Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Final Floorplans - Advice & Ideas 9Apr 30, 2018 10:59 pm Quote: I too am concerned with the natural light in the family/meals area. Not sure if clerestory windows would be able to be done with the roof line? The Kitchen area will have natural light coming in from the glass on that wall, but not sure how far the light will travel, maybe into the meals if lucky? Clerestory windows would require you to redo the roofline, unfortunately; you'd want a skillion over the living area, and would have to redo the other roofing to match (probably requiring a box gutter, unless you went for a low pitch to the front section). Hence why skylights would be the cheaper option, although with the tradeoff that they wouldn't get as much light in. Re: Final Floorplans - Advice & Ideas 10Apr 30, 2018 11:03 pm Trent Smith I thought about bedroom 2 as well, but I tried to flip the bedroom and bathroom, but this would restrict access for bedroom 3. Unless I made bedroom 2 considerably smaller. Unfortunately, I don't have an easy answer for that either, without flowing into the media room and/or living area. But I will note that beds 2 and 3 will have a very different feel anyway, with bed 3 receiving much more northern light, so making bed 2 smaller won't be as noticeable as it would otherwise be. Personally I'd go for the smaller bedroom that isn't surrounded by toilet noise, but that depends on whether you want to use bed 2 as a bedroom or something else. Re: Final Floorplans - Advice & Ideas 12Jul 23, 2018 8:54 pm For what it's worth, I prefer the new plan - I think that it has a better flow between areas and makes better use of natural light into the main living areas. However, I personally would look at swapping bed 2 and the bathroom for the reasons in my earlier post (also, Jack-and-Jill bathrooms definitely have their disadvantages and put off many people - I suggest that you really confirm that you actively want one before locking it in). If you keep the current floorplan, I strongly suggest that you consider double-stud walls with acoustic insulation between bed 2 and the powder room and ensuite. i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98772 Hi, I am approaching end of the build. My final invoice will be given to me soon to pay. Some context before I ask my question. 1. My builder wont do the landscaping or… 0 3909 regardless, your contract stipulates a payments schedule and SOPA doesn't give provision to that scenario. Your contractual terms appear to stand. Hence get a lawyer, it… 4 11959 |