Appreciate help with layout of liveable shed
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Comments (47)Yarnos I agree with Natasha. Your existing architect will have (well, should have after working on your existing design) an intimate understanding of your site, soil conditions and implications of levels on your design. He/She are in the best position (given his/her understanding of your brief and constraints) to illustrate to you how a design solution such as this can work. No one on this forum is currently in a better position than your architect to explain this to you and outline the affordability of it as an option, based on your site, your brief and your budget. You can visualise this concept by letting your architect demonstrate it for you. If they are not demonstrating it, then you have the wrong architect I'm afraid. And if you are not empowering them to use their expertise and provide design solutions for you, then you either need to get another architect, or be a better client. Architects and designers - the good ones - are creative problem solvers. They are design detectives in the art of living well. They spend their entire professional and personal lives and time studying how people live, and how to create environments (and homes) for them to support them living better - more functionally, flexibly, beautifully. The talent of a good architect/designer is invaluable in elevating your lifestyle ... of taking the 30 year mortgage you're about to wage on this bet of building a home, of taking this massive investment, and turning it into a physical building that is your heaven and haven, your place of sanctuary and inspiration. They expand your vision, interpreting both what you say, and what you don't, into a result that is beyond your imagining. That's why you hire them - because you can't do what they can, and you need them to bring your dreams into life in a way that's better than you could have ever anticipated or created yourself. As a client, you have a responsibility to brief them well, trust them to do their job, be open to their ideas, and be guided by their expertise. The not so good architects and designers are simply drawers and documenters. They 'convert' your brief, your expressed wishes and shopping list into a floor plan that fits, and can be built, but that's simply it. It's a house, not a home. It functionally will do the job, but it never reaches its full potential. And so your life in it never reaches its full potential. You unwittingly compromise, never truly aware of how different, how much better, things could have been. The catch is, you've made a massive investment, and created something that will outlast you and become someone else's home too. So the impact is generational. Your responsibility as a client to these architects and designers is to understand the difference, and ideally not work with them - not unless you can show design leadership yourself. Work out which one your architect is and make a decision. Trust them to do the job properly for you (and give them the ability to do it), or walk away and find someone else. Regards Amelia Lee Undercover Architect www.undercoverarchitect.com amelia@undercoverarchitect.com...See MoreWould love some feedback on these kitchen layouts
Comments (58)Thank you siriuskey :) The location is metro Adelaide so very hot summers and cool winters. Plans are for timber frame wall and roof construction, rendered hebel panels for all external walls and colourbond custom orb roofing. Party wall construction with 25mm gyprock shaft liner panels. Laminate timber flooring for living areas, carpet to bedrooms, tiles to wet areas, stone bench tops. Exposed aggregate concrete driveway & front footpath, grey concrete/paving to side path & pergola area. The market for these homes is predominantly downsizers, first home buyers and possibly single/separated parents with young children who do not want a large block of land. Basically nicely completed traditional/modern homes with above average finishes but not too high end....See MoreLayout dilemma
Comments (81)Thank you differentways I have been astounded how generous you (and OKL and Kate) have been with your time and energy drawing these things up for a stranger. I am happy with the big bedroom windows and don’t have privacy concerns because the house will be well set back from a very quiet road with very little foot traffic, we will establish greenery, especially up closer to the road, and we will have good window treatments for night and getting changed etc and if someone catches a glimpse into an empty bedroom as they drive by during the day, well that won’t be too exciting for them or me - they won’t glimpse a Monet on the wall that they would be enticed to steal! Might still prefer the laundry under the stairs, but this does show an option. The porch/ entrance area is a generous (maybe too generous, esp with view/ sitting area as well), but could easily be trimmed up to suit. Thanks again for doing some elevations to give a rough idea what it could look like, including providing one in a light palate to compare to the darker palate given earlier....See MoreFloor plan help and feedback
Comments (32)Hi and thank you to everyone who has responded and given your thoughts and suggestions Apologies for delayed reply just a busy time, I so appreciate the input. Today's version is an attempt to incorporate all of the above! Its still very much a work in progress, trying to stay close to the original plan and staying within the size limitation of around 300 square metres for house/garage including the eaves and a 6metre shed and of course budget. Changes I have adopted from the many wise suggestions are the increase in size in beds 2/3/4 to 3x4 metres- I would go to 3.5 x 4 m if size limits allow. The family bathroom layout changes once again as per oklouise, not sure which way I prefer in the orientation, but love that layout. Have pulled back the kitchen bump out and placed the sink on the north facing benchtop, would reinstate the bump out if size allows but probably would still keep sink on north side as I agree it feels too cramped otherwise. Bed 1 still playing around there but still hoping to fit the bed in front of robe with 2 entries into the robe. I don't think I'll achieve a gold standard for the ensuite bathrooms, will just make sure they are roomy enough for grab rails and a shower chair with step free entry( Bed 5 ensuite) and a built in sitting ledge in B1 ensuite with step free entry. The diagonal cut in the activity room is to lessen the impact of the dogleg and will likely end up with the TV mounted on it. Still playing around with where the external wall for B5 and activity will sit. Think I prefer the garage entry through the laundry as suggested in feedback plan. I'd like to acknowledge and thank oklouise, Kate, kbodman14, siriuskey, dreamer and bigreader for your time and feedback looking forward to your thoughts on this version! (High Quality: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJlthh7oa8owuqp33CvUU2uwv3G9s7Dn/view?usp=sharing)...See MoreKate
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