hi there, for start, not bad plan, but it feels like you are limiting yourself

I propose to swap washing equipment and, a place where you can relax

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Hi Oklouise, we haven't started building yet. We have a 3.5 acre block so plenty of room. The views and outlooks along the south but are not a massive focus as they will be when the house is built. The shed will predominantly be a shed, 15 x 12m with the apartment somewhere for us to live until the house is done, hence why it's so big. The house will have spare rooms for guest but would like to keep the shed as an option (my dad is stubborn about staying independent). The roof pitch is at 30 degrees to suit the house and solar so there was plenty of room to fit a mezzanine for the bedroom and storage and the lower eaves are set at 3m for vehicle access to the shed. So basically the shed has been designed first to suit our needs for hoists and vehicles, as well as a mechanical workshop and a wood work shop and I'm trying to build a livable space down one end.

if the peak of the roof is at 3.46m there won't be enough headroom to stand up in the loft ...allowing 2.4m for downstairs plus thickness of floor for upstairs the peak needs to be about 5m is the height of the building correct?

Yeah sorry the entire roof is 6.46 so 3m downstairs and 3.46 upstairs with a 30 degree pitch.

with the high downstairs ceiling the stairs need to be longer and a straight run is easier to install extra storage upstairs and down... there's direct access from shed to bath laundry and a sliding door from the living area to an outdoor sitting area would be good but windows and entry doors need to be planned to suit the outlook

Man you are good. Thanks so much for your design. Such a functional layout.

If you think that one day your dad may live in there, then he may have trouble with stairs. One level living would be better for him.

It would be enough to lure him to stay with us until he could no longer tackle the stairs, then into the house with us.

Just a thought, having had attic bedrooms it's better to put the bed head on the 1.44m wall that then allows for a better head height in the rest of the room to move around. The bed needs less height. An opening Velux Skylight above the bed (with a blind) allows you to look at the sun and the moon while laying bed

Nice suggestion siriuskey. Solves the problem of trying to place the bed evenly under the peak of the roof (weird symmetrical compulsion of mine) and I love the idea of a skylight at night, with no light pollution where we live we will have amazing stars to gaze at.

if the downstairs ceiling will be 3m then the stairs will not fit across the 4m and it would be better to have the stairs run along the length of the building to allow enough space for enough steps plus the 1m entry and exit top and bottom but the bed could still be positioned against the short wall...but i'm wondering if all of your new shed is over 6m tall or just the space over the living area...our shed house has living quarters at single level attached to a big shed with a loft

The entire shed roof peak is 6.46. We need the height for cars on hoists. We could always get the mezzanine height in the living area dropped to a 2.4m standard if it makes things like stairs easier to install. We just figured it would be cheaper and easier to build an apartment in the last bay of the shed as the shed is going to be that big/high anyway.

Hi there,

We own a Design and Construction company in Brisbane and can help you with this. I am an Interior Designer and my husband is a builder. Feel free to call me to discuss.

Thank you,

Michelle Khadye

www.khadye.com.au