Do you have a floorplan or diagram for us to look at? You could use an app like Planit2d (I think its free) if you don't, to create the space. This would definitely help.

Just updated the post after realising the images didnt upload. Hope that helps :)

Definitely move kitchen into dining area and close off family room as lounge/media room, maybe opening from the entry. Ensuite & WIR seems very small, it may be an idea to look at the sunroom as an option to extend into and have larger main bathroom and laundry space. Just keep drawing lots of ideas and one will feel like home.

ouple of extra photos!

Its great that you are thinking ahead in planning for the next 10 to 15 years, good start towards an efficient design.

Like to see where the north point is, for possible rearranging of rooms and energy sufficient "passive solar" design.

I noticed that the bedrooms are quite small, might need a separate study or office area as the children grow? (a couple of dimensions length and width of one of the bedrooms might help in setting up a drawing on a cad program.)

Depending on your lifestyle it seems to me that the position of the kitchen is critical in defining other entertaining and living areas areas.

It does require a number possible design solutions before you will finally get a design that you are happy with - it is a lot simpler to move walls on a drawing than on a building site.

Guys in response to the above comment the north point is to the left of the page. The house is orientated east (front) to west (rear). Yes you are correct some of the bedrooms are small. To give you an idea the three bedrooms on the south side are 3.5m x 2.6m, 3,5m x 3.1m and 4.5m x 3.3m (Master). the sunroom has also been converted into a narrow bedroom and rear study giving us a four bedroom and study arrangement. as you can see the rooms tend to be narrow which limits how you cna arrange them.

Thanks for that info re the rooms and the north point - is it possible for you to post the whole drawing including the bit missing at the bottom of the pic might help with the setup of a complete drawings.

Is your intention to do a design proposal ?

Or just seek design ideas - I ask this because design ideas really don't work well unless you can see them as a whole - that is drawn up.

Then you can compare one with the other and maybe get ideas why one is a better proposal than the other, then you can perhaps incorporate such designs in a final proposal.

Like to hear your opinion - how you would like to proceed.

I'd open it all up like others have suggested .Get rid of the entry walls into the living room as well..

alternative to robbing sunroom for bigger bathroom is to move back door swap laundry and bathroom around.

Here's the full plan. The bottom bit of the property is the second prpoerty on the block whihc was built 2002/3 when the the block was subdivided. We are adjoined at our sunroom and their garage.

We are at the momoent trying to get some ideas in order to to be able ot naroow it down to a preferred option to to get drawn up and see what room sizes come out before tinkering if need be.

Thanks for showing the whole plan, this way we can see the relationship to the whole block and some of the adjoining properties, helps to get a better understanding of the whole thing.

Some areas that I would look at are:

1. Possibly bringing the front entry closer to the front, possibly making use of the dining area. This would allow you to develop a garden lookout and fence of the neighbors driveway - if its not already fenced. It would also identify your entry more to the front next to the carport.

2. Using the existing entry as an open area as part of Lounge/dining/family, also removing bedroom 3 and making it part of the living area.

3. Turning the sun-room into a good bedroom (bed 3), having the space to improve the bathroom size, maybe combing the existing toilet as part of the bathroom and providing a separate powder room space if need be. As the sun room is pretty long you might also be able to combine a decent walk in robe.

4. The kitchen can then be moved closer to the existing dining area which would become part of the entry. This would give and easy access from the carport to the kitchen and also remove the relationship with the second unit and identify you unit more as a "house" with a front entry.

That's is where I would start the first design discovery, then after three or four revisions it might all be a bit clearer and a lot different than the first design ideas. I It generally takes a bit of "sweat blood and tears" and a bit of money to find a solution that is acceptable to most stakeholders - most of the times its worth it in the long run.

I do think that your approach is the correct one - its cheaper to change drawings that move walls - getting a good design solution is the key.