where is the driveway, carport and drying area and, despite being in a sometimes hot climate i worry that the extra deep alfresco roof will make the house extra dark inside but what is the maximum sq m of internal space you're aiming for without the verandahs and alfresco and where are the best views and worst views on your block?

We are thinking of having a carport on the left side. Our block is 1acre and we were told to try and have our backyard towards the left, moving the carport from the right to left will give us 7 more metres of backyard. I will put a photo up of what the house looks like on the block

This is what we got back from the planner. The north boundary is a road, east is side of neighbours house/backyard and south is 2 houses, backyards.

You seem to have a lot of wasted space between island and meals area. If you move kitchen up this should free up some space behind it.

I wasn’t keen in front door going into bedroom hall. But I may be reading this wrong. I’ve moved the entry to the study. Laundry into en-suite. Rotated kitchen and moved the powder room to bedroom hall behind rotated kitchen. Study goes into old entry way, bed 4 and pantry stay where they are.

I’m a bit confused about left and right .

Thanks for your reply. Sorry I was meaning left/right in response to looking at the house from the front (on the block plan)

Can you put th3 carport on the west side to shield house from sun?

West is the front of the house

when you say left do you mean on the Murray Downs Drive or Kidman Drive.. (it's better to say North, South, East or West as left and right depends on which way you're standing) but how close to the north and west fences can you build and if you want the laundry on the North that could be better for coming inside from the carport but where would you have a clothesline or pool or lawns or vege garden and why is the big shed stuck so close to the north east corner and using so much of your block for driveways..and do you realise that if you remove the laundry from the south side that it reduces the size of the kitchen, family and meals area and leaves no other room for the laundry so the whole plan will need to be changed again and there's lots of wasted space and the master suite is stuck in the least favourable corner but you need to decide what is most important and design plans from the inside out

Would you consider swapping b4 with lounge. Current lounge becomes smaller to accommodate other spaces like powder and laundry

another variation to consider

have to agree that the plan is "thick" but i was aiming to achieve Katelan's request to relocate laundry and remove guest ensuite without changing the external appearance too much..maybe being able to see her roof will clarify teh appearnce although i think the front verandah, breezeway and alfresco would be better with lower skiilion roofs rather than under the main roof of the house

this plan also omits the unnecessary southern and eastern verandah and reduces the overall size of the total floor area from 442sqm to 357sqm and also includes the carport mudroom and breezeway, gives access to the family bathroom from the guest room (that could also be used as a lounge or retreat for the master suite) the master suite now has a priority location and the rumpus/lounge has access to outdoors and there's lots of extra storage but all depends on what suits Katelan and her family

I think the hall is too long one, that would be a long dark area in center of house.Maybe you would consider more open up area to reduce the length of hall.