Browse Forums Building A New House Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 7May 05, 2009 5:28 pm I don't get the WIR. The shelf and rail looks like it will go straight across the window. ![]() I'd sacrifice a bit of space in bedroom 3 and extend the hallway past it to bedroom 2. Forget about access to bedroom 2 from the front entry way, make the master bed have double doors off the main hallway and extend it right back in line with the kitchen and ensuite wall. The master would then have a retreat and be big enough to have a cot etc when the time comes. Bed 2 is pretty unworkable as a bedroom as it is because it's too far to the main bathroom and the hallway to it as it is on the plan is just wasted space. Quick and crappy edit job to show what I mean. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 8May 05, 2009 5:41 pm Hi digijagan, Welcome to the forum and to building in Forde, there are a few of us on here. I think your plan looks pretty good and you will gets lots of natural light through the house, when do you think you will get started? Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 9May 05, 2009 6:19 pm Hi Elli, I’m glad you liked it ![]() ![]() Hi Joles, I appreciate your effort in editing the floor plan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hi Kate/Paul, It’s really great to hear from my neighbour ![]() ![]() ![]() Cheers, Jag Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 10May 05, 2009 7:34 pm I'd swap your WIR and Ensuite too - you probably don't want a shower backing on to Bed 2, especially if you are going to put a baby in there one day! I'd also, as Jo suggested, open up Bed 2 the other way... ![]() Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 11May 05, 2009 8:24 pm Oh I see, Forde. I was thinking of the lanes closer to the town centre. I like Joles idea, it makes all the bedrooms proper bedrooms with easy access to the bathroom, and the master bedroom is big enough for a cot. It increases versatility, although your original segregated master-and-study/nursery idea has merit too. My concern about the window in the WIW, apart from reducing storage, is the possibility of condensation. If the window was just there for aesthetics and you swap the WIW and en suite then you'll need to give some thought to privacy. Good point by havingfun about not having it adjacent to another bedroom. Have you thought about where you will put things, especially large things like vacuum cleaner and suitcases, once the bedroom cupboards are needed for kids clothes? Could you push the family room further north, without compromising solar access, and put a long linen cupboard along the bedroom hallway? Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 12May 05, 2009 8:49 pm Takeing up where others left off, yes I would swap WIR and ensuite- at present toilet and shower back onto wall of next bedroom, ok if you have a BIR along that wall but otherwise rather noisy ![]() Then I would make ensuite front window be at the side of room (either over the vanity or re-configure room) - more private than at front. I know this would change your front elevation somewhat but I dont think this would matter. Then dont have a window in WIR at all, I dont think they need one anyway. Re double vanities, there is no point in them IMO unless the vanity bench is wider - not enough room for 2 people to use at same time anyway ![]() ![]() B2 is better as a bedroom if moved as shown by other posters but if you want a home office or study away from kids bedrooms it is better in original spot. People often like home offices near the front so clients aren't going into main part of the house. I have an idea for storage - make the laundry come out wider - ie up to window of family room and then you can have built in cupboards on laundry wall which backs onto B4, hope that makes sense (I am too lazy to edit the plan ![]() ![]() Re: NEW HOME - YOUR SUGGESTIONS PLEASE... 13May 06, 2009 9:37 am Hi Havingfun, Thank you for your suggestions. I’m more inclined towards having bed-2 open on the other side. Hi Macy, What do you think is a good size for nursery? If I have a nursery there, won’t I need a bathroom near by nursery? ![]() ![]() Hi Helyn, I just downloaded 3d home architect tool at home to sketch all of your views and see how it would come. Will keep you posted on updated sketch plan. Regarding double vanity, what length would you recommend? ![]() Cheers, Jag Hi, Looking to add an ensuite to one of the bedrooms and make it a Master BR. Please see the attached current floorplan. Need suggestions on what's the best way to do… 0 7633 ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 16193 Suggestions please for acrylic rendering Color to match austral brick urban one pepper. Pic for reference. Thanks 0 5547 |