Don’t be sad, it will still be a beautiful house. Building is stressful, just remember there are much worse things in life, no one dies from not have a wir. And you still have one.
But if it is written in contract, why won’t they owner it?

Is the plan you have posted the built layout?
In my experience the plans have to be signed off, by yourself and the builder. If there were major changes of adding square metres to the build, then this should have been re submitted to your council for approval.
At that stage both yourself and the builder should have signed off on the revised plans. Did this happen?
If the square metres of the home was not increased, then how would you of achieved a bigger bedroom? Or did you decrease the size of your WIR and ensuite?

It really goes back to the plans you submitted to your builder to change the size of the bedroom. Was it explicitly clear, that the bedroom was to be increased in size, or could that have been misinterpreted.

The master bedroom looks about 3300 x 3500mm Unable to read dimensions. You could leave as per the plan posted, and put your bed on the front wall. Appears to be enough room for queen bed and bedsides.

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If you wish to put your bed on the wall against WIR, which shows, I think, a length of 2600mm, this is still enough room for a bed and side tables.

Queen bed is approx 1560mm wide, with frame. Allow 500mm each for bedsides.

Thanks dreamer !

we had signed the specifications first and I haven’t received any draft plans until I had signed the contract. We had misinterpreted the dimensions, but we did ask the builder a few times whether it was the same dimension, which they reassured . but we charged for actually ^ in size , they told that roughly it would ^ 1.7 sqof total area. But it was never drafted in the first place .

the reason why chose the lay out of the bedroom was because it was one of the house built by our builder and we had seen it and it would serve our medical purpose .

my husband is not a healthy person, so in the near future we will need to use gadgets / gait assisting aids which will make less room to move around and not much clearance. Even the walk way to the WIR and Bathroom is only 620mm , which is difficult for him to move with me assisting him . the plan I have had walk way on both sides of the wall 1 meter each and 3m back wall . But we haven’t picked up any of these until too late . Even we were quoted for increase in the garage size to 6.8m but it was not drafted but we identified that before the build and it was redrawn .

Yes we did sign the plans , to submit to the council Which was weeks later this contract was signed. I am ignorant in this field and it had defeated the whole purpose of building this house - which was to make my husband have space as he would be spending a lot of time in that bedroom.

thank you so much for your time 😔

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Thanks so much for your help
I did think about this wardrobe
Where would I be able to put this one??
The other option suggested by my friend was to have a fitted wardrobe around the bed . All I am worried is whether they would refund me for the extra sq they had added on to the specifications./ contract .
To go legally through VCAT would be too much hassle I suppose and I don’t want to take up that stress either

Something like this is in my mind
But again I will have to negotiate with the builder I suppose

The built in wardrobe system, they i have shown photos of, would go exactly where your WIR is situated. Built around the corner.

You just will not have a wall between the bed and wardrobe. as per the second photo i have posted.

Regarding the refund of any money due.

As per my post. Sit down with the builders and ask questions.

Communication is the key for you to get this resolved.

If the build is at lock up stage, you still have time for any monetary or building adjustments.

Agree remove the wall to get more space around bed. I would not build around the bed head, unless you need the extra storage. The shelves over bed are hard to reach

Thanks Kate for your valuable suggestions
In this time of uncertainty it just helps us to make a decision

The first thing I would suggest , would be to keep your lawyer 'in the loop' -- don't immediately threaten the builders with lawyers , but explain things and get their suggestions , and the lawyers too . $1000 of advice may be invaluable , but spending $20k each on lawyers maybe not ?

As far as the plans go , you already have a 2nd WIR in the room as far as I can see -- so if 'all else' fails , you have that , and maybe a $150 self-assembled back-up in the garage if needed for seasonal clothes ? I'd try and delete all of WIR 1 -- for space but also slightly easier access to the ensuite . Not ideal , but may suit you better ?

And probably too late now , but with someone with access limitations , possibly a door direct into the WC would have been beneficial too -- like I said , only minor , and presumably too late now , or not needed , but just another opinion .

All the best !

Thank you Pottsy
We had a meeting today with the builder
We had asked them to knock the back wall and take off the WIR . They have agreed t build another full length wardrobe as suggested by dreamer without any cost.
They would get back to us sometime next week to discuss whether they would give us back any credit for the decrease in size as we are not getting what we thought we would be getting and quoted for a bigger area. As suggested by dreamer we did request them to do quote on what is currently built which they refused . So we are waiting until we hear back from them

Thanks for your assistance 😌

Asheeeee, that is good news, and is progress towards a positive outcome.

Well done. Just call them by Wedsnesday, if you have not had correspondence from them regarding the credit situation.

Maybe call Friday as a lot of builders will be closed Monday Tuesday for Australia Day long weekend

Thanks Kate and Dreamer

i will keep you posted about the outcome

fingers crossed 🤞

they credit us back what they had charged us 😔. Have a great weekend guys .

Given that you’re expecting mobility issues in the future I’d remove the wall between the toilet and the rest of the en-suite. You’ll struggle to get a walker or assistant etc in as drawn.