This floor plan has a single garage, with bedrooms grouped together at the front of the house, the Music Room has been moved to the rear away from the bedrooms as it would make too much noise for those sleeping. It can now be opened up to the family kitchen dining, courtyard and Alfresco and can be used as a play room(/ guest room) giving children great indoor out door play area in view of parents. There's a study with a similar view. A powder room closer to the rear of the house for easy access, The main bathroom is done Japanese style. The master suite has the WIR between the bed and the ensuite, no noise etc when in use to disturb anyone. I have made the passage way extra wide and more like a room which has a linen cupboard, you could certainly make this narrower and add to the bedrooms if you wished, This comes to 204.5 sq m. cheers

siriuskey, Yes, the courtyard is open to the sky (no roof over it), I assume this is what you mean by double story. Ref. below photos, I would love to get this look, especially the first and last photo, where you can see family living space from the first floor. I can't achieve this in my plan as it eats a lot of floor space upstairs. The referred plan (photos) has a very big void combining staircase, hallway and dining area. I know it is not easy with cooling and heating when you have such a big void. So, I explored a few ideas (with my limited knowledge on this topic) before achieving the current floorplan. I have also thought about, in my current plan, extending the void on the staircase to the dining area (it is more like L shape) but i wasn't sure if that makes any difference. keen to hear your thoughts.

I would be looking carefully at your bathroom and powder room arrangements, especially with the shower and water splash distances. I can't see any shower screens to either shower? As it is drawn I hope you like mopping floors after every shower. For a family home there will be privacy issues when someone needs to access the laundry, while another family member is having a shower. I would separate the laundry and family bathroom into two distinct rooms as the current design is a compromise. With space so tight the second shower in the powder room seems excessive, and it is so small it is not very functional. You need to think carefully about the freestanding bath, the space it takes up, and the cleaning around it. A more traditional bath hob will give you fewer compromises in other areas as it will take up less space. Have you considered flyscreening with your bi-fold doors to the rear? Have you considered how you are going to furnish the living room? There is lots more, no doubt other Houzzers will pick up on. If you want a proper, detailed design/review or chat feel free to contact me. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

Hello. Aaargh did not receive notifications from Houzz so didn’t realise I’d received responses. Apologies and many thanks! So our current apartment faces East and is above a Coles car park. The view from interior is sky but on the balcony on one side we look into apartments on the left. The other apartment is south facing and looks over a large park and can’t be built out. We are a family of three with an 11yo going on 18 and with all the bedroom doors opening into the living area, the idea of a corridor is actually appealing :) The third bedroom would be the adult’s study. The balcony space would definitely be smaller by being separated but I think we’ve entertained outside once in three years. Above is a concrete slab roof with no plant equipment. We know others on the fourth floor and they are not experience issues with the skylights. Our main concerns are twofold. The living area is 1.5m shorter than our current one and 50cms wider. Trying to get a sense of whether that would make a huge difference is challenging without seeing the other apartment. (The owner is open to selling but is conscious that he has a very good tenant and doesn’t want to spook him with inspections unless we’re super serious). The second is the Euro Laundry and no butlers pantry. Ideally we’d like to convert the powder room and laundry into a combined laundry/butlers pantry - but not sure how achievable that is as we imagine all the plumbing is currently in the wall separating the two. Would anyone be able to tell from this high level plan if that would be impossible? Many thanks for all your responses!