Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Oct 11, 2011 6:46 am We're in the middle of renovating our current house however this is another house we may have the opportunity to purchase and make our own in the future.
This is the current floorplan. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I've done an awful job of scaling here... and omitted the front door! (We don't need one of those, right? ;-p) From memory, the two living areas are smaller in real life... but you get the general idea... Here's a rough idea of what I thought in 10min I might do with it. This is just the ground floor... a second storey would be added with a master bedroom w/ensuite and WIR, bedrooms 2 & 3 and living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Just wondering what you'd do with it? Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 3Oct 11, 2011 8:02 am Woops I really should have labelled that... though i'm glad I didn't as I like your interpretation of it! The front of the house is meant to be a guest bedroom and a separate study... parent retreat would be upstairs with a WIR and ensuite etc. I'll change it Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 4Oct 11, 2011 9:24 am I don't like that the entrance looks down into the bathroom. With only 1 bed on the ground floor, i'd question why you need such a large bathroom or even a bath. First thing you should do is measure up the place so you know exactly what dimensions you've got to work with. Are the internal walls brick or plaster board? Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 5Oct 11, 2011 12:32 pm The house isn't for sale yet and currently is tenanted so I can't access it. These are drawn from my memory of 21 years visiting the house twice a week, however I haven't set foot in the place for over 5 years now I see what you mean about the hallway looking down to the bathroom and have changed it all around... you're right about not needing a big bathroom downstairs... having only ever lived in single storey houses I didn't think of it like that, but of course when I think about it we'd have a main bathroom upstairs... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 7Oct 11, 2011 5:04 pm like the last plan, looks good, although I wouldnt have acess to loo via dining room, or have an ensuite only, cos no one can use if staying in bed 5, so just tweak that (I see you have a powder by stairs, good job)
you going to tease us with an upstairs plan? Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 8Oct 11, 2011 5:42 pm Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 10Oct 11, 2011 8:34 pm Thanks for the ideas Kiwi! Here's my first go at upstairs... ignore the stairwell direction... couldn't get it to go the right way up. The little square at the top of the stairs is a laundry shute though if it were where I've put it on the plans it's only juuust over the laundry so I need to find a way of getting that to work haha... There'd be a decked balcony beyond the sliding doors. There's a very distant ocean view we definitely want to enjoy as the house is high enough to have that uninterrupted view forever, yay! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 11Oct 12, 2011 6:53 am I want to live there!!!! going to look great. so you have to go buy it now..even if it isnt on the market, YOU MUST GET IT! Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 12Oct 12, 2011 8:06 am I still like your first plan you posted. As for looking down the bathroom from the entrance, well that's true if you leave the bathroom door open. Leave it shut and not a problem. I like the first on because it's big roomy layout. Good storage and like that little sitting area off the dining area. It's good having the laundry so close to the kitchen, and you walk through the entrance with your shopping and it's easy to place on the kitchen bench. Once you have gone to bed and one partner is not sleepy it's close and handy to get to the office and surf the net. Your bathroom has a good full sized bath with separate shower and great large double vanity. All good points I thought. Sometimes it's best to keep it simple like you have. Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 13Oct 12, 2011 10:27 am there is still a sitting area, but a bit bigger on her last plan. Bed 5/ office is better re sale than small office alone, (without a wardrobe) and having 3 1/2 bathrooms/ shower rooms in the house this size is ample, sure a bath downstairs for bathing babies is a good idea, but I would prefer a walk in pantry over a bath downstairs. There is still the powder room, so 3 basins downstairs might be over kill and more $$$ just my 2 cents for the last plan! (are we voting?!) Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 14Oct 12, 2011 12:23 pm hahaha... thanks everyone!
Actually where I really need the help is in my other thread about my current house (viewtopic.php?f=53&t=51014) it's the key to buying this house!!! We're now considering selling our house and renting this house for a few years before buying it. That way we'll be saving $200-$250/week by paying rent instead of the higher mortgage. We'll save that money so when my youngest starts school in 4 years and I return to work fulltime, we can buy the house with a good deposit and renovate it and furnish it and do what we want with it. I know some of you have posted on my other thread already but that was when we were thinking of living in it. Now that we won't actually be living in it (the house in my other thread) and will sell it once the renovation is finished, I'd like some ideas/suggestions as to how to cost cut on little things (though not so things are bad) but still make it nice to sell. Bear in mind, the plans have been approved by council so we won't be changing anything too drastically... other than that though, Go crazy! ;-p Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 15Oct 12, 2011 3:05 pm I would do neutral throughout (earth tones) not white...as easier to hide dirt on walls, and just do things that are 'nice' not necessarily the 'best' now it will be a rental. ie second hand/ near new vanities, $8 handles in kitchen than $19 etc vinyl over tiles maybe (although sometimes it works out the same price) just a really nice, solid home that anyone can live in. no dramatic feature walls..no bright orange splashback etc will also be easier to sell later now it isnt your dream home. (and I still think a glass front door will bring light down to the kitchen/ dining on my plan!!!) good luck Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 16Oct 12, 2011 7:04 pm Sorry I wasn't clear. We'll be living in the rental and selling our renovated house... I still want to renovate it nicely but won't necessarily be spending as much on certain things (i.e. might get granite transformations to do the bench rather than buy a 40mm caesarstone benchtop) since we want it to look fab to sell but don't need it to be exactly what we want, more what the general population likes... Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 17Oct 12, 2011 7:17 pm yeah, that is what I meant. do it neutral to please one and all etc nothing too fancy and specific to your tastes Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 18Oct 13, 2011 5:51 am kiwi yeah, that is what I meant. do it neutral to please one and all etc nothing too fancy and specific to your tastes "I would do neutral throughout (earth tones) not white...as easier to hide dirt on walls, and just do things that are 'nice' not necessarily the 'best' now it will be a rental." We're not doing anything to the rental. We don't own the rental. We only own our house haha... But yeah, I agree, neutral tones... which is my taste anyway. I'm a white/grey/taupe colour person. I like adding colour with other items like cushions and vases etc. so at least our taste is easy when going to sell. Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 19Oct 13, 2011 7:15 am your home you are in, wont it become a rental??? isnt that the idea, to keep it and rent it out and not sell it now? hence the , now that it will be a rental keep things neutral, (or if you dont rent it out, and just sell it straight away, still keep it neutral) and then you go off and rent somewhere yourselves and save...? or is this the house above, you will rent? ha ha??!! im talking about the house on the other thread that you are extending that 'will become a rental/ or to be sold' or am I completely wrong!! and you will now sell that house you are extending and buy this one that you will extend up, (although I dont think this is on the market, but could be wrong, cos this could actually become the rental and the other home on the other thread the dream home where you will live forever, and then you will rent the rental you were going to go to one day, make it beautiful with neutrals and then rent it out and buy something completely different) ha ha or no rental of the other house, just a complete SOLD and then rent this house? or another house somewhere, and then buy this house and extend. im sorry, I get it now, sell other house, rent this? then buy this? it will all work out in the morning! I get it now...just re read it Re: FLOORPLAN for 1940s house... What would you do? 20Oct 13, 2011 7:46 pm hahahaha... I just "lol'd" Yeah, the plan yesterday was to sell our current house (the one on the other thread) after doing it up and rent the house on this thread and then buy it after a couple of years of saving and straight away renovate it/rebuild it. HOWEVER... it's now been brought to my attention that tenants (apparently having more rights than landlords!) cannot just be asked to leave the house to rent it to someone else... so my family member who owns the house cannot legally ask the tenants to leave so that we can rent it instead. It will have to have vacant possession and then sold to us for us to live in it. The house is worth around $600K so we'll live in it for probably about 5-6 years until we have the $300K we need to renovate or rebuild. So our plan is to buy it after we've sold our house, stick in some ducted aircon and plish the floors to make it more convenient and prettier to live in... but then leave the rest as is. Our eyes are now on the suburb and street... the house itself can wait Agggghhhh.... c-o-m-p-l-i-c-a-t-e-d much? ;-p 2 6424 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 8775 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39723 |