Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Feedback on my draft house plan 7Apr 25, 2015 2:05 pm bassline69 A few wild ideas - I'd swap the kitchen and living area locations, - turn the living area 90' to maximise northerly light. - move the WIP to where the Walk in Linen closet is. - rejig the laundry/WIR/ensuite to utilise the space better. - ensuite crapper will feel very weird enclosed like it is. - put the 3 master BR doors a lot closer = feels more intimate/ less like a passage way. Thanks for that, one of earlier designs had something very similiar, I am away from home at the moment and do not have that design with me. Study/bed 2 was on north where laundry and wip are currently. Kitchen and living were reversed, wip was back to back with cinema storage, I will post copy of that design and the block layout next Tuesday. I could rotate living are 90 degrees as it is deeper than it is wider and put TV on the south wall of living area, but we like to sit at the meals table and also watch it from the kitchen while preparing dinner, to watch the TV evening news, but could always wall mount an extra TV for meals area viewing. Re: Feedback on my draft house plan 8Apr 25, 2015 2:32 pm d@n Just personal opinion but...an entry straight into meals area I don't think is a good look. Laundry accessed via/through the kitchen also not ideal. Do you have any suggestions as to how i could improve this south entry, I could make if L shaped, or perhaps I think a better option is to delete it completely and have it to the west side and have a west path between garage and house. One thought was put bed 2/study where laundry WIP is and have an entry between Study/bed 2 and the WIR from the master ensuite, entry to side of kitchen, although an earlier design had kitchen living reversed so would enter into side of living room. Thanks for your input. Re: Feedback on my draft house plan 9Apr 25, 2015 2:59 pm Cheers. It has to fit YOUR lifestyle, so a little info there would really help too. Re: Feedback on my draft house plan 10Apr 25, 2015 3:09 pm bassline69 Cheers. It has to fit YOUR lifestyle, so a little info there would really help too. Our lifestyle is retired couple early 60's with limited social circle of visitors,except married children and 1 grandchild. We have 2 dogs which spend half their time inside , but currently sleep outside in undercover courtyard adjoining kitchen, family room. Expect to have 2-4 visitors once a fortnight/month for dinner and card playing or movie watching. Not big into entertaining but like nature, fishing, cycling, ocean beaches, walking. Our current home is a quiet street, 1.25 acres land, sunny open plan courtyard design and we highly value the sunny light part of our house but to far from the beach. Re: Feedback on my draft house plan 11Apr 26, 2015 8:40 am You could flip Entry and bed2/study so entry goes into living area. Although that would make bed2/study slightly smaller. Do you need the cinema storage? If not you could put laundry in there (provided you remove that dividing wall). It would make more sense to have laundry closer to where most of the bedrooms are. I think you should re-layout the WIP... move the garage entry door down so it's in line with the entry door into the kitchen... (better passage way). That would then not divide the room so much giving you more storage space. Re: Feedback on my draft house plan 12Apr 26, 2015 6:08 pm I saw a small 'trapdoor' (75h x 50w) access from garage to WIP for groceries. Shelves above to maximise storage space. A good compromise IMO. http://www.viralnova.com/simple-home-ideas/ Hi everyone I have a terracotta tiles roof When I climb inside the roof cavity I can feel that there is a draft inside the roof as the wind goes through the roof which is… 0 4361 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 12515 6 55366 |