Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Layout feedback please 2Aug 03, 2020 3:26 pm Ideally you would want your living areas to be on the north, check if you can swap Kitchen+Alfresco with Living+Dining. Also, get good sized windows for the Northern side. If you do move your kitchen, explore the idea of integrating laundry via the kitchen, thus giving you a WIP. I am not sure how much of the early morning sun into the kitchen will be blocked by the alfresco, use the link below to calculate the shadow lengths for your lot. Is there any other house on your North side ? It would be worth checking how much overshadowing will it cause, specially if it's a Double storey. https://www.suncalc.org/#/-37.8948,144.7116,18/2020.05.31/15:53/10/2 Re: Layout feedback please 3Aug 03, 2020 3:52 pm KameGame Ideally you would want your living areas to be on the north, check if you can swap Kitchen+Alfresco with Living+Dining. Also, get good sized windows for the Northern side. If you do move your kitchen, explore the idea of integrating laundry via the kitchen, thus giving you a WIP. Hi, Thanks a lot for the feedback. I did think about moving the Living/Dining north but had read somewhere that Alfresco is best on NE corner hence I had to re-consider. I do like your idea of having the link to the pantry/laundry. Let me ask on that. Hopefully they say yes. Are all the other room locations ok? Do I need to change anything else? Is it worth extending the house by 0.5m if everything does not fit after the Kitchen/Alfresco swap with Living/Dining? KameGame I am not sure how much of the early morning sun into the kitchen will be blocked by the alfresco, use the link below to calculate the shadow lengths for your lot. Is there any other house on your North side ? It would be worth checking how much overshadowing will it cause, specially if it's a Double storey. Thanks a lot for the link. I do admit that we are planning everything with the assumption that there would be double storeys on both sides of us. So hopefully we won't get blocked out. Re: Layout feedback please 4Aug 04, 2020 12:20 pm Are you able to build to the boundary on the garage side? Re: Layout feedback please 5Aug 04, 2020 2:16 pm bestspecials Thanks for the feedback. I guess that should be fine as one of the designs they initially showed us had the zero lot option - we wanted a rectangular design as we did not see any particular advantage of it. What could be done if the garage is on the boundary? Re: Layout feedback please 6Aug 04, 2020 2:36 pm The advantage of building to the boundary is that you get an additional 80 - 100cm within the house. I have changed your plan a bit. You definitely want to keep the outdoor area to the NE as this is the best sun in winter. I have only made minor adjustments but I think it is better use of space. Look at all the big builders as there are a lot of plans for narrow blocks. I gave you an island in the kitchen, which you could do cupboards on the front side as well for extra storage. You can add extra overhead cupboards in the kitchen above the stove and I added a bench in the laundry with cupboards underneath and you could add overhead cupboards for extra storage. The linen in the laundry and Walk in pantry in the kitchen. You end up with a bigger living, separate dining and bigger ensuite. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Layout feedback please 7Aug 04, 2020 8:23 pm bestspecials I gave you an island in the kitchen, which you could do cupboards on the front side as well for extra storage. You can add extra overhead cupboards in the kitchen above the stove and I added a bench in the laundry with cupboards underneath and you could add overhead cupboards for extra storage. The linen in the laundry and Walk in pantry in the kitchen. You end up with a bigger living, separate dining and bigger ensuite. I love the changes I will check with the designer and see if they can accommodates all these changes and have the space we required. Re: Layout feedback please 8Aug 04, 2020 9:24 pm Keep playing with your plans until you are completely happy. It's your house. Re: Layout feedback please 9Aug 05, 2020 6:15 pm given the choice i would lose the alfresco in favour of more generous inside rooms and a simple paved area in the backyard with a big umbrella and reverse the living and kitchen but your plan has so much space used for extra wide hallways? ...check the excellent Govt website at YourHome.gov,au and you'll find this plan with the ideal arrangement of rooms for your block and the site also gives detailed advice about building materials, insulation etc etc for any area in Australia.. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Layout feedback please 10Aug 07, 2020 6:56 pm oklouise given the choice i would lose the alfresco in favour of more generous inside rooms and a simple paved area in the backyard with a big umbrella and reverse the living and kitchen but your plan has so much space used for extra wide hallways? ...check the excellent Govt website at YourHome.gov,au and you'll find this plan with the ideal arrangement of rooms for your block and the site also gives detailed advice about building materials, insulation etc etc for any area in Australia. Hi, Thanks for your feedback. I will have a look at the site for ideas. Cheers. Thanks for the suggestion. The space between shower and sinks was too tight. I agree about the toilet location. So I have tried two other options: The lower one is… 3 6138 Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. 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