Please Help Houzzers! Need some opinions on my 3 bed holiday rental!
Hi Houzzers!
I have had great success on this forum previously helping me to design my 4 bed 2 storey (Hamptons style) luxury holiday rentals. I'm very happy with the end result (thanks okloiuse!) but I have decided to change one of the builds to be a 3 bed single storey to add flexibility to the rental and also it's much cheaper to build!
I have created the below floorplan based on the groundfloor floorplan of the 4 bedroom as apparently it's easier to get amended planning permission if it's the same floorplan size.
Floorplan is 11.16 x 10.44m with a 2m verandah to the North. I need to keep the kitchen and lounge at the front as these face views to the North and provides access to the sideyard on the East.
I have window seats to the front which also form an eating nook in the kitchen and would like to keep these as they mirror the 4 bed next door... Need to fit 2 x bedrooms and a bunkroom as well as 2 x bathrooms and ideally a separate toilet if possible. Also needs to include an European laundry...
I would love opinions on my current floorplan or any suggestions for improvement!
Thanks!
Jacinta
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6 years agofollowing your previous concept this plan includes space for a three double bunk bedroom and two double bedrooms, separate laundry cupboard and powder room with window seats for both dining and lounge and there's space for freestanding wardrobes, suitcase stands and chests of drawers as shown and i've swopped the "master" bedroom to the east for any morning sun
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Comments (29)Hi @sophie0lm Congrats on the developments in this plan. It's working much more successfully for the orientation of your site. It's great to see you've taken on feedback and pushed the design to improve it. A few observations: 1. I agree with comments about the study nook. I would make that a storage cupboard for umbrellas, shoes etc for leaving and departing at the front door. 2. The view both into the master bedroom and guest toilet from living areas is not ideal. I would suggest turning the toilet room 90 degrees clockwise (so it's long wall runs along the back of the stairs). You should be able then to have a more private entry to the toilet and master bedroom - and I would even suggest having the internal entry from the garage at that point as well, so that cleans up your entry hall. 3. I would consider pushing to improve the whole WIP / Laundry / Linen arrangement. The WIP is quite detached from the kitchen. There may be something in mirroring the whole kitchen - so the entry to the WIP is then where the fridge is, and it sits behind the kitchen, rather than off to the side. The linen will then sit where the WIP, and having a solid wall to the deck so you can not see into these service areas from your deck and living space. 4. I would also suggest putting a wall up along the back of the stairs upstairs so the rumpus can double as a fourth bedroom. That's my quick appraisal - hope it helps, Regards Amelia www.undercoverarchitect.com amelia@undercoverarchitect.com...See MoreNeed 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 some creative help for my floor plans please
Comments (23)Hi there Victoria, Just trying to add a few more ideas, with a separate Pantry/Landry cupboard (this can easily be ducted and when the doors are closed very quite). Fridge and appliances all along the wall, the island can be what ever size you would prefer. It would also be nice to have a computer desk next to the kitchen by the window. I would also prefer the living area off the sliding doors to the alfresco area Bedroom 4 could have full height sliding doors coming together at the corner this can be close off or left open for times when extra space is needed for the family. And built in Wardrobes in the master would work best, just have something that blends in and looks special....See MoreCan houzzers help me renovate our 1980s kitchen?
Comments (28)Could you swap the fridge with the wall oven, going by your photo both fridge and Wall Oven would fit side by side. I would definately have the fridge on the cook top wall and not on the other side of the kitchen. I see by the photo that the timber beam could be in the way, I would speak to your plumber who should have a simple solution on ducting the range hood. A simple one built into a special cabinet above the cooktop can recirculate or be ducted outside by either exposed stainless tube for your industrial/country look or have the ducting boxed in, the ducting can be flexable so no problem avoiding beams....See More- 6 years ago
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reversed plan to allow for everything you want to fit in and which side do you need the yard??
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I'am thinking that I might have this around the wrong way but it can be reversed.
My thoughts for your holiday accommodation in beautiful popular Marysville,
You will have accommodation for, two couples. ?singles and two families with two plus kids.
If I'am going away as two couples or families would want the QB rooms to offer the same fit out, ie: both with ensuite, which I would do as wet rooms, I don't want to flip a coin seeing that I'am paying 50%!
The kids Bunk room could sleep 8 or 7 with a cupboard under one of the bunks, the kids will have a ball sharing, windows would be long narrow ones.
The living dining kitchen has heaps of seating/ or naps with using built in seating along two walls
The verandah, needed sit down to remove skis which can double as storage, these would reflect the indoor window seats, Banquette seating
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The same floor plan reversed, Out of interest have you noticed what if any impact Air B&B has had in your area, it had a big one in our area
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