Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Custom Design floor plan thread post them here!! 2176Feb 03, 2017 8:32 pm My thoughts are similar to those described above - the internal bathroom may probably not be the best idea, and bed 4, even with the high shallow window, is going to get hot in the summer afternoons. architect_yourself has some good suggestions - if you could make the footprint a bit longer and narrower, it might help with the arrangement. A proper three-way bathroom can work quite well with kids (speaking from direct personal experience) - if you can change the footprint slightly and move the bathroom to the west, that should give you enough room to make the bathroom work a little better. For reference, the three-way bathroom on the upper floor of the plan I posted above was based on an actual house we stayed in and which we know from experience works very well for families. On our plan the full 'block', including the external cupboard, has internal dimensions of 2.7x3.5m - and there is a bit of fat in those dimensions in order to fit specific features we wanted (I think the original was about 2.4x3.0m). Re: Custom Design floor plan thread post them here!! 2177Feb 03, 2017 9:04 pm architect_yourself sounds pretty typical! are you drawing these yourself then? what software are you using? Yes, these are drawn by myself - we started the design process about a year ago and there's been multiple revisions and many experiments and abandoned concepts since we started! The software I'm using is Home Designer by Chief Architect - I've also recently got access to Revit, which I'm trying to learn. Revit is certainly much more capable, but it's a lot easier (for me, at least) do do things quickly and easily in Home Designer. Re: Custom Design floor plan thread post them here!! 2179Feb 04, 2017 1:11 pm is there any chance you could swap the Dining/Living and Media areas around? If you did that, you could move the kitchen over slightly, put the pantry where the bathroom is now, and then move the bathroom to either between Bed 3 and the living area (or move bed 4 there and move the bathroom there instead). Re: Custom Design floor plan thread post them here!! 2180Feb 04, 2017 3:00 pm You don't need to increase the floor plan. I am talking about reducing it. swap bed 4 and the bathroom, get rid of the WIR, then reduce the width of the building (same length) 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 25159 6 55311 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20354 |