no privacy between the bedrooms on the first floor you'd hate it..

I'd swap bedroom 2 and the bathroom over that way at least the rooms are all separated..

can you pop the bedrooms 2 and 3 with bathroom in the middle down 1 side of the hall way? then on the other side the master suite ?

I don't think it's making the most of the sun. Do you have hot summers where you live? Your NNW facing windows at the base of the T have no eaves, your future deck will get nothing but full afternoon sun, as will the back windows of your dining and living areas. I'd look at making it more of an L shape, and shifting the lounge/dining/kitchen to run towards the garage facing the pool with an entry closer to the front. Or even a triangle shape with the hypotenuse facing north.

Try and get a bathroom closer to the pool with it's own entrance, so you don't have soggy children running through the house dripping.

Put a porch over the entry gate (unless you're not planning to lock it), or your guests will get wet in the rain waiting for you to buzz them in.

Firstly, thank you all so much for your thoughts.

Will answer in turn.

Vy... That is definitely something I had considered too. Given that our current apartment master bedroom is next to the nursery and we wish now that there was some separation. Will definitely ask the designer if they can move things around at all. The reason the master is at the end (or far right when looking at the plans), is that the views to the right (or North West) is a key feature as it overlooks a lake. This was the primary reason for the L (or T) shaped house. Hopefully the designer can move around the rooms to add some privacy but keep the master at the end.

Daryl... Firstly, your plans are great. I am building within a few km's of you too. What a great place to live :)

That's a great idea with the removal of a hallway and have the spare room accessible from the breezeway and through the bathroom. It could definitely save us some room. Also this could allow me to make the office slightly larger too, so it could be considered an extra bedroom for resale value. The only problem I can think of is that if someone wanted to access the bathroom from inside, they would need to come through the office. My office is always a bit of a personal space (pretty messy for guests to walk through), and if I'm working in there I wouldnt want to be interrupted. I guess people could just go outside and walk around. Will run it past the designer anyway.

I also agree with the entry gate. This was something we definitely wanted to change as it looks a bit awkward and not quite fitting with the angled roof etc. Will see what other options they come up with. With the fence planned where the (current) gatehouse is, do you envisage the fence just hitting a right angle there and then running along the decking to that further set back entryway you suggested?

Kjs.. Reasonably hot summers in Northern NSW. The back deck probably wont get used too much. The deck facing the pool/North will be the primarily used deck. The views out the back are just quite nice (looks out on to bushland) and this is where the kids play area will be, so thats why we wanted windows looking out that way.

I can't quite picture what you mean with the moving to an L Shape to avoid the sun. Have you seen a similar design somewhere you could link? Would be great to look at some different options.

Great suggestions re the pool/bathroom connection. Perhaps with Daryls suggestion for the bathroom being linked to outside (with two way doors inside) this will be achievable.

Cover over entry gate if the entry gate stays is also a great idea.

Some excellent suggestions guys. Keep them coming!

Cheers

the reason I suggested it is because our bedroom backs on to our 20 years old..at night she can't play music talk to her friends as we can't sleep and we can't be too loud when intimate as she will hear..it's awful no privacy ..

I did tell the builder to insulate good guess it didn't help that much ..

my next step is to put another wall in and insulate it again..

we are in an apartment so we are pretty stuck no room to move

we had the option of her BIR backing on to our wall..I should have taken that option rather than it backing on to the laundry

Hi

I was thinking of running the fence straight out from the walkway, which would make your front yard bigger. the fence could be a solid wall at the end of the pool. A gate would be on the breezeway between the garage and the fence/wall. Our entry gate is at the end of a similar walkway, next to the garage.

how about swapping the Master Bedroom with the guest room, the upstairs bedrooms are all too close. Existing Master could possibly be improved by swapping the ensuite, (ensuite's don't need to be big) with the walk in robe and have wall of wardrobe. Bedrooms 2 & 3 could be sound proofed by using the wall between them for single wall wardrobes. But for me the Master down stairs would work much better, the existing master could be guest come rumpus. The entrance is great as long as it is big enough to give visitors shelter while they ring the bell! Other than that your house looks great.