Help with floor layout for a narrow house
Charlie L
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Comments (3)depending on the ages of the kids, as they get older, own rooms become very important. Especially when friends are over. It seems a waste to have a bedroom as an office AND a sep media room . Working from a laptop means you can basically move anywhere in the house. I get that some people prefer a large screen, though I would not think that would warrant 2 kids having to share a room. I like the overall layout and agree the bedrooms look a little on the small side. I would consider dropping the media room for larger bedrooms. As the kids get older, they tend to watch most TV and movies on their laptop or tablets and it's rarely together. You guys may be different though....See MoreHouse layout help!!!
Comments (11)realising that you don't own the house and may not have all this info but, is the house floor concrete or timber framed? the present location of all windows and doors is useful as moving windows is very expensive and to be avoided where possible, even if you plan to replace the windows and a site plan showing (approx) distance to all boundaries, any good views and the driveway and carport would also help with location of outdoor areas, sliding doors and windows...See MoreHelp required with plan for custom design home layout
Comments (38)It seems (the design/layout) of the building form is progressively getting bitsy and tight ( like in a typical volume build plan) in the main living/kitchen/dining/alfresco area rather than being elegantly resolved with the flexibility potential layout usually exemplified in a custom home .......what is going through my mind is what exactly is the function of the external space to the west which is not at all connected with the internal.....I'd be considering configuring the ground floor better to maximise/exploit the northern aspect...It would simplify the whole thing, be more efficient and less block-like with building chunks cut-out/doglegged just to suit a table or whatever..........It's like the requirements are being somewhat forced within a particular set building shape rather than designing it so it all flows more naturally/balanced and is more elegantly linked and maximises the available land/space/aspect...form (should!) follow(s) function.........may I also comment that perhaps some care/caution/discretion should be taken when uploading documents clearly associated with a particular designer on forums (for public critique/comment!) ;)...See MoreHelp with our difficult house layout / extension
Comments (18)I am so sorry to everyone my notifications for these were going to by junk mail so I had no idea anyone else had responded! Wow, I am so grateful for all of your ideas and input! @User Thank you for all of your ideas, they will be considered and lots we had not thought about @oklouise Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort to draw up our house. I am so sorry I did not get to answer your questions in time. The block is flat. Two small steps up to the house (it is not very high off the ground - a person would not fit under the house - a strange 1950s design?) weatherboard with hardwood floorboards throughout. The back laundry is a step down to it - it is almost like an outhouse - which then leads to another step down to outside. This will all need to be levelled. Terracotta roof tiles. I can try to get measurements of the boundaries for you. We had never considered building out that way and loved your design! I guess we stayed on the other side as that is where the kitchen / laundry are now! We have a budget of around 200K. Not sure what you have drawn up would cost! We have been busy sketching up some ideas before seeing this which I will share. We really want to be able to have a big open plan kitchen / living / deck for entertaining. That is important to us as we love having friends over for BBQs. Also really need that extra bathroom! Our drawings are super rough. But as you can see we have changed the sun room into main master - middle living ensuite / walk in robe - We even thought one side of this could be made into a study nook accessed in dining area? On the back right up to and connected to the garage the living area with open plan and large opening doors onto deck. Just figuring out best place for butlers pantry / laundry? This is the type of back we are hoping to achieve (one level) Even if I don't hear from you again thank you SO much - all have contributed to helping us finalise this and envision our plan!...See MoreCharlie L
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