Advice on house design changes/ renovation
Michelle Munn
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Comments (6)Don't feel bad about it. The thing to have in the back of your mind is that no "free" planning service is really free - if you give them the work you will be indirectly paying for this service (it just wont be a line item on your bill) along with a portion of the costs for "free" planning services given to other folks who didn't give them the work to cover their cost of doing business. "Free planning services" - are bait to get you through their doors (or rather their foot in your kitchen). By all means test the water but, personally, I'd be inclined to use an independent designer who has no affiliation with kitchen companies and is going to design a space for you that will deliver what you need from a practical perspective, look great and will fit in with the rest of your home and who will be able to recommend products from a range of suppliers at a range of cost points (they'll also be able to guide you on where to spend money where to invest a lot of money and where you can save because their fees aren't based on you buying the most expensive of everything). I hope this helps....See MoreAdvice on house design
Comments (29)sorry about the drawing, but I quickly just sketched over your plans. I tried to keep the basic design you had just to save on re drawing over, but I would suggest the following as there was a lot of wasted space before. Also keep in mind that you are able to flip the house over (mirror image) if it will be too hot for the bedrooms to be on that side. Following the above drawing I would get rid of all the small hallways and extra doors you have, I would put the activity room directly on the Bed 1 wall and have built in bookshelves around the two walls, this will turn it into a study which will be a better choice for resell value. I would also put a skylight in that room as there are no windows. Entry to Bed 1 will be via the corridor which links all bedrooms, it still gives you dbl doors into the master, WIR and your ensuite. Your ensuite I would move the shower to the end and put floor to ceiling glass and turn it into a dbl shower one side can have dbl vanity and the other the WC and you would also have enough room to install a cupboard which could be a nice decorative on with glass on the top half where you could keep your towels and door on bottom to hide things. I would move Bed 4 in line with the other bedrooms, I did not move the main bathroom but you could move int and have it in the middle between two bedrooms. The main bathroom I would do a wet room which incorporates a bath and the shower behind again floor to ceiling glass. You would still have room for dbl vanity and toilet. By moving the activity room in line with the entry way, it will give you room in the bedroom hallway to incorporate a linen cupboard. By moving the drop zone and putting the PDR room door at that end it allows you to have a bigger laundry. therefore, behind the laundry door you could have overhead cupboards as well as undercounter cupboards for extra storage. Drop zones end up becoming messy and with yours right in the entry way, whenever you had guest your mess will be out in the open. By moving all this around it opens up the main hub of the house; it gives you enough room to extend the kitchen bench a little further down, I would put a large square island in the middle it allows for better flow around the kitchen and it also gives you extra seating, especially for quick breaky with the kids in the morning before running out the door to do school drop offs and work. It also gives you extra cupboard space as you are able to have doors put right around underneath for extra cupboards. Your dining area now has grown and leaves you with extra space along the the new study wall that you can have as a kids zone. Firstly, being little you will want to keep an eye on them secondly as they grow they want their own bedrooms. Your family living area is still the same; I would also wrap the pergola around to the end of the house which enables you to build an outdoor kitchen/bbq area with a table for entertaining and on the other end you could have comfy couches to lounge in when outdoors, have your morning coffee and watch the kids play in the backyard. Hope this helps Good Luck...See MoreDesign Advice for first home new build
Comments (35)I'm going to thro a wobbly into this mix: Have you thought about going two storey so there is some outside space for boys to play? Looking at your site plan play is either in the pool or the street! Master bedroom, with all the robe you want upstairs and a kids free zone! Or boys rooms above as long has they do not own hob nail boots! Then do not use ALL the extra space on ground for your film works! Seriously this would give you some breathing space and some real outdoor living area to enjoy which you can do in Ipswich climate. Four beds separate bath rooms and stairs above with a laundry chute. Down stairs a real laundry (proportional to a five bed house) A powder room with shower for after pool. Your study of a size worthwhile and theatre room for family second sitting room as well as clients. The master can then have better sized robe, all the bits you want in ensuite including separate loo (lovely idea) but please on outside wall with window. Personally, I'm not one for two storey but in this tight site I think it would be much better. Good Luck, Margot...See MoreLayout Advice on Renovation of 2003 Project Home
Comments (12)@oklouise thanks for your advice. We do not have accurate dimensions yet, this makes it challenging for assistance. We will be applying a new roof for the entire home, and internal ceilings attended to. One side of home has 4 shed garage with minimal walkway space on other side 5 -10 metres of space. We want to extend at rear of home towards Pool and capture views to backyard. We are keen to minimise as much changes as possible with plumbling/structural beams/walkways. I've added our preliminary thoughts on extension/layout in RED dotted lines/text. Blue dotted lines are the are the current layout. Existing Roof Structure provided....See Moreoklouise
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