If you do want to put the doors in where the oven is can you not just flip the L shape? So you have a breakfast bar running between the kitchen and dining? Might make your dining much smaller but you'll have the added eating space at the bench. Alternatively, take out the living room wall (to the hallway), close off the doorway into the kitchen and have a galley style kitchen (that's a much bigger job!). Tricky one! Ask everyone that comes to your house what they think - we did this and although we ended up working it out ourselves it was useful to go through all the wild and crazy ideas everyone had.

Sorry but I would sack the draftsman. He/shes no architect. That roof is a nightmare. I try and think about the function of each room and how you would live in it. The entrance is like a cricket pitch but no where to put the bat and ball when you are finished. You come in from the garage or entry door and you are in the middle of nowhere.. Where you going to put you shoes and jacket. And if you want to use the toilet or wash your hands went you get home you have a 20m trek through the house.?? Don't like the bedroom 1 right at the front door and the doors are all hung wrong. You are going to be walking around them all day. The ensuite is badly sized. Shower to narrow, toilet too long and no basin. You going to be opening that door with dirty hands. Think about the floor space to dry your self and dress/undress. Cavity sliders are a pain. Like you have to open them almost all the way to get through where an opening door you glide through. With cavities also you mostly have to walk into the corner of a room to get in and out (study and rumpus) where as a normal door it 1/2 a step less. Master bedroom walk-in wardrobe is dumb. Draw it on the ground, work out how your clothes will hang, and see how much room you have left. Same for the bedroom 3 and 4 wardrobes..Dumb. What were you thinking with that pantry.. It like 8 steps in then 8 out again. Pantry should be more square, have a butlers sink in it. Be the food prep area, pots dishes etc out of sight especially in an open plan place. Be light and the food perpetration area be close enough to the door so you can converse with the guests or family other wise you might as well have a maid who is not seen or heard. Bed 3 and 4 are miles away from a bathroom. The toilet is probably OK in size, just needs a bigger door. 720 you are going sideways through it. Bed 2 backs onto the shower and toilet. Which room are you going to put your little kid in. Long way from mum and dad.

Hi Louise, Thank you for replying. My house is in North west of Sydney. The block is flat. The house is split level. There two bedrooms study and bathroom at level1. Inlaws accommodation and garage in the one level under ground level, rest at the ground level. There is a deck at the rear from the family room to the rear garden. I have plans to renovate the whole house but no plans to extend. We have a big front garden but not so big rear garden. We love the dinning area and the family room room at the rear . The front of the house is facing north east. My wife, myself and a 2 month old live in the house. However my parents frequently visit us from overseas and live with us. I also have my sister come visit and stay with us some times. The bath room and the kitchen on the ground floor is facing east and the bathroom and toilet upstairs is facing west. There is no bathroom in the inlaws accommodation. Inlaws accommodation is used for guest for example my sister visits. We prefer open plan arer towards the rear than the front but I am open for suggestions as the kitchen and the living is at the front of the house.

having extra living areas downstairs suggested to me that the 4th bedroom (guest room/study/mum's retreat) upstairs would be a much better use of the family room (and also allows enough extra space for the master wiw and hall storage) and makes the "giant hallway" more useful as a better proportioned entry foyer with desk and bookshelves btw..thinking about the downstairs i'm wondering if you have any problems fitting in the cars? and, depending on available space (and unlimited resources?) i'm wondering if an extension to the walkway down the side could include a carport and wrap around to create access to the rear terrace upstairs and an entry porch for the office and allow for more options downstairs but, we need a site plan and better understanding of the angle of the driveway to consider these ideas but always best to plan the whole house even if the work is not all done at the same time