Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Apr 02, 2022 4:20 pm Hi everyone, We're in the process of remodelling and would appreciate some feedback on floor plans. This is the current floorplan. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We're intending on doing the following: Extend the main bathroom to be full width Convert the dining into a 4th bedroom/nursery with linen cupboard adjoining. Convert the current kitchen into a laundry room and second bathroom Delete the current laundry and second bathroom and place the new kitchen in its place Reclaim the porch space outside for the kitchen and living room (the porch is under the current roofline of the house so intend to extend rear) Build a new deck and alfresco Plan will look something like this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm just not sure on the back half of the house with the kitchen and laundry/bathroom plus living room. The new kitchen seems enclosed somewhat and that's my biggest concern. We're taking down quite a few walls so can reconfigure the back half as we please but am struggling to find an optimal configuration for the kitchen, combined laundry and bathroom plus living room. The alfresco is going to be an open and light structure so I can't really extend the kitchen into the alfresco. Would love to hear any feedback. Thanks, Sam Re: Remodelling floor plan 2Apr 02, 2022 8:40 pm samo Hi everyone, We're in the process of remodelling and would appreciate some feedback on floor plans. This is the current floorplan. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We're intending on doing the following: Extend the main bathroom to be full width Convert the dining into a 4th bedroom/nursery with linen cupboard adjoining. Convert the current kitchen into a laundry room and second bathroom Delete the current laundry and second bathroom and place the new kitchen in its place Reclaim the porch space outside for the kitchen and living room (the porch is under the current roofline of the house so intend to extend rear) Build a new deck and alfresco Plan will look something like this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm just not sure on the back half of the house with the kitchen and laundry/bathroom plus living room. The new kitchen seems enclosed somewhat and that's my biggest concern. We're taking down quite a few walls so can reconfigure the back half as we please but am struggling to find an optimal configuration for the kitchen, combined laundry and bathroom plus living room. The alfresco is going to be an open and light structure so I can't really extend the kitchen into the alfresco. Would love to hear any feedback. Thanks, Sam my suggestions would be to minimise any wall removal and try and use existing rooms wherever possible to create a master suite with wiw and ens, separate laundry, open kitchen with pantry, extra bedroom, multi purpose room and storage ...the location of the island and pantry wall allows for a logical place for a ceiling beam in place of teh removed walls and the main compromise would be to use a 75cm x 250cm island (ie 30cm knee space with 450 deep drawers) to allow for more walking space but, pending accurate dimensions after removal of walls, there may be a little more space than shown for the new open plan rooms Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Remodelling floor plan 3Apr 02, 2022 11:04 pm oklouise samo Hi everyone, We're in the process of remodelling and would appreciate some feedback on floor plans. This is the current floorplan. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We're intending on doing the following: Extend the main bathroom to be full width Convert the dining into a 4th bedroom/nursery with linen cupboard adjoining. Convert the current kitchen into a laundry room and second bathroom Delete the current laundry and second bathroom and place the new kitchen in its place Reclaim the porch space outside for the kitchen and living room (the porch is under the current roofline of the house so intend to extend rear) Build a new deck and alfresco Plan will look something like this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm just not sure on the back half of the house with the kitchen and laundry/bathroom plus living room. The new kitchen seems enclosed somewhat and that's my biggest concern. We're taking down quite a few walls so can reconfigure the back half as we please but am struggling to find an optimal configuration for the kitchen, combined laundry and bathroom plus living room. The alfresco is going to be an open and light structure so I can't really extend the kitchen into the alfresco. Would love to hear any feedback. Thanks, Sam my suggestions would be to minimise any wall removal and try and use existing rooms wherever possible to create a master suite with wiw and ens, separate laundry, open kitchen with pantry, extra bedroom, multi purpose room and storage ...the location of the island and pantry wall allows for a logical place for a ceiling beam in place of teh removed walls and the main compromise would be to use a 75cm x 250cm island (ie 30cm knee space with 450 deep drawers) to allow for more walking space but, pending accurate dimensions after removal of walls, there may be a little more space than shown for the new open plan rooms Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thank you so much for the markup and response oklouise, really appreciate it. Some great suggestions and food for thought. I would really like the second bathroom to be standalone, we have two young kids (6 and 2) plus another on the way so over the years a second communal bathroom is preferred over the ensuite/wiw combo. The location of the WIW that you've drawn corresponds to where were have a large skylight in the current kitchen. I've attached a photo of the current kitchen and was hoping to retain the skylight if possible - it's quite large and lets plenty of light in. Ideally we would have a laundry room and bathroom combined with ample space for a washer/dryer and fold out ironing station. I like the idea of a linear kitchen with an island. I'm thinking we remove your WIW and ENS and convert these spaces to a laundry room/bathroom then have the laundry as you've drawn it become the pantry. This might be workable but will have to print out your version and sketch it out. Thanks again, would love to hear any more thoughts if you have them - really appreciate your input! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Remodelling floor plan 4Apr 03, 2022 9:25 am samo oklouise samo Hi everyone, We're in the process of remodelling and would appreciate some feedback on floor plans. This is the current floorplan. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We're intending on doing the following: Extend the main bathroom to be full width Convert the dining into a 4th bedroom/nursery with linen cupboard adjoining. Convert the current kitchen into a laundry room and second bathroom Delete the current laundry and second bathroom and place the new kitchen in its place Reclaim the porch space outside for the kitchen and living room (the porch is under the current roofline of the house so intend to extend rear) Build a new deck and alfresco Plan will look something like this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm just not sure on the back half of the house with the kitchen and laundry/bathroom plus living room. The new kitchen seems enclosed somewhat and that's my biggest concern. We're taking down quite a few walls so can reconfigure the back half as we please but am struggling to find an optimal configuration for the kitchen, combined laundry and bathroom plus living room. The alfresco is going to be an open and light structure so I can't really extend the kitchen into the alfresco. Would love to hear any feedback. Thanks, Sam my suggestions would be to minimise any wall removal and try and use existing rooms wherever possible to create a master suite with wiw and ens, separate laundry, open kitchen with pantry, extra bedroom, multi purpose room and storage ...the location of the island and pantry wall allows for a logical place for a ceiling beam in place of teh removed walls and the main compromise would be to use a 75cm x 250cm island (ie 30cm knee space with 450 deep drawers) to allow for more walking space but, pending accurate dimensions after removal of walls, there may be a little more space than shown for the new open plan rooms Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thank you so much for the markup and response oklouise, really appreciate it. Some great suggestions and food for thought. I would really like the second bathroom to be standalone, we have two young kids (6 and 2) plus another on the way so over the years a second communal bathroom is preferred over the ensuite/wiw combo. The location of the WIW that you've drawn corresponds to where were have a large skylight in the current kitchen. I've attached a photo of the current kitchen and was hoping to retain the skylight if possible - it's quite large and lets plenty of light in. Ideally we would have a laundry room and bathroom combined with ample space for a washer/dryer and fold out ironing station. I like the idea of a linear kitchen with an island. I'm thinking we remove your WIW and ENS and convert these spaces to a laundry room/bathroom then have the laundry as you've drawn it become the pantry. This might be workable but will have to print out your version and sketch it out. Thanks again, would love to hear any more thoughts if you have them - really appreciate your input! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ another option for you but i'm reluctant to suggest too much wall and plumbing changes as i know how much it costs and keeping the skylight will also help brighten the kitchen and with so much storage in the kitchen you may find the big pantry is more than you need and could also use that space for a small study or play room for the kids Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Remodelling floor plan 5Apr 03, 2022 10:29 pm oklouise another option for you but i'm reluctant to suggest too much wall and plumbing changes as i know how much it costs and keeping the skylight will also help brighten the kitchen and with so much storage in the kitchen you may find the big pantry is more than you need and could also use that space for a small study or play room for the kids Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thank you so much oklouise - very generous of you to give such great feedback. I responded to this thread earlier in the day but just saw that my response wasn't uploaded. We have scrimped and saved for a long while now so are happy to spend a little more to get the configuration right. We're not intending to move from this house for many years so our main priority is getting the optimal floor plan. We have issues with the current plumbing so all of the plumbing is being redone so relocating services/plumbing isn't going to add too much additional cost so I wouldn't be concerned with keeping existing plumbing. Also, we're not too fussed about moving walls - the house was extended many many years back and we're already moving the rear exterior wall plus at least one internal wall so moving another wall or two, whilst adding cost, in the grand scheme of things is not a big deal. What I'm realising is that the kitchen is the cornerstone/showpiece of the house plus the most costly element so it's important that this is optimised for functionality, flow and overall aesthetics. I really like this floor plan you've drawn and it flows quite well. The study/playroom/pantry will probably be a study and have some spillover storage - I like the space and was wondering if it might be better to have the entry to it from the second bathroom (to remove the entry door from the kitchen and give the option of floor to ceiling pantry/storage but I think that might turn it into a bunker with awkward access. If you could alter the plumbing and walls in the rear section of the house where the living/kitchen/laundry etc are is there much that you'd do differently? Once again I cannot thank you enough for your detailed and thoughtful responses and layouts - it really is very much appreciated. Re: Remodelling floor plan 6Apr 04, 2022 8:52 am samo oklouise another option for you but i'm reluctant to suggest too much wall and plumbing changes as i know how much it costs and keeping the skylight will also help brighten the kitchen and with so much storage in the kitchen you may find the big pantry is more than you need and could also use that space for a small study or play room for the kids Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thank you so much oklouise - very generous of you to give such great feedback. I responded to this thread earlier in the day but just saw that my response wasn't uploaded. We have scrimped and saved for a long while now so are happy to spend a little more to get the configuration right. We're not intending to move from this house for many years so our main priority is getting the optimal floor plan. We have issues with the current plumbing so all of the plumbing is being redone so relocating services/plumbing isn't going to add too much additional cost so I wouldn't be concerned with keeping existing plumbing. Also, we're not too fussed about moving walls - the house was extended many many years back and we're already moving the rear exterior wall plus at least one internal wall so moving another wall or two, whilst adding cost, in the grand scheme of things is not a big deal. What I'm realising is that the kitchen is the cornerstone/showpiece of the house plus the most costly element so it's important that this is optimised for functionality, flow and overall aesthetics. I really like this floor plan you've drawn and it flows quite well. The study/playroom/pantry will probably be a study and have some spillover storage - I like the space and was wondering if it might be better to have the entry to it from the second bathroom (to remove the entry door from the kitchen and give the option of floor to ceiling pantry/storage but I think that might turn it into a bunker with awkward access. If you could alter the plumbing and walls in the rear section of the house where the living/kitchen/laundry etc are is there much that you'd do differently? Once again I cannot thank you enough for your detailed and thoughtful responses and layouts - it really is very much appreciated. thanks Samo, it really helps to have a better understanding of your ideas but i wouldn't change the location of the new bathroom (but knowing the precise internal dimensions of the existing bathroom, laundry and open spaces would help me suggest the best layout of all fixtures) but i think my new study/pantry is best with the skylight and door open to the kitchen, the bathroom is more private and better with the window and accessing only through the laundry and the laundry is better with backyard view windows for fresh air and to keep an eye on kids playing in the backyard... if you compare the new kitchen to plans in many modern exhibition homes you will see that your new kitchen is very generous and the doors into the the laundry and pantry/study create a break in the cabinets that avoids any corner cabinets and will make the cabinets much easier access and easier and cheaper to build if you want to consider flatpacs.. .the only challenge will be that i think you may need to have a slimmer island ie 75cm deep counter instead of the usual 90cm to avoid encroaching too much on the modest sized living area...my own kitchen island is 75cm deep and works very well with 45cm cabinets along one side and knee space and open shelves on the other and the long narrow island is more in proportion to the whole room that would be overcrowded otherwise.. you also need to think about smaller furniture (eg dining table with extension for guests and tall book shelves along the TV wall (eg IKEA Billy screwed to the wall) would provide lots of storage without crowding the room and a round coffee table is safer for little kids storage ..it will be a lovely room for your growing family Re: Remodelling floor plan 7Apr 04, 2022 11:16 pm oklouise samo oklouise another option for you but i'm reluctant to suggest too much wall and plumbing changes as i know how much it costs and keeping the skylight will also help brighten the kitchen and with so much storage in the kitchen you may find the big pantry is more than you need and could also use that space for a small study or play room for the kids Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thank you so much oklouise - very generous of you to give such great feedback. I responded to this thread earlier in the day but just saw that my response wasn't uploaded. We have scrimped and saved for a long while now so are happy to spend a little more to get the configuration right. We're not intending to move from this house for many years so our main priority is getting the optimal floor plan. We have issues with the current plumbing so all of the plumbing is being redone so relocating services/plumbing isn't going to add too much additional cost so I wouldn't be concerned with keeping existing plumbing. Also, we're not too fussed about moving walls - the house was extended many many years back and we're already moving the rear exterior wall plus at least one internal wall so moving another wall or two, whilst adding cost, in the grand scheme of things is not a big deal. What I'm realising is that the kitchen is the cornerstone/showpiece of the house plus the most costly element so it's important that this is optimised for functionality, flow and overall aesthetics. I really like this floor plan you've drawn and it flows quite well. The study/playroom/pantry will probably be a study and have some spillover storage - I like the space and was wondering if it might be better to have the entry to it from the second bathroom (to remove the entry door from the kitchen and give the option of floor to ceiling pantry/storage but I think that might turn it into a bunker with awkward access. If you could alter the plumbing and walls in the rear section of the house where the living/kitchen/laundry etc are is there much that you'd do differently? Once again I cannot thank you enough for your detailed and thoughtful responses and layouts - it really is very much appreciated. thanks Samo, it really helps to have a better understanding of your ideas but i wouldn't change the location of the new bathroom (but knowing the precise internal dimensions of the existing bathroom, laundry and open spaces would help me suggest the best layout of all fixtures) but i think my new study/pantry is best with the skylight and door open to the kitchen, the bathroom is more private and better with the window and accessing only through the laundry and the laundry is better with backyard view windows for fresh air and to keep an eye on kids playing in the backyard... if you compare the new kitchen to plans in many modern exhibition homes you will see that your new kitchen is very generous and the doors into the the laundry and pantry/study create a break in the cabinets that avoids any corner cabinets and will make the cabinets much easier access and easier and cheaper to build if you want to consider flatpacs.. .the only challenge will be that i think you may need to have a slimmer island ie 75cm deep counter instead of the usual 90cm to avoid encroaching too much on the modest sized living area...my own kitchen island is 75cm deep and works very well with 45cm cabinets along one side and knee space and open shelves on the other and the long narrow island is more in proportion to the whole room that would be overcrowded otherwise.. you also need to think about smaller furniture (eg dining table with extension for guests and tall book shelves along the TV wall (eg IKEA Billy screwed to the wall) would provide lots of storage without crowding the room and a round coffee table is safer for little kids storage ..it will be a lovely room for your growing family That all makes perfect sense - very wise words and once again advice that is most appreciated. I’ve measure up the floor plan and added dimensions to the best of my ability. We’ll keep the laundry/bath/study as you’ve drawn it; great feedback you’ve given. The orientation of the items in the laundry is the next consideration. Ideally we’d like a cabinet with a fold out ironing board, somewhere for the kids to place their dirty laundry (in hampers or a cabinet that can house hampers I.e something neat). We’re looking to get a front load dryer and washing machine also. The window in the current laundry isn’t drawn to scale on the plans but is practically full width. As for the main bathroom, we’re thinking a 1500 double vanity as soon as you walk in on the left hand side, then the toilet on the left hand side and finally a full width shower that’s 1000 deep. We don’t really have baths and the kids really enjoy shower time so we a nice big shower space suits our style. I’m planning to remove that small wall where the cupboard of currently as it isn’t load bearing and encroaches on what is a relatively narrow/small space; we’re redoing the entire bathroom so removing that wall and bricking the doorway into the bedroom isn’t that big a deal. Not sure if it matter but should have mentioned that the house is full brick. Thanks again for all of your wonderful feedback! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ i thought the flipped plan initially but bec i want narrow pathway from entry to dining (dont like bend), also cannot fit the… 7 17172 Hi, Seeking volume or semi-custom builder in victoria(east), which have existing double story wide floor plans. Seeking 18-20m wide homes with depth of 12-15m long. Or… 0 25049 Hi there! Absolutely agree on the wasted space. We have no desire for the master to be that oversized, but it occurred when we increased the depth of the garage. We have… 4 12391 |