Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Aug 24, 2021 9:54 am My partner and I have found a house in a great area.The existing dwelling has been extended previously so we think we could reconfigure the rooms rather than extending. After advice from the experts. Current floor plan: Issues: -Kitchen/dining/living area is too small. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Proposed floor plan (very rough, hence why I'm on this website). Changes: -Turn kitchen into 2nd lounge/kids play room. -Turn existing living/dining into main bedroom and ensuite. -Front sliding doors become windows, create an entry into existing foyer. Create hallway. -Turn back lounge/main/ensuite into open living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Issues: -Is the 2nd lounge too narrow? -Is the main bedroom to small? -Is the area out the back too small for open living (main issue being only 2.6m on the left of the entry). -Is the whole exercise a bit ambitious and costly? Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 2Aug 24, 2021 8:09 pm dannyboy92 My partner and I have found a house in a great area.The existing dwelling has been extended previously so we think we could reconfigure the rooms rather than extending. After advice from the experts. Current floor plan: Issues: -Kitchen/dining/living area is too small. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Proposed floor plan (very rough, hence why I'm on this website). Changes: -Turn kitchen into 2nd lounge/kids play room. -Turn existing living/dining into main bedroom and ensuite. -Front sliding doors become windows, create an entry into existing foyer. Create hallway. -Turn back lounge/main/ensuite into open living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Issues: -Is the 2nd lounge too narrow? -Is the main bedroom to small? -Is the area out the back too small for open living (main issue being only 2.6m on the left of the entry). -Is the whole exercise a bit ambitious and costly? do you already own the house and have access to confirm all the measurements? some of the sizes are inconsistant..eg if the old living area is 6.3 m long then subtracting at least 1m for new hall plus 1.6 for wiw plus wall thickness would allow about 3.5m not 5.2m for the new master bedroom?? and what are all the walls, floors and roofs built out of? before planning to remove all the internal walls for the new kitchen family living area are any of those walls load bearing and how many bedrooms to you need/want.. potentially one of the smaller bedrooms could be a kids lounge and the old kitchen could make more psace for ens and wiw with a better access hallway direct to the new living areas? Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 3Aug 25, 2021 8:55 am oklouise dannyboy92 My partner and I have found a house in a great area.The existing dwelling has been extended previously so we think we could reconfigure the rooms rather than extending. After advice from the experts. Current floor plan: Issues: -Kitchen/dining/living area is too small. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Proposed floor plan (very rough, hence why I'm on this website). Changes: -Turn kitchen into 2nd lounge/kids play room. -Turn existing living/dining into main bedroom and ensuite. -Front sliding doors become windows, create an entry into existing foyer. Create hallway. -Turn back lounge/main/ensuite into open living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Issues: -Is the 2nd lounge too narrow? -Is the main bedroom to small? -Is the area out the back too small for open living (main issue being only 2.6m on the left of the entry). -Is the whole exercise a bit ambitious and costly? do you already own the house and have access to confirm all the measurements? some of the sizes are inconsistant..eg if the old living area is 6.3 m long then subtracting at least 1m for new hall plus 1.6 for wiw plus wall thickness would allow about 3.5m not 5.2m for the new master bedroom?? and what are all the walls, floors and roofs built out of? before planning to remove all the internal walls for the new kitchen family living area are any of those walls load bearing and how many bedrooms to you need/want.. potentially one of the smaller bedrooms could be a kids lounge and the old kitchen could make more psace for ens and wiw with a better access hallway direct to the new living areas? No looking to purchase. Sorry the master would be 3.5 rather than 5.2m. Yep we could make it a 3 bedroom house. Would the open living area even work though, I just realised theres only 2.6m on the left of the entry for a kitchen, probably not enough. Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 4Aug 25, 2021 9:08 am dannyboy92 oklouise dannyboy92 My partner and I have found a house in a great area.The existing dwelling has been extended previously so we think we could reconfigure the rooms rather than extending. After advice from the experts. Current floor plan: Issues: -Kitchen/dining/living area is too small. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Proposed floor plan (very rough, hence why I'm on this website). Changes: -Turn kitchen into 2nd lounge/kids play room. -Turn existing living/dining into main bedroom and ensuite. -Front sliding doors become windows, create an entry into existing foyer. Create hallway. -Turn back lounge/main/ensuite into open living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Issues: -Is the 2nd lounge too narrow? -Is the main bedroom to small? -Is the area out the back too small for open living (main issue being only 2.6m on the left of the entry). -Is the whole exercise a bit ambitious and costly? do you already own the house and have access to confirm all the measurements? some of the sizes are inconsistant..eg if the old living area is 6.3 m long then subtracting at least 1m for new hall plus 1.6 for wiw plus wall thickness would allow about 3.5m not 5.2m for the new master bedroom?? and what are all the walls, floors and roofs built out of? before planning to remove all the internal walls for the new kitchen family living area are any of those walls load bearing and how many bedrooms to you need/want.. potentially one of the smaller bedrooms could be a kids lounge and the old kitchen could make more psace for ens and wiw with a better access hallway direct to the new living areas? No looking to purchase. Sorry the master would be 3.5 rather than 5.2m. Yep we could make it a 3 bedroom house. Would the open living area even work though, I just realised theres only 2.6m on the left of the entry for a kitchen, probably not enough. a better central hallway would create easier flow through the house and add some potential extra space for bathroom and laundry, original master bedroom becomes lounge guest bedroom and kitchen (with window or skylight) becomes small 4th bedroom or study, using the existing ens for pantry with sink, and parts of the existing master bedroom wall Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ to retain structural support there is a good sized kitchen, pantry dining and family.. ....rough plans so far if you want to consider extra options Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 5Aug 25, 2021 3:40 pm oklouise dannyboy92 oklouise [quote="dannyboy92"]My partner and I have found a house in a great area.The existing dwelling has been extended previously so we think we could reconfigure the rooms rather than extending. After advice from the experts. Current floor plan: Issues: -Kitchen/dining/living area is too small. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Proposed floor plan (very rough, hence why I'm on this website). Changes: -Turn kitchen into 2nd lounge/kids play room. -Turn existing living/dining into main bedroom and ensuite. -Front sliding doors become windows, create an entry into existing foyer. Create hallway. -Turn back lounge/main/ensuite into open living area. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Issues: -Is the 2nd lounge too narrow? -Is the main bedroom to small? -Is the area out the back too small for open living (main issue being only 2.6m on the left of the entry). -Is the whole exercise a bit ambitious and costly? do you already own the house and have access to confirm all the measurements? some of the sizes are inconsistant..eg if the old living area is 6.3 m long then subtracting at least 1m for new hall plus 1.6 for wiw plus wall thickness would allow about 3.5m not 5.2m for the new master bedroom?? and what are all the walls, floors and roofs built out of? before planning to remove all the internal walls for the new kitchen family living area are any of those walls load bearing and how many bedrooms to you need/want.. potentially one of the smaller bedrooms could be a kids lounge and the old kitchen could make more psace for ens and wiw with a better access hallway direct to the new living areas? No looking to purchase. Sorry the master would be 3.5 rather than 5.2m. Yep we could make it a 3 bedroom house. Would the open living area even work though, I just realised theres only 2.6m on the left of the entry for a kitchen, probably not enough. a better central hallway would create easier flow through the house and add some potential extra space for bathroom and laundry, original master bedroom becomes lounge guest bedroom and kitchen (with window or skylight) becomes small 4th bedroom or study, using the existing ens for pantry with sink, and parts of the existing master bedroom wall Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ to retain structural support there is a good sized kitchen, pantry dining and family.. ....rough plans so far if you want to consider extra options[/quote]Nice work, once again oklouise Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 6Aug 26, 2021 8:36 am This is brilliant! Thank you. Do you think there is enough room for the dinner table without being right in the way of the door entrance. Or could you put the dining table in between the kitchen and lounge? Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 7Aug 26, 2021 8:39 am What would you suggest with the extra bathroom and laundry length? Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 8Aug 26, 2021 11:11 am dannyboy92 This is brilliant! Thank you. Do you think there is enough room for the dinner table without being right in the way of the door entrance. Or could you put the dining table in between the kitchen and lounge? depends on the exact size of the rooms and size and placement of all the furniture...i always place scale sized furniture to see if there is at least 1m of walking space across each room.. keeping in mind that for family occasions you might not needs so much space and for special occasions you can rearrange to suit bigger numbers and/or drag the dining table out to the alfresco that appears to be an enclosed space and, as the new sliding doors is not the only way in and out of the house it's probably ok as there are alternate entries...these real estate plans are rarely precise and risky to make fine details decision based only on them but there seems to be enough space to have 4 bedrooms, plus media lounge, plus open plan kitchen family dining room with a big pantry and, depending on how much you want to spend, the extra space from the old hallway can juts be used for storage or long term you could rearrange the bathroom laundry ..but i'm reluctant to be specific without confirmed measurements but, for a great location i would be more likely to compromise and if it were my house i might use the old pantry as a laundry and convert old laundry and bathroom to a better bathroom and consider an alternate location for the kitchen but we need more information ..please describe the local climate, where's north, what is the width and length of the block, a rough distance from the back of the house to the rear and side boundaries and could you post a Google earth view of the roof and some photos of the front of the house and the alfresco area would be useful Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 9Aug 26, 2021 2:18 pm How do I get exact measurements when I cant inspect due to lockdown? Its in Geelong, same climate as Melbourne. House faces West, backyard faces East. Here is the listing which has photos: https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-hamlyn+heights-137056202 Block is 17.4m x 36.5m. I cant view the property at the moment so cant give more info, but Im worried it will sell to private offers. Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 10Aug 26, 2021 5:18 pm dannyboy92 How do I get exact measurements when I cant inspect due to lockdown? Its in Geelong, same climate as Melbourne. House faces West, backyard faces East. Here is the listing which has photos: https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-hamlyn+heights-137056202 Block is 17.4m x 36.5m. I cant view the property at the moment so cant give more info, but Im worried it will sell to private offers. if you love the area and can get it for a good price it looks like it would be ok to live in while you renovate in stages and it has a good sized block with room to extend if that proves more cost effective...single clad walls are much easier to alter than brick and nice simple roof.. are there any other changes you would like to consider and i can test some ideas for you with the dimensions you already have Re: Floor Plan Reconfiguration- Advice Needed 11Aug 27, 2021 8:10 am While it is a large block it looks like the back part has already been extended. I don't know if there is much scope for further extension without losing the backyard. The garage is poorly positioned. It would have a much larger backyard if there was no carport but just the garage next to the house. I'm still not sure whether its worth the time and effort for what I would do, whether I would be making too many compromises. 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 26437 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 14283 6 57610 |