Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 31, 2018 10:34 pm Hi all, In the process of having our house drawn up with our builder. This is the second go at getting the floor plan right and the facade. We’re struggling to express how we want this to look. Down stairs is getting close to what we want. We might just flip the media back to the front and have the guest and ensuite/pdr further back towards the laundry. Really struggling with up stairs. We like the layout of the master but unsure if it’s too squishy for a king sized bed. The main bathroom is way too small and there is a heap of wasted space there. Any suggestions or thoughts would be great. Keep in mind we need to keep it at the 330sqm that it’s already at. Cheers Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [img]https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/81760_1517401777.jpeg[/img Re: Double story floor plan issues 3Jan 31, 2018 11:27 pm Hi Brenton41, Definitely bath/WC space to be re-aligned to cover the full area rectangular and provide more spacing. Linen robe can be made on the other side of the rumpus facing Bedroom 4 wall/robe. I don't like that upper story WC unit is facing bedroom 3 wall - usually it is not a very good idea, it will be much better if it will be facing the external wall instead. Stairs are position okay, however, I believe that the void space near master bedroom can be actually used to extend the master bedroom and make it more rectangular in shape. Personally, I would also prefer bigger bedrooms too, decide if you really need big rumpus with study nook at the upper floor. Just my 2 cents. Re: Double story floor plan issues 4Feb 01, 2018 7:30 am WRT main bathroom, could you have the vanity outside the bathroom in that wasted space. That way you wouldn’t need a second sink in the WC. I would also move the toilet to the opposite wall (where the sink currently is) so it’s not sharing a wall with BR3. Re: Double story floor plan issues 5Feb 01, 2018 9:41 am alexp79 Hi Brenton41, Definitely bath/WC space to be re-aligned to cover the full area rectangular and provide more spacing. Linen robe can be made on the other side of the rumpus facing Bedroom 4 wall/robe. I don't like that upper story WC unit is facing bedroom 3 wall - usually it is not a very good idea, it will be much better if it will be facing the external wall instead. Stairs are position okay, however, I believe that the void space near master bedroom can be actually used to extend the master bedroom and make it more rectangular in shape. Personally, I would also prefer bigger bedrooms too, decide if you really need big rumpus with study nook at the upper floor. Just my 2 cents. We will opt to have the Wc run long ways from the left wall towards the rumpus (so it’s runs in line with bed 3) and make the bathroom wider to fill in that space. The main bedroom is hurting my head. I think the stair case is causing some issues there. Re: Double story floor plan issues 6Feb 01, 2018 9:43 am Hillsbuilds WRT main bathroom, could you have the vanity outside the bathroom in that wasted space. That way you wouldn’t need a second sink in the WC. I would also move the toilet to the opposite wall (where the sink currently is) so it’s not sharing a wall with BR3. That’s an option but I think my partner likes the idea of having a vanity inside the WC also. As I said above I think we will run the WC long ways and make the main bath wider. Just not sure where to put the linen cupboard If we do that. Re: Double story floor plan issues 7Feb 01, 2018 9:52 am Do you have to have the WIR behind the bed? Looks like a fair waste of space... think with the available space you have you'd be better off with BIR along a different wall rather than WIR. I think the 2 entrances especially to that type of WIR are not an efficient use of space. Or you could change the ensuite layout, move the door closer to the external wall (and make it narrower) and put in a WIR running along the shower. Or you could make the WIR the entire length of that wall, and enter the ensuite through the WIR. Regarding the WC / Bath, I would make the WC a bit wider but shorter, put a small vanity to the side of it, widen the bathroom and make the linen slightly narrower. Given you have 2 linen closets, that shouldn't be a huge deal. Re: Double story floor plan issues 8Feb 01, 2018 9:58 am PVBuild Do you have to have the WIR behind the bed? Looks like a fair waste of space... think with the available space you have you'd be better off with BIR along a different wall rather than WIR. I think the 2 entrances especially to that type of WIR are not an efficient use of space. Or you could change the ensuite layout, move the door closer to the external wall (and make it narrower) and put in a WIR running along the shower. Or you could make the WIR the entire length of that wall, and enter the ensuite through the WIR. Regarding the WC / Bath, I would make the WC a bit wider but shorter, put a small vanity to the side of it, widen the bathroom and make the linen slightly narrower. Given you have 2 linen closets, that shouldn't be a huge deal. Yeah I’d like the WIR to be straight off the ensuite so you walk through the WIR and into the ensuite and have closet on either side and then have the bed against the far right wall to allow more windows to be put in. I have some new ideas for the WC and main bath but the linen throws me. I’ll draw up your suggestion and see if it works. Cheers Re: Double story floor plan issues 9Feb 01, 2018 10:45 am I highly recommend downloading magic plan on your phone and having a play with your floor plan. There’s quite a few ways you could change it to make better use of the space I think. Playing around with it yourself and thinking of how you would live in the space will really help. Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Double story floor plan issues 10Feb 01, 2018 11:08 am sparrowsnest I highly recommend downloading magic plan on your phone and having a play with your floor plan. There’s quite a few ways you could change it to make better use of the space I think. Playing around with it yourself and thinking of how you would live in the space will really help. Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Yeah I saw someone post about that app before and have had some goes at it. Just got to get my head past this floor plan and try and get it back to what we want. Meeting with the draftsman would life a lot easier Re: Double story floor plan issues 11Feb 01, 2018 12:39 pm Brenton41 Hillsbuilds WRT main bathroom, could you have the vanity outside the bathroom in that wasted space. That way you wouldn’t need a second sink in the WC. I would also move the toilet to the opposite wall (where the sink currently is) so it’s not sharing a wall with BR3. That’s an option but I think my partner likes the idea of having a vanity inside the WC also. As I said above I think we will run the WC long ways and make the main bath wider. Just not sure where to put the linen cupboard If we do that. Linen cupboard can be attached to Rumpus/Bed 4 (robe) wall. It does not have to be taking space from your bathroom. And again, with regards to staircase - it does not need a void over the full length of staircase at the upper floor, you can have a liveable floor space over the half of it (only one half of staircase should be voided), so just extend your bedroom there. Re: Double story floor plan issues 12Feb 01, 2018 12:47 pm alexp79 Brenton41 Hillsbuilds WRT main bathroom, could you have the vanity outside the bathroom in that wasted space. That way you wouldn’t need a second sink in the WC. I would also move the toilet to the opposite wall (where the sink currently is) so it’s not sharing a wall with BR3. That’s an option but I think my partner likes the idea of having a vanity inside the WC also. As I said above I think we will run the WC long ways and make the main bath wider. Just not sure where to put the linen cupboard If we do that. Linen cupboard can be attached to Rumpus/Bed 4 (robe) wall. It does not have to be taking space from your bathroom. And again, with regards to staircase - it does not need a void over the full length of staircase at the upper floor, you can have a liveable floor space over the half of it (only one half of staircase should be voided), so just extend your bedroom there. I wasn’t sure about that with the stairs so thanks for clarifying that. I’m thinking that we could relocate the stairs to the hallway which is what we wanted in the first place and then that makes it easier to move some things around up stairs. Re: Double story floor plan issues 13Feb 01, 2018 12:54 pm Quote: I wasn’t sure about that with the stairs so thanks for clarifying that. I’m thinking that we could relocate the stairs to the hallway which is what we wanted in the first place and then that makes it easier to move some things around up stairs. It is generally NOT a very good idea to have a staircase facing you entrance door. At the very minimum, if you decide to sell your house in the future, you will lose Asian buyers straight away as it is 100% non-Fen-shuish Re: Double story floor plan issues 14Feb 01, 2018 1:21 pm alexp79 Quote: I wasn’t sure about that with the stairs so thanks for clarifying that. I’m thinking that we could relocate the stairs to the hallway which is what we wanted in the first place and then that makes it easier to move some things around up stairs. It is generally NOT a very good idea to have a staircase facing you entrance door. At the very minimum, if you decide to sell your house in the future, you will lose Asian buyers straight away as it is 100% non-Fen-shuish Haha fair enough. Is it only the fact that Asian buyers will dislike it? Or is there a more common reason? Re: Double story floor plan issues 16Feb 01, 2018 1:45 pm alexp79 Quote: Haha fair enough. Is it only the fact that Asian buyers will dislike it? Or is there a more common reason? Some people also hate draughts between the floors and on the staircase You’re losing me here haha. Re: Double story floor plan issues 17Feb 01, 2018 2:06 pm Brenton41 sparrowsnest I highly recommend downloading magic plan on your phone and having a play with your floor plan. There’s quite a few ways you could change it to make better use of the space I think. Playing around with it yourself and thinking of how you would live in the space will really help. Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Yeah I saw someone post about that app before and have had some goes at it. Just got to get my head past this floor plan and try and get it back to what we want. Meeting with the draftsman would life a lot easier We have custom designed our plan and there was a few back and forths to get it right but it’s worth it when the plan is finally done. I would start by drawing over the plan you have into magic plan and then work it until you love it and pay for the plan and send the pdf through to your builder so they can send it to the draftsman. And then just keep error checking their plans against yours until theirs is correct. Just make sure you customise your interior and exterior walls to your builders standard so that your square meterage is correct. Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Double story floor plan issues 18Feb 01, 2018 2:16 pm sparrowsnest Brenton41 sparrowsnest I highly recommend downloading magic plan on your phone and having a play with your floor plan. There’s quite a few ways you could change it to make better use of the space I think. Playing around with it yourself and thinking of how you would live in the space will really help. Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Yeah I saw someone post about that app before and have had some goes at it. Just got to get my head past this floor plan and try and get it back to what we want. Meeting with the draftsman would life a lot easier We have custom designed our plan and there was a few back and forths to get it right but it’s worth it when the plan is finally done. I would start by drawing over the plan you have into magic plan and then work it until you love it and pay for the plan and send the pdf through to your builder so they can send it to the draftsman. And then just keep error checking their plans against yours until theirs is correct. Just make sure you customise your interior and exterior walls to your builders standard so that your square meterage is correct. Building our first custom dream home. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t I had a play just before with the ground floor but I just have the demo version. Can you draw over your existing plans if you pay for the upgraded version? This is what I drew up with just a rough comparison to the sqm of the rooms on our plans from the builder. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We bought land in Tallawong Schofields NSW size 30m X 12.5m and planning to get double story house build around 350 sqm. We are thinking about having premium inclusions… 0 4098 5 10493 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 8497 |