Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 13, 2016 6:14 pm Hi everyone, We are a long way from starting a thread for our house but I would love some advice on our main bathroom layout. We are building with a local project builder in country NSW. The plan we have chosen has the main toilet on an inside wall. We want to swap it with the linen closet, however that would mean accessing toilet through the laundry which may be odd? I'm looking for alternate suggestions? We have a bit of money and to play with to get the design right. Thanks for your help Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Advice needed:home design 2Dec 13, 2016 8:04 pm I don't think its odd for the toilet to be in the laundry - it keeps the germs further away? You'll need to keep the door to the linen in the laundry, otherwise you'll lose the shelf space. For your family room, the small diagonal wall could potentially be a problem *if* you're thinking of putting an L-shaped lounge there. Really like the ensuite layout! Re: Advice needed:home design 3Dec 13, 2016 8:08 pm Thanks for the advice, I hadn't even noticed the shape of the lounge wall! I don't mind the toilet in the laundry either but I wondered about resale and how buyers would see it as this is not a forever house for us. I was thinking a hand sink like one of the mini ones might help? Re: Advice needed:home design 4Dec 13, 2016 8:54 pm the markup below is the first idea that came to mind. excuse my messy photoshop skills, i'd sketch a markup properly but my scanner is playing up at the moment. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ a wc in the laundry does seem a bit old fashioned. its definitely the better outcome to have the wc on the external wall, mainly for ventilation purposes. pros: - wc access from hallway - more private entries to wc/bath/laundry, rather than directly onto hallway. creating the little hallway accessing each of the 3 doors is a decent way to hide little areas like that. cons: - linen cupboard directly visible from lounge if csd is open - no longer a walk in linen - slightly smaller laundry the above pros and cons are all subjective to each individual. personally i don't really mind if a linen isn't a walk in, but that's probably the frugal jerk inside me coming out, wanting to save every penny of floor area haha. there'd be a couple other options but in terms of the general layout i'd say either what you've currently got or the above is probably the most logical. Re: Advice needed:home design 5Dec 13, 2016 9:05 pm You could also step yge laundry out to the eaves and have the linen cupboard inside the laundry. Re: Advice needed:home design 6Dec 13, 2016 9:59 pm Another possibility is to put the bath next to the shower and then swap the the toilet and the laundry with access to the toilet from the bathroom. You have a second loo in the ensuite if it is urgent and people quite often have a "moment" before they have a shower. I changed my bathroom and it is so much more spacious. I also like Innerbloom's idea but you do lose space and you might end up with a toilet pan that you have to dance around to shut the door, which was the case with my original seperate loo. Re: Advice needed:home design 8Dec 14, 2016 10:06 pm All of those rooms are excellent sizes (especially the laundry and linen). I'd put a skylight and exhaust fan in the toilet and leave it internal so you don't need to make any of the other rooms smaller Re: Advice needed:home design 9Dec 24, 2016 7:59 am Your floor plan is very nice. As far as toilet goes, I am a big fan of having one in the bathroom if there is no option to have a wash basin in the toilet itself. Don't want anyone leaving the toilet without washing hands first. Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13832 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 6900 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7004 |