Yes, the lot is in SouthWest Sydney.

You will need to define the space in the family with your furniture. The best way to test is to print the plans at 1:100 scale and then use some baking paper to trace furniture layouts over the top. Also think about putting a feature recess on the back of the robe to bed 4 (facing the family/entry) it might give you a nice feature to draw the eye as your moving down the hallway. The main question is does the design work for you? www.odysseystudios.com.au

unable to see the exact dimension i've used the outside measurements to make a revised version of the plan and shown it with the north at the top, east on the right west and the corner on the left...Depending on your climate it may be useful to think about where you like the morning or afternoon sun to come into the house and if you want the wider side footpath on the street or the neighbour's side as the whole house or sections of the building could be mirror reversed to better suit local aspect

I'm a little biased as I grew up in a home with all bedroom and living areas having door access to the garden. I would consider repositioning the window in bedroom 4 as doors onto the al fresco area. This suggestion is based on my love of integrated indoor/outdoor living. However, who is using the room and other elements may make this suggestion unachievable. I'm just throwing it out there :-) Cheers, Penelope

Hi, thank you for the suggestion. We will be making some changes on those lines :)

following MB's suggestions here's my plan with the central courtyard and north facing windows for the kitchen and family living areas and all rooms along the western road side could have no windows or small highlight windows above head height for privacy, sound and sun screening. There's a separate lounge and a bathroom with tub and separate toilet and by reducing the side paths and swopping the garage and master suite there's more space available for the backyard and the NW garage provides additional screening from the road and there's space for a side gate into the backyard..

Hi Sam, I can understand the position of the garage trying to keep it as far off the corner, but as CP suggested wouldn't it be better and safer to move it to the current Alfresco, why would you want your alfresco area next to the road anyway. What is the house on your boundary like and age of children , you might get unlucky and get one of my bad sketches with some other thoughts,cheers

The garage placement was based on boundary setback requirements which are 4.5m front (garage to be 5.5m), 3m to rear. The road adjoining alfresco is (expected to be) a quiet inner road with minimal throughfare.

Hi Sam, Just had a play with your drawing no measurements just ideas, I think that the kitchen would be much better on the other side of the house with an island that you can sit up to, and perhaps some high skylights above the cabinets, it could also be run along the RH wall of that space. By moving the Bathroom you could have some much more interesting windows for the family space to let in sun and light. cheers

Hi there, seeing that your house takes up much of the block and you could do with extra internal space have you considered using modern Juliet style doors across the back of your house enclosing the Alfresco along with the bedroom next to it so that this space is then indoor/outdoor, this keeps the outdoor feeling when doors are opened back and more internal space when closed.

with glass balcony, you can use metal like swimming pool fencing

I agree with CP, the garage would be much better on the SW end of the house. This would take living areas away from this undesirable aspect, as well as reducing traffic hazards by putting the driveway in a quiet street, further away from the intersection. In Australia the northerly aspect is generally best for living areas and allows you to have a sunny private garden to the north. This could have a high solid boundary wall to reduce traffic noise.

Ideally I would put the living area where you have the garage, the alfresco where you have bedroom 1, garage where you have the alfresco, fit all other rooms into the rest and squeeze the house as far back (south) on the block as possible to maximise private yard to the north. I would bring the entry in from the side street to the west.

Also consider having the kitchen close to and with direct access to the alfresco as you will probably do a lot of your dining out there.

I love the idea of a cloak room - very good thinking. I would move the kitchen to the laundry space so the kitchen becomes part of the main living area. I would move the laundry / cloak room area to the current bedroom 2 making that space overall smaller and then move bedroom 2 to the current kitchen area. Obviously this is quite a significant change but I just think that would flow better (for me)

here's a very rough floorplan with the rear garage as suggested by others

iam sam, well that's 3 of us, CP, Daniel and myself all agree that the garage should be moved and love the suggestion from Daniel to swap living and Alfresco, it will end up being a much better home for you and family cheers

Thank you very much !

Hi there, sorry sam, didn't mean any offense but I didn't agree with the original plan with the living area in the center of the house along with the position of the garage and alfresco. I'am sure that you will end up loving whatever you decide and it will be a beautiful new home for you and your family and that's what is important. cheers

Hi siriuskey - as you would have guessed the original plan is based on off the shelf designs offered by many builders in town. The easement and boundary contraints also determine so many things especially on a small lot of 426sqmt. I am trying to accomodate as much changes that have been suggested here. You guys are awesome !

Hi Sam, That's a lot to fit onto your block, have you
considered 2 story. What I notice these days is that everyone is trying to
build a room for everything, Media/Study/Parents retreat etc etc etc, and end
up with lots of small rooms. If you want to retreat or study use your bedroom,
unless of course you work from home and need a study. I still think it
much better to have one large space for kitchen dining living family so that
you can spend time as a family, and not revert back to the old ways of separate
rooms. I think Media rooms are the builders idea of must haves. I'ts OK
to dream big and then work backwards to end up with something you will love and
afford, don't expect to get it exactly right, you're only human. Oklouise might be able to help you put your ideas together along with other's suggestion's

In the meantime check out the following link cheers

https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/how-to-write-a-design-brief-for-your-new-home-or-reno-stsetivw-vs~81810063

so many different ideas!!...if the west boundary is 26 m and the eastern boundary is 30m the angle of the rear boundary restricts the size and position of a rear garage and divides the backyard into two oddly shaped areas plus a driveway too short to park a car inside the yard...the advantage of the garage at the front is there's enough space for off street parking, makes sense of the front entry and allows for maximum use of the front and back yards.(although i don't believe your council allows a high fence in the front)..the advantage of the corner block is that you should be able to have a tall fence down the side to create privacy and security in the courtyard, the alfresco and the backyard and the central courtyard allows northern light, additional open alfresco and views to the courtyard from the kitchen, family and lounge and the original alfresco is an undercover area with outlook to an enclosed car free backyard..this plan shows a very rough approximation of how this house could fit on the block although my CAD program won't allow the correct angles of the boundaries

I can see this plan working out, thanks !

Another link for you to read Sam

https://www.destinationliving.com.au/your-site/corner-blocks/

and a plan that has the garage at the rear like Daniel suggested that the house be pushed down and back on your block, also moving living alfresco to the front, this plan would need adjustment ie: garage position and entrance including the entrance to the house to be moved to the side or front. this plan by an Australian company

Iam Sam, where are you? Ultimately it is almost impossible to get a good feel for what is the best plan for a particular site until you've been there. You have been there, but none of the rest of us advising you have. If you are in Brisbane I wouldn't mind meeting you on site so we can work things out together. Remember, unless you get the initial planning right you are likely to spend a lot more than you intended to, not just in the main construction, but in fixing up everything that wasn't quite right later. Contact me if you want to take me up on this.

location is South West Sydney

too many ideas but here's a variation of my last plan with more connection to the rear yard and the pantry combined with the laundry to make room for a freezer or extra fridge

Do you have to use the smaller front boundary for the garage?

Is the noisy living space going to work with all bedrooms coming off this space?

If the garage went to the south and can it be on the boundary in Sydney, that would leave the middle for bedrooms and the northern aspect for living, as most Australian houses benefit from northern light. The front setbacks would make an ideal outdoor space which high fences or high shrubs if not allowed high fences, if on a busy road most councils allow you to have sound barriers, leaving the entry to the house to come in off the long boundary, which you can make more of a feature.

You have a corner block which is always a bonus.

The beds will then have a quite zone, the living can have that northern end and cars can be pushed to boundary.

Always look at the site before you look at plans. Always make sure the living aspect overrides the plans. Always make sure that living in a space overrides the plans, always.

@ Elaine H - if possible, plz share the plan mh12pnq@gmail.com

Big concerns for your living space and bedroom configurations. Get rid of the cloak out of Bed 2. That step in the wall will make the room very difficult to furnish. There is ample room to take that out of the garage but there's a double linen so I question the merits of this cloak room. Seems very American.

The bedrooms at the back have ffectively 'land-locked' your living area. The great Australian open floor plan trades on having views through to the back garden. This floor plan places bedrooms between the central area and the rear of the property. Big 'no no' in my book. There's probably more to say but that's what professional consults are for. This floor plan feels more suited to a north American block than an Australian east coast.

As iam sam mentioned the plan was an off the shelf that a lot of builders use, this plan and another in Tassie also from a builder immediately sets the alarm bells a ringing. Perhaps Elaine H house plan will suit you & your block