Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 21, 2015 11:31 pm Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 7Oct 11, 2015 7:41 pm viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76666 our custom build on 25 acres Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 11Oct 18, 2015 11:59 am As the kids get older you might get arguments about "Why have I got a small bedroom while they have got a big one. Although its nice to have a large master bedroom with a big Walk in Robe there is going to be a lot of wasted space. If it was me I would look to make the master smaller and the 2 smaller bedrooms larger. See this link to see why I don't like twin basins: http://www.anewhouse.com.au/2012/01/twi ... -worth-it/ The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 12Oct 18, 2015 10:35 pm JB1 When you say north facing, is that along the living and bedroom 3?. Sorry, no north is the front entry which is the living room and master BR. We want the living at the front of the house so we can shut off the kids bedrooms etc for when they get older and move out. That way we arent heating and cooling such a large area. JB1 I can't say I'm a fan of either design because to get to the back of the house, you'll have to walk past the meals area which is fine, but put a 8 seat Dining table in there and it's going to be cramped and won't flow. Yes the dining table does squish things up a bit. Our table will be 900x1800mm. It fits with a 1m perimeter around. We can make the alfresco smaller to make a little more room but having a 2000mm wide alfresco is rather useless to put a table in also. I have a picture on my phone with the dining table drawn in. Ill try and load it up tomorrow. JB1 Re: the slab and thermal mass, wouldn't the slab provide heating in winter regardless if there was or wasn't hydronic floor heating anyway? I plan on doing a little more research into this before we choose. We are still a fair way off at this stage. bashworth As the kids get older you might get arguments about "Why have I got a small bedroom while they have got a big one. / The rooms are now all 3300x3000 with one 3190x3300. I doubt they will notice the difference. bashworth Although its nice to have a large master bedroom with a big Walk in Robe there is going to be a lot of wasted space. If it was me I would look to make the master smaller and the 2 smaller bedrooms larger. Not really sure how we can make BR 3 and 4 larger by reducing BR 1. Also we have a king size bed and a cot on our room so its not really an open to reduce the master too much as we simply wont fit. bashworth See this link to see why I don't like twin basins: http://www.anewhouse.com.au/2012/01/twi ... -worth-it/ I will have a read of your link later, thank you xx We dont intend to have double basins at this stage as I feel like its a waste of bench space. Would rather a single basin and more space on the bench to put things down. Re: Building in Clematis Vic - passive solar 13Oct 28, 2015 9:01 am So close to finalising the floor plan which is exciting. I will try and upload it shortly. Still have to finalise the layout for the laundry and kitchen. Kitchen - thinking of putting the fridge into the walk in pantry and having a bench in there also for the toaster and kettle. Will have to have an exhaust fan also. Laundry - plan on switching the linen and the tough walls around. Not sure how we will arrange it other than that right now. A few questions for you: Bench tops - would you switch out the stone in the bathrooms and laundry and opt for laminate to try and save some money? Cladding - we were toying with the idea of having rendered styrofoam rather than brick cladding for the thermal benefits 'Giant Esky' Wondering if anybody have any experience or comments in relation to building a single story out of styrofoam? Its rating (generally) as an R4 which will make a huge difference with the double glazing. Do people put R2 bats into the walls also or just keep it as the styrofoam? One of the builders we are looking at are happy to switch out the bricks for the styrofoam rendered at no additional cost. Does that sound right? Obviously styrofoam is substantially cheaper but apparently adding the render brings it in line with bricks. Thoughts? 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