Looking for feedback on proposed renovation/floorplan -1926 home in SA
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Comments (39)Just trying to study your floor plans which unfortunately I can't read so can only guess at the room use. I have no idea of the room sizes either, but I'm just wondering if you have actually done furniture layouts for each room to scale. This is really important. It seems to me like you have some great ideas you have picked up but then tried to make the rest of the house fit around them. How many people do you intend having live in the house? You have a lovely generous ensuite with a private toilet area for two people, but then have a main bathroom for how many people, jammed into a space almost half the size of the ensuite. Even the toilet is in there with no privacy whatsoever meaning that entire space can only be used by one person at a time. If you are planning this for kids, that will translate into lots of fights and arguments. If you want to create a really luxe and practical space, create a separate enclosed toilet, the shower and bath in an enclosed space and the vanity open for use at any time. This would be more in keeping with the standard you have set in the ensuite and balance the house so much better. These sort of details have a major impact on the overall value and attractiveness of your home. I don't know what you plan for the open space upstairs, but with a window along one wall a passageway the other side and only minimal wall space your use of this room will be severely restricted. Similarly the room under it will be very limited in its use. All the more reason to plan furniture to scale. I have seen master bedrooms done with the double doors which look very grand in the right sized room but in the wrong sized room, it just looks ridiculously pretentious to fling the doors open with a flourish, take two steps into the room and fall over the end of the bed. I'm sorry if I'm sounding harsh here, just trying to use my years of experience to help you create an amazing house. I've seen many pitfalls and I know how easy they are to make. You obviously intend spending a lot of money and you have some great ideas judging by your Ideas Books. Create more Ideas Books to cover every room of your house, then go talk to an architect, show him/her what you want, your Ideas Books will be invaluable to understand your likes and tastes and let him/her create something unique and special for you....See MoreCritique my proposed floor plan for granny flat
Comments (11)simply put - massively pushing the functional envelope in such tight/small limits. To achieve this you have to seriously limit/streamline flow/access points and maximise any wall space. So for example the only window into the kitchen really should be say a splashback window. The double access into the kitchen/living is a luxury in context - something has to give here otherwise you'll end up with something that ticks boxes but in reality is not actually very usable .......recommend you check out some Japanese & northern European work to see how this type of thing can be achieved effectively/cleverly when space is limited....possibly here you may be best to consider a living/kitchen/bedroom setup that is functionally zoned/separated with strategic furniture/joinery placement, simple kitchen at one end and bathroom the only "room" created within existing structure.......remember, depending upon existing conditions and what the ultimately outcome it can sometimes be false economy rearranging/re-using elements when you'll get a better bang for buck by popping out a little here and there to free up certain details for certain functional gains......good luck! PD...See Moreproposed bottom floor plan ideas
Comments (55)Hello there, I haven't read all the comments or studied all the plans and variations but I would suggest the powder room with a shower downstairs be on external wall for vent: store rooms do not need it. Also have the laundry doors in center and opposite each other allowing for two straight runs of benching much better!! The kitchen look huge: maybe make dine larger. Upstairs have the study all open to stairs and void: a much nicer place to work. Why have the ensuite on the far end when it would be lovely for bedroom to look out and to have it closer to robe. Then too move robe door so you do not do laps round the bed to find slippers. long window is excellent for fresh air in robe too. I know you said it is a QLDer but which way is north and have you taken that into account to your liking, heating, cooling? Cheers Margot...See MoreFloor plan help and feedback
Comments (32)Hi and thank you to everyone who has responded and given your thoughts and suggestions Apologies for delayed reply just a busy time, I so appreciate the input. Today's version is an attempt to incorporate all of the above! Its still very much a work in progress, trying to stay close to the original plan and staying within the size limitation of around 300 square metres for house/garage including the eaves and a 6metre shed and of course budget. Changes I have adopted from the many wise suggestions are the increase in size in beds 2/3/4 to 3x4 metres- I would go to 3.5 x 4 m if size limits allow. The family bathroom layout changes once again as per oklouise, not sure which way I prefer in the orientation, but love that layout. Have pulled back the kitchen bump out and placed the sink on the north facing benchtop, would reinstate the bump out if size allows but probably would still keep sink on north side as I agree it feels too cramped otherwise. Bed 1 still playing around there but still hoping to fit the bed in front of robe with 2 entries into the robe. I don't think I'll achieve a gold standard for the ensuite bathrooms, will just make sure they are roomy enough for grab rails and a shower chair with step free entry( Bed 5 ensuite) and a built in sitting ledge in B1 ensuite with step free entry. The diagonal cut in the activity room is to lessen the impact of the dogleg and will likely end up with the TV mounted on it. Still playing around with where the external wall for B5 and activity will sit. Think I prefer the garage entry through the laundry as suggested in feedback plan. I'd like to acknowledge and thank oklouise, Kate, kbodman14, siriuskey, dreamer and bigreader for your time and feedback looking forward to your thoughts on this version! (High Quality: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aJlthh7oa8owuqp33CvUU2uwv3G9s7Dn/view?usp=sharing)...See MoreSasha
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