Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Help with North facing double storey design 12Jul 09, 2019 8:19 pm I’m just starting with the ground floor....and this is all just personal preferences, so don’t any offence as my needs might be fairly different to your own. I think having a spare room on the front north aspect is waste. I would convert to a study/living area and also get rid of the east window (not needed really) and enlarge that north window....possibly with light grey toned glazing for privacy. Then I would convert the bathroom nearby to a decent ground floor area for everyone to easily access. The WIR area could be just a good WIL Laundry...not much if any storage and there is some wasted space near the external door...maybe a broom cupboard? Width @1500 is marginal...another 100mm would be useful here. I would also reverse hinge on external laundry door to swing out. Better for weather sealing too. WIP...I would keep the fridge space as is, but just run a long bench with overheads etc along the north wall. Forget about trying to wrap around the corners. 1500mm is just enough space for reasonable movement, but make sure bench width is no deeper than 600mm. Be careful with standard CSD doors @720....you actually only get 660 or so. I would upspec to a ‘flush to jamb’ version, to ensure full opening width there. Kitchen....I would extend width of east window. Probably best light at least in mornings, and assuming overheads above being low height consider going wider to allow more light. Living....why so long? With west wall I would maybe run 2 x highlight windows (tinted) maybe 500-600 tall and around 2410 width is still fine. This way they still offer some light and cross ventilation but being shorter you can place furniture easier and reduces hot west sun during hotter periods. Also do you need a big sliding door at the back east wall? Remember every bit of glass you add on east, west and south aspects is reducing your thermal efficiency. So in summary for ground floor, I would convert bed to study, remove WIR, convert bathroom for easier access. Give some more space and storage to laundry, and reduce some west and east glazing....except in kitchen maybe? One more thing...remember internal changes are pretty easy in design stage and cheap if you are not adding too much in the way of plumbing etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Check our Homeone build blog here The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18204 1 4592 Hi Kristy Around $1.7-1.8m or around $4,600/sqm. if you PM me your email I will send you a break up in a spreadsheet so you can get an understanding of the costs for… 1 9980 |