Seeking some floorplan advice
Hi. My partner and I are currently looking to do some renovations to our house with the following objectives in mind:
- Turn the existing garage into a kid's retreat space where they can hang out, watch tv, study, etc.;
- Adding a carport to the front of the house
- To add a new master bedroom towards the front of the house (making the house a 5 bedroom (or 4bedroom/1 office house).
We mainly want to concentrate on the front portion of our house as this is the space where we have room to build out if required.
The first pic below is of our existing house plans and the second pic is of our first draft/revised plan.
Can you please provide some feedback/advice? Do you think this works well or are there some alternatives we should consider that will not impede to much on the rest of the house....?
With thanks! Cat
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Cathy Blazey
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Comments (19)Hi Blurock, Great plan! I love that it is so simple....that is a compliment as the KISS principal is often the best! Having said that just a few small comments.... You say the block slopes to the north: I assume you mean down to the north? The length of the eave over hang on the verandah, deck, outside room whatever you call it, can be calculated with the winter and summer sun angles of your geographic position to get the winter sun in and summer sun OUT! I noticed the difference in bed 2 & 3 room sizes: don't know if that is much or a problem but also wondered if the robes could be between the two rooms so robe in both rooms are just inside them making furniture placement easier. In the ensuite I would always have shower away from outside wall so a lovely long window beside loo provides plenty of light and air. But switch loo in line with vanity not backing bedroom: just make room look and feel larger. Please ensure in the kitchen that there is plenty of benching next to the cook top. I know centering it along the wall looks lovely but two little bits of bench are useless: you need at lease 1200 to be useful and around the corner is better than a lovely dead corner of benching where stuff collects. Where you have the beautiful sliding doors opening up the whole wall in lounge dining, you may want to think about a run of window that opens for a little winter fresh air without having to open the doors. This applies in the bedrooms too. Security as well as air will benefit. Oh and I love the east sun/light in the bedrooms! Depending on the amount of land, plant deciduous trees for shade: they are seasonally adjusted to work miracles for solar efficiency! Ie outside all the bedrooms. As to doors to stairs, yes I would put in a door on stairs and one somewhere in the hall to close off bedroom zone. I love cavity sliders as they are gone, hidden, away when not needed but appear at most appropriate times! Good luck.. look forward to seeing pictures of progress! Cheers Margot...See More
Kate
2 years agoAgree with Cathy. Don’t waste money changing the bedrooms. Something like this might work
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