Thank you @dreamer. You are right, a bigger main bathroom with a separate toilet will be more functional than having a walkinrobe in Bed 2. I need to figure out how do i modify the plan to make changes to the Rumpus area and increase the main bathroom size.

Can you advise if the void will make some impact based on the current design?

@oklouise @siriuskey would like to hear your feedback please 😀

i think unnecessary voids are a waste of space but what is the length and width of the block, is this plan the maximum possible size and shape for your block and any changes can only be made within current external walls, where is north and how will you use the alfresco and all the bedrooms (number and ages of residents and any long term guests?) do you have any good or bad views, where is north and describe your local climate

@oklouise my block is 10m (frontage) x 40m. This current layout is around 35.5 squares and i don't want to go more than this, infact a bit less is desirable. The front entrance of the house is facing East, so the kitchen is facing North. I don't think we have any good views. Local climate is warm to hot in summer and moderate cold in winter. Currently we are 3 members i.e. me, my wife and our little baby. The plan is to use the master bedroom upstairs for sleeping, using the 5th bedroom downstairs for ourselves during the daytime as we will be spending lot of time in the kitchen and living areas downstairs. The remaining 3 bedroom upstairs - one of them possibly as a gym room and the remaining 2 for guests or kid room in the future. I guess we will be using the Alfresco a lot. I am planning to extend the alfresco or may be decking in front of the Bedroom 5 so that i can access the alfresco from my bedroom 5. As working from home has become more frequent, i have got a study nook downstairs, and also half study and half wardrobe in Bedroom 3. Also planning to have a dedicated study space upstairs either in bedroom 2 or in the rumpus area. As mentioned before, i am looking to increase the main bathroom size with a separate/private toilet and also looking for more storage/linen space both upsairs and downstairs. I want a small kitchenette or a wet bar upsairs as well. In the current plan its located next to WIR of bedroom 2 which is 1.4m (width) and 1.2m (depth) which is big for its size, the size I am planning to have is 1.2m length and .6m depth. The current void I have in the plan is above the mono stringer staircase. I have seen a similar design void in one of the display homes and i liked it. I have kept the width of the void similar to what I have seen in the display home but the my void length is bit less. For the balcony upstairs , i am not sure how much i am going to use. Would llike to hear your feedback and comments.

Is that a free-standing bath in the bathroom? It looks as if the way it is surrounded will make it hard to clean around, something to think about if used by a youngster who likes splashing. I think a 3-way bathroom is more befitting a 5br house.

The secondary bedrooms vary too much in the amount of their wardrobe space which is never a good thing in my opinion, potential arguments there about who gets the 'luxury' of a WIR and who gets too little storage. WIR's are over-rated in my opinion anyway, the corners are a nuisance. So I agree about rethinking that area.

I'm not sure about the working from home arrangements. The study nook somehow looks more like a household tasks nook than a real workspace to spend time in, a corridor with no natural light. A normal bedroom can be used as a study without compromising future use as bedroom by making the wardrobe itself into part study. A study space in a rumpus room is trying to combine two not entirely compatible functions. How many people will be working from home? It feels like there are multiple places as possible workspaces but no real planned spaces for everyone to comfortably settle in with whatever work stuff they require and make it their own. 'Home hotdesking'?

Voids can look impressive but I agree that they are a waste of space and I don't think that one is in a worthwhile location. Downstairs it's in a corridor opposite the laundry which doesn't seem a wow factor location. Upstairs it's right next to secondary bedrooms so noise from parties downstairs will carry up to sleeping children. They're tricky, they complicate sound and temperature control and if too large they look ostentatious and if too small they look pointless, though I have seen them done well as a really nice architectural feature.

with space stolen off the master bedroom my suggestions include a separate toilet and variations to make more space in both upstairs bathrooms, generous vanity cupboards will provide plenty of storage for linen and there's a kitchenette with room for small sink, fridge and MW and all minor bedroom are minimum 3m x 4 m including biw and instead of the void there would be space for a small separate study or gym or more storage .. downstairs swopping the powder room and study and adding sliding doors would allow for more daylight in media and variations in the kitchen has the fridge closer to the alfresco, a small sink in the island and more open storage but i'm wondering if you really need the downstairs ens plus the powder room? adding a small hallway to bed 5 allows for the downstairs bathroom to double as powder room and losing the powder room at the front could allow for more generous entry and/or consider extra width in the garage?

and another variation to consider

and if you don't like the balcony (not much point without a view) add space to inside

@oklouise I love your enthusiasm and really appreciate your time to draw up the plan. In the variant one, i liked the idea of reducing the master bedroom size and increasing the both bathroom sizes. I was bit not sure how it would feel to have the kichenette right in front of the landing space when you reach upstairs which you have resolved in your 2nd variant. Few questions, in your Variation 2, can i have mono stringer stairs in your design? Can we have free standing baths in your design? Do you think we should slightly decrease the toilet area and provide that extra space for the shower and is there enough space between shower and tub for a small sitting space in the common bathroom ? Is that the storage space at the entry area? Is that the kitchenette and storage space at the rumpus area? And if i want to put a tv in the living area what is the best place for that? May be we can put some timber posts between study and dining for more privacy.

depending on which plan you refer to the kitchenette isn't for full meal cooking and the landing is wider than a hallway and/or you could omit the sink and get water out of one of one of the bathroom sinks and/or try the bar along the master bedroom wall ...both original upstairs bathrooms were much too small and the new bathrooms are still modest sizes and a free standing back to wall narrow bath is just possible in ens but not in family bathroom and a built in bath is bigger and easier to clean for the available space in teh family bathroom and includes a ledge for bath toys... mono stringer stairs should be OK in either plan as i've not included any storage under the stairs and assume that unless you are super neat that that space will become a dumping ground for lots of odd things.... a toilet space needs to be at least 1500 long so should be ok to have the bigger shower with space in between shower and bath ..there's enough space for a storage cabinet off the hall but don't forget that there's 2m of linen storage under the sinks in the family bathroom (1.5m in the ens and 1.2m in the downstairs ens) as in-wall mirror doored wall cabinets are better to keep toiletries up away from small kids and a private study should be away from common areas as the study nooks shown are more for casual adult use and kids play ... the study nook upstairs could be closed off but an open stairwell defeats the hope for privacy with all noise audible through the whole house without more solid doors and sound insulation between rooms but fine details can only be confirmed once you clarify which stairwell suits you best as everything is fixed by the location of the stairs and decision about extra powder room but a wider garage makes getting in and out of a car with kids, prams and groceries so much easier and well worth careful consideration..nb the garages in display homes never include cars or any of the usual things we need to store and rereading your post i would have a wall hung "picture" TV behind one of the couches in the family room

"May be we can put some timber posts between study and dining for more privacy"

Perhaps you missed my question about the multitude of study nooks. For such a large house nothing really looks designed for working from home. But if a nook or add-on is sufficient, I saw the noise issue addressed in one display home by a glass cubicle, which looked great in the context of that style of house.

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@macyjean Sorry, i didn't pay attention to your comments. You are absolutely right. A proper study space requires a quite area away from noise and distraction as I am on video calls throughout the day. I definitely need to rethink about the study space.

If you're going to be doing work-related video calls from home on a regular basis, it's worth planning a comfortable dedicated space, and think about lighting too, where the screen will be in relation to a window so that you neither have too much glare on the screen or backlighting on you so you appear silhouetted to the people you are speaking with.