Extending design advice
Hi,
I am after some help on how to extend and add on a rumpus room and study on the the back of our house. I have spent countless hours trying to work it out but have not gotten any closer to a plan that works.
We have a large backyard and a nice outlook, which we don't see from inside our home currently. The problem is our bathroom is at the end of our hall which needs to be renovated asap and we are not quite ready to extend yet. I would just like a plan moving forward.
I have considered having a shower only bathroom but we have small children who regularly use a bath. We would like to keep the bath and shower separate and we would like to keep the toilet separate. I'm aware that if we were to extend down the hallway we need to sacrifice something. It's just trying to work out what is the best way to make use of the space.
We would consider going out the front of the bedrooms if we can get the layout to work.
In the plan above, ignore where it says tv unit in the laundry. It never got taken off when we renovated part of our home a few years ago.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks in advance!
i have just updated to add the whole house plan. North is ^ from the plan.
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siriuskey
6 years ago
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Comments (8)Hi h101 It is great that you have lived in the house for some time, this will allow you to make good decisions especially in relation to existing conditions like orientation and the the relationship to the adjoining properties. Everybody that I have worked for in the last thirty odd years seem to take a different approach to the process of design, but the advice that I always give is to take some time in making the decisions and to look at more than one option. So this is the procedure that I would take; Do a measure drawing of the existing conditions, (or get someone to do a measured drawing of the existing conditions). If you have kept the real estate plan when you purchased the property you could use that as your starting point Obtain a copy of the sewer plan from your water supply authority. Get a copy of the title plan for accurate dimensions of the amount of land that makes up your site. Take as many photos that you can, internal and external, and some of the street and adjoining neighbors property. Do a written brief of your requirements, the number of new rooms that you require for the next ten to fifteen years. Also include some like sand some dislikes and some of your expectations of designs that you might have seen Find a Building Designer that you are conformable to talk to and send him/her the above information so that you can come to an agreed price for the services that you require. The information that you provide will greatly assist the Building Designer to provide you with a competitive price. The process of information gathering will also give you a better understanding of your premises. (You can avoid doing the information gathering if you employ a Building Designer at the start - however it might increase the cost.) The process of design should be one where you can see multiple 3D views of the proposed solutions, this is very important to get an idea of what the final solution will hopefully look like. Also, as stated above you should look at multiple solutions before making your decision to proceed to a developed drawing which you might submit to Town Planning if a Planning Permit is required. Then when you have a Planning Permit your chosen Building Designer can do Working Drawings and Specifications for a Building Permit and get the building built. I have recently have done a job in Queensland (I live in Melbourne) on a similar process where the owner provide most of the information and did most of the legwork withing the given directions, and was good enough to give me a positive review fro my efforts. I hope this is of some help, I would e happy to consult further on this project. Michael Manias Manias Associates Building Designers mm407p@gmail.com...See MoreAdvice please on where to extend our house
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6 years agototally agree with Oklousie access to possible rumpus, was about to do a second drawing very similar to your idea, but my first idea is the following and then what has been previously suggested but using the access to the possible rumpus of the living area and not via bedrooms
milliebb
6 years agoWe have a great view of the outlook from the pergola. The view is < way on the plan. This is the only copy I can find of the plan and it's been cut off a little bit so I apologise for that, but the block goes a bit further <way.
The block does have a slope and the land leading to the garage is higher and slopes down to the house.Thank you so much for all your ideas so far. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I had never thought to access the shower separately Oklouise but I like how it makes it private from the hallway. Utilising the space of the laundry to add on an extra room makes sense too. It will just block a bit of the view for the pergola but it still is a good idea.
siriuskey
6 years agoYour pavilion rumpus room connected to your current kitchen living are, the existing exterior kitchen bench would work with the new room
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6 years agoanother suggestion to take advantage of the view and suggest that an extra bathroom is more cost effective than changing existing plumbing
another idea that reflects the shape of the rear pergola but depends on views to < or ^ or > and how it restricts northern light to family room
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