 3Jul 13, 2016 4:38 pm Yes, definitely extend the alfresco to at least the end of the dining room, if not to the end of the house. How wide is the study? It looks very narrow. Re: My plan... would you change anything? 4Jul 13, 2016 4:41 pm I would possibly make the main bathroom door a cavity slider. You may find the door a bit annoying with the space. Or make it slightly larger so more space between the door and bath. We shouldve made ours slightly larger Re: My plan... would you change anything? 5Jul 13, 2016 4:42 pm Oh and the bed 3 door should be more up against the wall. Re: My plan... would you change anything? 6Jul 13, 2016 5:31 pm catjim Yes, definitely extend the alfresco to at least the end of the dining room, if not to the end of the house. How wide is the study? It looks very narrow. Definitely going to extend alfresco but we're going to do an add on later. The study is 1600, 600 desk with 1000 walk room. It's more a little nook rather then a full 'study' Re: My plan... would you change anything? 7Jul 13, 2016 5:32 pm scottdreams88 I would possibly make the main bathroom door a cavity slider. You may find the door a bit annoying with the space. Or make it slightly larger so more space between the door and bath. We shouldve made ours slightly larger Thank you. We will def add a slider, we have increased the bathroom as well to fit a 1700 bath in under window instead of on the wall. Oh didn't notice bed 3. I will def make sure it's fixed Re: My plan... would you change anything? 8Jul 13, 2016 5:45 pm Just swing the bath door against the shower, you will never want to get in the shower without the door closed so its not an issue. Cavity sliders are a maintenance issue. Put a door on the ensuite. Re: My plan... would you change anything? 9Jul 13, 2016 5:49 pm Cant add much, its a lovely home with plenty of practical areas. Cant wait to see it complete. Re: My plan... would you change anything? 10Jul 13, 2016 5:53 pm mgilla Just swing the bath door against the shower, you will never want to get in the shower without the door closed so its not an issue. Cavity sliders are a maintenance issue. Put a door on the ensuite. Hi mgilla just wondering why they are a maintenance issue? I have one in my house so would be good to know what im in for Re: My plan... would you change anything? 11Jul 13, 2016 11:37 pm I would swap the kids area for bedroom 3. Then the bathroom and all common areas are together and bedrooms feed off that area. I would also do a csd on the ensuite. As the kids get older you want some privacy when in the bathroom when they come in to talk to the other parent etc. Maybe sliders also on the media, so if someone wants to watch a movie, they can while someone else works in the kitchen etc and both have space without having to block other the other. Also if you have younger kids and want to watch movies not suitable for kids then you can close the door and still watch on your good tv and not hide in the bedroom. If you do move the kids area I would also do a slider from the family area to the kids area so then when you have a bunch over playing video games, or watching tv etc you can close them out and enjoy your area. I have cavity sliders in my current house for years and have no areas. Looks good though. ~Shellby~ GJ Bridgewater 203 11/3/2016 - Site Work Started 29/9/2016 - Handover 142 Work Days 6 Work Days Over https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80174 Re: My plan... would you change anything? 12Jul 13, 2016 11:38 pm shellby I would swap the kids area for bedroom 3. Then the bathroom and all common areas are together and bedrooms feed off that area. I would also do a csd on the ensuite. As the kids get older you want some privacy when in the bathroom when they come in to talk to the other parent etc. Maybe sliders also on the media, so if someone wants to watch a movie, they can while someone else works in the kitchen etc and both have space without having to block other the other. Also if you have younger kids and want to watch movies not suitable for kids then you can close the door and still watch on your good tv and not hide in the bedroom. If you do move the kids area I would also do a slider from the family area to the kids area so then when you have a bunch over playing video games, or watching tv etc you can close them out and enjoy your area. I have cavity sliders in my current house for years and have no problems. Looks good though. ~Shellby~ GJ Bridgewater 203 11/3/2016 - Site Work Started 29/9/2016 - Handover 142 Work Days 6 Work Days Over https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=80174 Re: My plan... would you change anything? 14Jul 14, 2016 9:42 am townsvillebuyer Cant add much, its a lovely home with plenty of practical areas. Cant wait to see it complete. Thank you. Now just the long wait for our land to be registered. Re: My plan... would you change anything? 15Jul 14, 2016 10:32 am kel_taylor10 Hi all, We're currently finalizing plans with our builder. Just thought I could use some more eyes to see if I've missed anything? Which direction does your block face? Personally, I think getting the orientation right is the most important thing with any house design. Who doesn't want a nice bright house, which is warm in winter & cool in summer? This can be quite easy to achieve by choosing a design that locates the living areas (& a large portion of the windows to the north), so they are warmed by the sun in winter, & shaded by eaves in summer. Limiting western windows will keep the house cooler in summer (you don't want bedroom windows facing west). Do this & you'll have a house that is more comfortable, plus you'll greatly reduce your bills for heating & cooling. The term to look up is "passive solar" design. More can be found on this great government website, http://yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/ Re: My plan... would you change anything? 16Jul 14, 2016 11:16 am ddarroch kel_taylor10 Hi all, We're currently finalizing plans with our builder. Just thought I could use some more eyes to see if I've missed anything? Which direction does your block face? Personally, I think getting the orientation right is the most important thing with any house design. Who doesn't want a nice bright house, which is warm in winter & cool in summer? This can be quite easy to achieve by choosing a design that locates the living areas (& a large portion of the windows to the north), so they are warmed by the sun in winter, & shaded by eaves in summer. Limiting western windows will keep the house cooler in summer (you don't want bedroom windows facing west). Do this & you'll have a house that is more comfortable, plus you'll greatly reduce your bills for heating & cooling. The term to look up is "passive solar" design. More can be found on this great government website, http://yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/ Thank you. I believe the front of our house is west. Our builder said we should get all the daytime sun through the living areas and the afternoon sun will hit the garage. Does that sound right? Re: My plan... would you change anything? 17Jul 14, 2016 1:46 pm kel_taylor10 ddarroch kel_taylor10 Hi all, We're currently finalizing plans with our builder. Just thought I could use some more eyes to see if I've missed anything? Which direction does your block face? Personally, I think getting the orientation right is the most important thing with any house design. Who doesn't want a nice bright house, which is warm in winter & cool in summer? This can be quite easy to achieve by choosing a design that locates the living areas (& a large portion of the windows to the north), so they are warmed by the sun in winter, & shaded by eaves in summer. Limiting western windows will keep the house cooler in summer (you don't want bedroom windows facing west). Do this & you'll have a house that is more comfortable, plus you'll greatly reduce your bills for heating & cooling. The term to look up is "passive solar" design. More can be found on this great government website, http://yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/ Thank you. I believe the front of our house is west. Our builder said we should get all the daytime sun through the living areas and the afternoon sun will hit the garage. Does that sound right? Hi Kel, Nice plan.. The house can't be west facing based on what builder said (Sounds more like North facing) I second Shelby, put the bed rooms together and move laundry Do you need a door from WIR to the side of the house? Re: My plan... would you change anything? 18Jul 14, 2016 2:35 pm shellby I would swap the kids area for bedroom 3. Then the bathroom and all common areas are together and bedrooms feed off that area. I would also do a csd on the ensuite. As the kids get older you want some privacy when in the bathroom when they come in to talk to the other parent etc. Maybe sliders also on the media, so if someone wants to watch a movie, they can while someone else works in the kitchen etc and both have space without having to block other the other. Also if you have younger kids and want to watch movies not suitable for kids then you can close the door and still watch on your good tv and not hide in the bedroom. If you do move the kids area I would also do a slider from the family area to the kids area so then when you have a bunch over playing video games, or watching tv etc you can close them out and enjoy your area. I have cavity sliders in my current house for years and have no areas. Looks good though. Thanks Shellby, we will def have cavity sliders on all the above mentioned areas. We tried to have the kids area where it is so kids can go out the back straight from kids area, without tracking through house. I might ask builder to switch and compare the plans. Thanks a ton for your advice 😃 Re: My plan... would you change anything? 19Jul 14, 2016 2:38 pm RegVic kel_taylor10 ddarroch [quote="kel_taylor10"]Hi all, We're currently finalizing plans with our builder. Just thought I could use some more eyes to see if I've missed anything? Which direction does your block face? Personally, I think getting the orientation right is the most important thing with any house design. Who doesn't want a nice bright house, which is warm in winter & cool in summer? This can be quite easy to achieve by choosing a design that locates the living areas (& a large portion of the windows to the north), so they are warmed by the sun in winter, & shaded by eaves in summer. Limiting western windows will keep the house cooler in summer (you don't want bedroom windows facing west). Do this & you'll have a house that is more comfortable, plus you'll greatly reduce your bills for heating & cooling. The term to look up is "passive solar" design. More can be found on this great government website, http://yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/ Thank you. I believe the front of our house is west. Our builder said we should get all the daytime sun through the living areas and the afternoon sun will hit the garage. Does that sound right? Hi Kel, Nice plan.. The house can't be west facing based on what builder said (Sounds more like North facing) I second Shelby, put the bed rooms together and move laundry Do you need a door from WIR to the side of the house?[/quote] Thank you, Will def look into moving bedrooms around. The door in the WIR is to a little parents retreat/deck. And we will be eventually making the side yard into a courtyard. Our daughter can have the back yard and make a mess lol. Re: My plan... would you change anything? 20Jul 14, 2016 2:39 pm Bopstar3 Put your shower where your toilet is and vice verser in ensuite. You will have no natural light in there with toilet on that side There won't be any doors around toilet, so the light should come through. Hubby refuses to have another shower with a window in it lol 5 10523 I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. S o I… 0 36990 Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8804 |