Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 8Aug 03, 2008 9:48 am Hi bel, wow you wont know yourself with all that space!!!
Could I make a suggestion? Pretty please?? Because I cant help myself?? Your broom and linen cupboard open up into wasted space - make that whole area your laundry, you will gain more from it. Put the door at the entrance where the broom cupboard is. Paula Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 9Aug 03, 2008 10:03 am Hi Paula, great idea with 3 kids I need room to wash!
...let me pick your brain a bit more...would you still keep the broom and linen cupboard there, just move the door and use the laundry tiles to the edge??? I like the idea of the 'built in' cupboards to put the cr@p we have away...and I also wanted all shoes to be left in this space so as we walk in and out of the garage the shoes are on/off straight away. I think you guys call this a mud room...obviously I don't have the room for one but like the principle of it, so tried to adapt to my plan. The other thing I wanted to do is build in a bench space in the laundry but the builder told me I do that at colors... Help!!! Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 10Aug 03, 2008 10:11 am Did we warn you that we will make umpteen comments/suggestions once your floor plan is up here??
oops, forgot to mention that Anyway my comment is also about your laundry; I notice it does not have an external wall, therefore no window giveing natural light or ventilation. Is this unusual? Do you just have to have exhaust fan going when you have the washing machine on or some form of external venting? This may be more common in designs than I think and not a problem but I haven't seen it before. Also where is your clothesline and how will you get your washing outside to hang up on clothesline? Will you take it thru the garage to the side wall or thru the family room to the back? Or do you use a dryer all the time, so not an issue? (you'll really need good ventilation if so, or condensation will build up in laundry ++.) Hope you don't mind all these questions You do have a very spacious design and I love the way all the bedrooms are together but no adjoining walls,each one separated by bathrooms and/or retreats, that is unusual and very cleverly done. Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 11Aug 03, 2008 10:18 am Hi, welcome to the forum, I was building with Westminster but have had some problems so am in the process of pulling out.
Before this disagreement I did find them really helpful though, and our coordinator is great. You're right about the site costs! Our house was also very cheap base, stacks of site costs etc, but if you don't add too many extras then you can get a well priced home with them. If I was you I think I would put the laundry at the back of the garage, so that it has a window, external door etc. So somewhere near the bottom of the stairs. Then you could use the space where the laundry currently is as a real mud room. Paula if she turns that whole area into laundry then guests will have to go through the laundry to get to the powder (or through the study). That shower looks a bit tough to get in to, I wouldn't have thought that it would work, but if it does then fair enough. Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 12Aug 03, 2008 10:22 am Hi Helyn, yeh the laundry was the sticking point all along, but I did get over the fact I don't have external access. The block we have is wide and upsloping, so to cut down on site costs I wanted a design to go across the width of the block and not too deep. These plans don't really exist in Sydney, so with this plan I moved the garage from the front to the side, then moved the rumpus from the back, behind the garage.
Back to the laundry... Anyway my comment is also about your laundry; I notice it does not have an external wall, therefore no window giveing natural light or ventilation. Is this unusual? Yeh, it is probably unusual, but short of reconfiguring the whole plan (think limited funds)...didn't know what else to do. Do you just have to have exhaust fan going when you have the washing machine on or some form of external venting? This may be more common in designs than I think and not a problem but I haven't seen it before. Yep have an external ducted exhaust fan in the laundry Also where is your clothesline and how will you get your washing outside to hang up on clothesline? Will you take it thru the garage to the side wall or thru the family room to the back? Or do you use a dryer all the time, so not an issue? (you'll really need good ventilation if so, or condensation will build up in laundry ++.) To get our Basix certificate we need an indoor and external clothesline. Will prob take through the house, but do have the option thur garage as have a door to external. Clothesline will be...ummmm still don't know! (asked the landscape lady as she didn't put on plan....) Helyn, any thoughts on Paula's suggestion??? V excited about having space and not having to look at kids toys!!! Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 13Aug 03, 2008 10:25 am welcome!
which council do you have do deal with? I've heard Kogarah can be terrible (which covers Oatley) - St George isn't too bad. I grew up in Lugarno - but we've moved west for more land After 4 years - we're in! Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 14Aug 03, 2008 10:30 am Rachelle, do you mean the shower in the ensuite?
That problem (if it is one ) could be solved by haveing the screen open diagonally across the corner so it opens into the centre space of the room rather than at the toilet or door side. Do you know what I mean? Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 15Aug 03, 2008 10:31 am Hi Rachelle, Thanks for the welcome and your thoughts. Sorry to hear about your probs with Westminster. Do you have a thread where I can read about your probs with them (I am gettng a little nervous now...)???
Great thought about getting into powder room, didn't see that Thanks... yeh the shower is tight, but we added it in to make the downstairs study a guest room if needed, and thought for resale down the track (long long long down the track), it could be a good point for families with MIL etc. I am thinking the floorplan post was a bad idea but do welcome comments as I have looked at it for sooo long I do like fresh eyes to cast their thoughts over it. Bel P.S. If I'm now indecisive about the floorplan wait til I get to internal colors, lets not go there yet Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 16Aug 03, 2008 10:33 am Helyn Anyway my comment is also about your laundry; I notice it does not have an external wall, therefore no window giveing natural light or ventilation. Do you just have to have exhaust fan going when you have the washing machine on or some form of external venting? A solution could be to duct the dryer exhaust through the garage roof to the outside as there is no "upstairs" about the garage. So you could run a duct through the wall to the right, up and then through the garage roof. Similarly you could get some "natural" light in with a SolaTube in the same way. Rachelle - to my eye the downstairs shower, toilet seems to be part of the study as that's the only access into although there may be something on the wall at the "top" of that room (bit hard to read drawing). Looks like a home office, in which case I think Paula's onto something in redefining the boundaries of the laundry. If the study is not a standalone home office I'd skip the direct access to the toilet, wall space is paramount in a study.....the less doors the better. mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 17Aug 03, 2008 10:36 am Southies - love Jasper, had it in the old place!
Hey stonecutter thanks for the welcome- yep its Oatley and Kogarah council side- how did you know?? The site we have is a pretty good size for Syd, 680m2 without handle... Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 19Aug 03, 2008 10:41 am Hey TDL,
The downstairs bathroom has a cavity slider from the laundry/broom/linen side as well as access from study. I do work from home but don't see clients. The thought was to be able to set the study up as a guest room if needed and they have access direct to bathroom without going around the world. I have added/deleted this door about a thousand times..... Keep the comments coming..... Bel Still not in. Don't ask!? Re: Bel's new house - Roof - tick 20Aug 03, 2008 1:05 pm bel Southies - love Jasper, had it in the old place! Hey stonecutter thanks for the welcome- yep its Oatley and Kogarah council side- how did you know?? The site we have is a pretty good size for Syd, 680m2 without handle... Hey there Bel, we'll be able to cooee to each other across the river, seeing that we're right opposite Oatley. Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Yes well there solution is to blame everyone else while I a 65yr old woman with major medical problems have to just continue to boil water and wash myself in a bucket… 2 12397 If you make sure all taps inside and out are turned off, what does the water meter show if you leave it for a while. 2 16159 13 4647 |