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Comments (2)It may be a false economy to keep the existing garage (to save $50K), but to spend more money building a generous new rumpus room with an expensive trafficable roof (the new deck). It may be better to convert the existing garage into your rumpus room, and add a carport on somewhere else. I don't think much attention has been paid to how the elevations will look as I can forsee that there are some clumsy elements happening. The planning for upstairs seems tight for the living, especially with two bedrooms opening into it, generous for the master WIR, and generous for downstairs. I would look at getting different proportions to the spaces, and giving more emphasis to the upstairs living, and less to the WIR. Best of luck Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls/Dr Retro Virtual Visits...See MoreDo I have enough space to change the ensuite layout?
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Comments (12)Don't feel bad you are like the majority of people who don't have experience to tackle building problems, If you can find a builder in Sydney at the moment with Xmas looming that will be the best thing to do as you would need to start the kitchen reno by removing any walls first. It's messy there will be flooring and ceiling to patch plus changing the window to a bifold or one that pushes up. We removed the rear exterior wall between the kitchen and a bedroom to a return verandah with sloping ceiling adding two smaller RXJ's Steel Beams to support the new opening, these were covered with gyprock and the opening squared off. Then we removed the remaining brick wall between the kitchen and bedroom, I was given the job of removing piles of bricks in a wheel barrow . The verandah was filled in with large glass windows, the floor had to be raised to match the height of the other floors, once this was done we added the new kitchen within the old bedroom.. Being in Sydney a Federation house built on sandstone foundations access under the house was easy. A lot of work but it made such a difference combining 3 rooms to make one large light filled family room where we spent most of our time. There are different ways to work with this, the builder might suggest adding a support post at the end of the island. What aspect is the house as I can imagine that the kitchen is a bit dark with having the under cover terrace outside of the kitchen and family....See More
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I dont have many recent pics. Here is the dining area (in living area on plan). The wall on the left would come down opening up to the kitchen dining area and study.
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6 years agoperhaps you could try something like this, sorry for bad titles my computer is throwing a wobbly so using an older one
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Kate