Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Floor plan feedback please 10Aug 03, 2020 4:28 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Floor plan feedback please 17Aug 04, 2020 8:42 pm based on your original plans my suggestions include two alternate options for relocating the study and uses the old study for NW family room to brighten up the family/dining/kitchen and opens the laundry to the rear with optional extra powder room with easy external access from alfresco and garden..the kitchen is more spacious with a 3m x 1m island and the master suite has more generous ens with twin wiw, there's a more private area for the kids bedrooms and family bathroom with generous biw, extra storage and the recommended sized domestic media room could have raised floors for seating but you need to consider suitable extra furniture to make sure that every room has a purpose and/or consider reducing the size of the whole house eg unless guest are expected to be long staying family members maybe you could lose the extra bathroom, front lounge and some of the study lounge and potentially reduce the size and cost of the house by around 40 sqm (the size of a double garage) and/or consider a multi purpose building in the backyard to make use of all that extra space Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Floor plan feedback please 18Aug 05, 2020 9:07 am amms ddarroch Unless you're in the tropics, your south facing living areas will need heating in winter. So I'd be adding a doorway between the kitchen & the hallway, so you can just heat your living areas, not your entire home constantly. The front lounge is the only living room that will be light, & heated by the northern sun. But not too much you can do about that with a northern frontage block. I would flip the plan though. Garage & living areas to the west, bedrooms to the east. As you really don't want west facing bedrooms, they can get studying hot on summer afternoons & evenings. https://www.yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/orientation Thank you ddarroch for your comments. If I flip the plan would the living areas be very hot during the day, that is where we spend most of the time. My Architect suggested putting narrow windows for the bedrooms with external blinds... thanks It's a catch 22 situation. The block orientation means you won't have many northern windows, & you'll have lots of eastern & western windows. These windows are difficult to shade, so some rooms will get hot in summer (or you'll spend a lot of money & produce a for of GHG emissions running the AC). But most people are comfortable at 23°C, while they're comfortable sleeping at around 18°C. In summer the daytime maximum temperature will peak in the early afternoon, but the western rooms will continue to get hot for longer, as the sun strikes western windows for many, many hours. Conversely, the coolest time of the day will be in the early morning, from 5-7am. Eastern rooms will generally start off cool, with the eastern sunshine adding to the heat load of the house. It's a personal choice, but I'd prefer to have west facing living areas, instead of West facing bedrooms. I can't think of anything worse than west facing bedrooms. If possible, plant deciduous trees on the western side of the home, to shade or in winter. High, narrow, clerestory (highlight) windows up under the eaves could keep the sun off the windows for an extra hour or two, reducing the heat load a bit. It may also help with privacy, of you have close by neighbours. As mentioned, it's a very large home, which will not only be expensive to build, but expensive to heat & cool. Also large homes are very detrimental to the environment, producing significantly more GHG emissions through their embodied energy. https://www.yourhome.gov.au/materials/embodied-energy Re: Floor plan feedback please 19Aug 05, 2020 9:09 am MBX3 chippy Hi MBX3 It might be a good idea to put your own post up rather than piggy back on other people's posts. I see you also put your plans on another thread. It just gets messy when people reply if it's not clear what plan is being commented on. If you start your own thread (probably in new home thread) you can just change the title as your planning and build progress. People can then follow you easier. Thank you for pointing out. I am very new to this forum. I get your point. I put it here hoping this was the common thread (like Whirlpool) where everyone just shares their floorplans and all people following this thread get to see & comment on new floorplan. Anyway I will create a new post and remove one from thread. There is a common floorplan thread somewhere on here. If you can find it & revive it that would be good. Re: Floor plan feedback please 20Aug 06, 2020 5:11 pm Hi amms , I'd thought I had a go at your plans for another thought process to consider hot west facing bedrooms comments here while keeping your original brief. So by swapping bed 3 & 4 with media, it could potentially provide a better outcome for the rest of the areas, except I didn't like the line of sight of kitchen island from entry. So maybe a nice feature steel glass barn door here creating the opportunity to close off the rear living zone to reduce heating/ cooling load. B3, bathroom, B4 ,WIR, powder are all the same sizes. Media, laundry, kitchen and court are slightly bigger. Study and pantry slightly smaller. Suggesting converting corridor linen to a walk-in-linen, or a mudroom with garage access. Unfortunately there are no more walk-in-library but loved the idea of a full height feature wall library behind the study desk like shown. As you can see, I like to align walls. There are structural efficiencies in them but visually can be aesthetically pleasing. Correct me if I am wrong, the central entry into master/ study appears intentional like a feature? I tried to get rid of the double corridor and recess in both doors but if a direct access into the study required, a secret hidden door from WIR could be a cool feature lol. Lastly, one of the ways to get passive solar heating for your south facing living areas are skylights. I have shown it above the kitchen island. Its definitely a grand statement but only if budget permits! Just make sure it has blinds for summer. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All the best and good luck with finalizing your plans! JL 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 12891 6 56161 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 25572 |