Browse Forums Building A New House Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 7Sep 07, 2008 10:31 pm I'm not sure if you have already, but I'd chuck a roller door on the back of the garage. I'd also put a door on the opening into the corridor to the two minor bedrooms, that way noise from the lounge won't wake little ones.
Also personal preference, but I'd put a door on the WIR but I'm messy. Very practical and workable plan. Ideal for the three of you!:D Jo I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 9Sep 07, 2008 10:41 pm Rachelle Still, although you sound pretty comfortable iwth the idea, the 750mm on each side of the door won't be big enough for a recliner on each side, and not particulary cosy to watch a movie with someone on either side of a door, but that might be just me, I like to snuggle up on the lounge together. chairs will be sort of turned inwards in the middle and the front of them will be only about 30cm gap so not completely against the side walls. Sort of hard to explain but I have set up my chairs in my current room to test it out. And yes screen will be on south wall so that I can maximise the distance from seating to fit in a larger screen (92-100inch). Ideally I would like the theatre room to be about 5.5m by 4m but 4.2x3.1 is all I can fit in. It is really like a 4th bedroom that I am turning into a theatre room. I have also put a door on the WIR. That was the first thing my wife wanted added. Will def look at widening the garage as the lot is 14.2m wide and there is about 2m from garage wall to fence and only have to be 1.2m off fence so can add up to 800mm. Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 10Sep 08, 2008 8:03 am Great looking house wakeboardandy, if you love entertaining insure that you get put a gas point on the alfresco so that your bbq can hook up the gas mains of the house. Also dont forget a fan on the ceiling in the alfresco.
I'd leave the garage the size it is, alot of people say bigger the better, and I say I'm not prepared to pay an extra $10k-$15k so my cars have a big bed at night time (plus you dont want the garage to be the focal point of the facade do you). Anyway best of luck, I love Laurimar beautiful estate. Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 11Sep 08, 2008 8:31 am Hi, its a perfect first home.
Maybe a sliding door on the ensuite will work? My main bathroom has the shower door and bathroom door opening onto each other and we haven't had an accident yet - so you should be fine. Paula Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 12Sep 08, 2008 9:20 am Hi Andy,
Welcome to the JGK Club My biggest gripe with your plan is the layout of the theatre room. Although it may be acceptable to you, it's not going to go down well should you decide to sell & upgrade at a later stage. You also don't have an informal living/ family area, which is probably more important than a formal lounge for a house of this size. So here's my suggestion ... Put a wall on the south side of the lounge (with double/ triple sliding doors) and convert that into a combined lounge/ theatre room. You can leave the doors open when using it as a lounge and close it off when using as a theatre. If noise to the minor bedrooms is an issue, ask them put acoustic insulation on this wall (cost just $150). Combine the exisiting theatre and meals into a single open plan family/ meals area. Have a large window on the eastern wall to get sunlight into the southern part of this living area. One of the good things about JG King is that they don't charge you an arm and a leg for the changes, so my advice is to make the most of it. Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 13Sep 08, 2008 9:41 am Ooh great idea Duminda!
I think you could try to get a bit more room for the back "family" room so that it lines up with the bench by snitching 10cm here and there from the the other rooms. Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 14Sep 08, 2008 10:44 am Duminda Hi Andy, Welcome to the JGK Club My biggest gripe with your plan is the layout of the theatre room. Although it may be acceptable to you, it's not going to go down well should you decide to sell & upgrade at a later stage. You also don't have an informal living/ family area, which is probably more important than a formal lounge for a house of this size. I originally was going to have the lounge as the theatre room but really would prefer a closed off room that is not a walkway. And didn't want to close off the lounge with another wall. I hate open plan living hence why I made the lounge seperate to the meals. The lounge will actually be the informal living area. If I sell the house then the theatre room could be turned into a study/rumpus.. hence the reason for the double doors so I can open it up into the meals area. I love the idea of stealing 10cm here and there for the theatre room to be lined up with the kitchen bench.. I will get my ruler out tonight and see where I can steal it from.. maybe from the laundary and ensuite/WIR. Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 15Sep 10, 2008 4:22 pm I agree that you probably need both a separate lounge and a family/meals area.
I would do the following: -Put the 'Theatre' where Bed 2 is now, and slide the bedrooms, bath etc down to the end. Make the theatre your lounge room as well. -Swap the kitchen and the lounge room (so that the kitchen is near the garage). Then the lounge and meals area can be one big open space, which will get heaps of lovely sunlight from the North. It will also be easier to get the shopping into the kitchen from the garage this way. Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 16Sep 14, 2008 5:06 pm Well we signed our contracts today. Most of the plan remained the same apart from some changes to some windows and the electrical plan.
All in all we are pretty happy with the speed. We first walked into the JG King display at Mernda Villages 6 weeks ago and today we signed our contracts.. have rsi from signing all those bloody pages!!! Site costs still have to be confirmed and will probably be about $2000 more as the fall was slightly more than he thought. He had $4000 as provisional. Now we should be able to get the finance changed to unconditional and can now settle the land as soon as we can get a start date.... Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 18Sep 15, 2008 8:53 am 6 weeks... the speed is unbelievable... well done!! Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 19Sep 15, 2008 10:24 am wakeboardandy All in all we are pretty happy with the speed. We first walked into the JG King display at Mernda Villages 6 weeks ago and today we signed our contracts.. have rsi from signing all those bloody pages!!! That's brilliant ... ours took 6 months Re: WBA's House.. Clothesline installed.. new pics 2/8 20Sep 15, 2008 3:29 pm Duminda That's brilliant ... ours took 6 months We are lucky to have got a really good sales consultant that is very knowledgable in all aspects of the building process!!! The unit normally clips into a metal plate screwed to the wall, either plate is not flush, or unit not hooked in and could be hanging from the pipes partly, either might… 2 16145 Good on you for having a go I am the opposite of DIY (so will pay a builder) - our vibe is industrial/simple so current thinking is 150mm concrete and then internally is… 3 1370 Yes well there solution is to blame everyone else while I a 65yr old woman with major medical problems have to just continue to boil water and wash myself in a bucket… 2 16209 |