General, unprofessional comments: - Is there a need for the "living" to be fully enclosed? If there is a sliding door which separates the "family" from the hallway, it's not clear to me why the living needs to be an enclosed space. If it was opened up, the hallway wouldn't feel as long and narrow. - I would reconsider the double doors into the main bedroom. Unless that's a design feature you really love. - Is 5.7m wide enough for a double garage? Is there a reason for the small "room" in the back, right corner of the garage? - Do you want to always be entering your house through the pantry from the garage? Or is the pantry actually some kind of mud room for storing shoes, bags, etc? - I would try to have a separate toilet in the ensuite for visual and aural privacy. - Do you need the wall with the fridge to be a wall? Could you move the fridge and simply return the bench or have a half-height wall? That may also help to open up the hallway. - What will be on the wall between the family and the second hallway and between the family and bed 4? Whatever is there will be viewed from the front door. It looks like your TV, etc will need to go on one of those walls, so you may want to think about the view from the front door. - I would try to get rid of the linen cupboard in the second hallway so you don't have a "S" shaped hallway and to make it wider. - Depending upon the total existing or planned number of occupants, you may wish to consider turning the main bathroom into a three way bathroom, perhaps by pinching some space from the laundry. - I would consider adding second windows in beds 3 and 4, although the additional window in bed 4 should be high enough to retain privacy from the alfresco area. - I would try to reposition the door to bed 3 and maybe the BIR in bed 3. The angled door looks really out of place and I'm not sure how it would function when "open". Good luck!

I have found that some councils have the original plans and some don't. Its always a good thing to keep and add it your deeds as is any further alterations and additions made. Even paint colours and the like. However the original plans may not show any structural details. This is of little consequence anyway as builders knock out structural walls and the like fairly regularly. Sometimes engineering advise isn't even needed. Your house may even have a truss roof where the external walls are the structural components and the internal walls are non structural. Even when I do get the original plans of a dwelling I'm doing work on I will still measure the house up. Who knows what may have been changed during construction... Have a local designer/architect/draftsman have a look at the potential of a dwelling as they'll should have a solid knowledge of local council and state legislation, building codes, etc.. They can also advise of structural details as well.

siriuskey, Yes, the courtyard is open to the sky (no roof over it), I assume this is what you mean by double story. Ref. below photos, I would love to get this look, especially the first and last photo, where you can see family living space from the first floor. I can't achieve this in my plan as it eats a lot of floor space upstairs. The referred plan (photos) has a very big void combining staircase, hallway and dining area. I know it is not easy with cooling and heating when you have such a big void. So, I explored a few ideas (with my limited knowledge on this topic) before achieving the current floorplan. I have also thought about, in my current plan, extending the void on the staircase to the dining area (it is more like L shape) but i wasn't sure if that makes any difference. keen to hear your thoughts.

Thank you all for your comments. I have replied to everyone below. oklouise: Thanks a lot for drawing with accurate measures but I was unable to see parameters or measurements clearly in the picture.. House will be mostly east facing as per land details. Something like 80% east and 20% north. Small space is actually fridge. I was unable to reduce the size in my software. So, made it 1.5m x 1.5m. Thought the builders architect will do it. Also, there is a sink in kitchen and in WIP as well. So, I kept 2 single sinks over there to have some space between gas and sink. Thought of having kitchen bench 4-5 m long. Also, Island bench top in centre will not have sink, we thought of keep it plain white bench without sink. I know robes were bigger than usual but I was unsure about the sizes. I want to have as much natural light as possible and want to have nice windows as kitchen splash back. I also had something else in mind. Right now according to my plan or fixed plan by you, it seems that backyard will be on right side. But while typing this, I realised that sun will rise in east, so most morning sunlight will be hitting directly master bedroom and left side of the plan. Is there a suggestion to still have living on right but backyard on left? I want to use garage 6m wall for projector or a big TV. Also, I think I missed dimensions reading somewhere because I thought it is 189m2 and I can add alfresco for 12-13 m2. :( Kate: Thank you for your suggestions. As mentioned above, House will be mostly east facing as per land details. Something like 80% east and 20% north. I want living to be actually bigger. but you are also right about entry door from garage. I need to think about that too now. Kids/Common Bathroom is a 2-way bathroom. It will act has ensuite for corner room at the back plus common for other rooms. That was my thought and to make 2 door, I had to make it congested because we wanted to add a toilet suite to it as well. Extra Room is actually 4th bedroom but couldn't fit it properly with robe, so I thought I will not put a robe in there and will use it as a office. pottsy99: Thank you for your suggestions. My wife is kind of fan of big WIR, hence I made it large one for her. So, that she can have massive wardrobes with lots of storage and also a makeup table. And, to align everything, I kept ensuite bigger because I like bigger shower space plus wanted to fit a double vanity in there. But Yeah, if space can be used for something else, I can check with builder as well or if anyone can provide suggestions over here. Dining and lounge - I wanted massive, so just kept a photo from the software. But my design size was approx. 6m x 7m. So, I thought, it will look huge and can fit big sofas in front of TV and behind sofas a dining table, so while eating , we can watch tv. Rear rooms - I was also not happy but couldn't find any other way. But, let me think about it again. dreamer: It's not a prayer room. It's a place for fridge. :P Kate: Didn't thought about storage for automation and security cameras. Need to add that as well. Thanks for reminding.