Need help on floor plan
Prashanth
6 years ago
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Need help with my new floor plan (this time with the plans attached)
Comments (10)Hi Sophie, I immediately agree with the suggestion to remove the angled/chamfered wall to the bedroom entry and create a small lobby, although a good alternative is to consider a straight-run stair and adding a corridor wall to create a 'private' zone - then toilet can stay where it is, tucked in under stair, and privacy (and acoustic/smell separation to the toilet) is created for living and master bedroom. This might mean widening the kitchen room by 100mm or so (noting some reductions mentioned below) and mirroring the bathroom/rumpus arrangement upstairs - it does create a bit more circulation but adds a lovely sense of space when don't have your main circulation through the middle of a room. The laundry pantry is not the usual arrangement - and the distance needed to travel to the linen cupboard is excessive. I would definitely flip the arrangement of laundry /pantry and try to turn the linen into some kind of study nook off the new corridor - and get rid of the tiny desk near the front door!! Imagine that lovely living space with light coming in from the porch which is facing north. That brings up the final comment that north is where the garage is and the main kitchen is therefore south-east facing, this is fine for morning but it is darker for the afternoons. This is a bit harder to change, but the kitchen could be reworked to turn through 90 degrees to face the garden but extend across to the west facade to allow afternoon light in. The nook could be deleted (which blocks afternoon light to deck) and the deck could extend or wrap around the corner for afternoon light. A little corner of deck in the afternoon sun you would never regret! Your draftie designer would need to look at this in detail as the west external wall would might need to shift inwards and south widen into garden, but if afternoon light is important to you then I would encourage you to consider this change too....See MoreNeed Help With Floorplan
Comments (11)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....See MoreNeed help with floor plan
Comments (3)I would not do another thing until I googled Ageing in place. The Australian Standards are a good place to start. I'd be careful about getting rid of toilets. Before you get to that stage, it might be older visitors, and urgent children. Also good for parties. The benefits outweigh any small space gained by eliminating the toilet....See MoreHelp needed for new floor plan!
Comments (11)How much laundry do you do? For example, I have kids, so cupboards would need to be very accessible. But if you mostly do it on the weekends and yuo have somewhere for storing the dirty washing, then cupboard laundry sounds like a great use of space. What about noise? Will that be a problem with the open living space? Sometimes when the fridge hums, the dishwasher whirls and swishes and the washing machine spins, we have rouble hearing the to at night! Another option could be to stick it in the garage at the back wall, and place shelving all around. Stuff doesn't have to be perfect! And a spot of paint could make it bright!...See MoreStudio Chippan
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