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HELP - Floor plan layout

Anita Betyounan

2 years ago

Hello,

Please see attached floor plan layout, hoping anyone could make any suggestions to the layout as we're not happy with the the following areas:

* Powder Room - Window in shower, we are really trying to avoid placing the window above the shower as the theme of the home is French provincial

* Kitchen, Pantry Bar, Refrigerator - This setup looks very messy

First floor

* Bed 2,3 & 4 are all different sizes

* Master Suite - Not sure about the configuration, as WIR has to be accessed from master suite and doesn’t flow with the ensuite bathroom.

Ensuite – Vanity too small and blocks sunlight into the shower, the shower also feels too enclosed. We are looking at having a double shower head. We also preferably wanted to put a door on the toilet.
Master Suite Window - This is where the odd shape cut out is, we are unsure how to fix this window without ruining the façade.
Linen cupboard - Not ideal location
Chute - Not ideal location
Bathroom – We prefer a double vanity, also don’t like layout of this bathroom.

We look forward to your ideas and please let us know if there are any other areas of the home which might not make sense. This is our forever home and we just want to ensure it is practical for the way we live.

Comments (10)

macyjean
2 years ago
I see no downstairs bedroom, so is the downstairs shower for a swimming pool? If so, I'd try to include a door to the outside, even if it means making the shower smaller.

The upstairs bathroom would be a lovely luxurious ensuite, but as a bathroom it has drawbacks. There is the downstairs bathroom but needing to go to a different floor because someone is in the bath should be an avoidable inconvenience in such a generous house. How many people will be sharing the bathroom?

Will Bedroom 2 be permanently occupied, or will it be something like a study or guest room? The wall between it and the master bedroom should be soundproofed.

The upstairs linen cupboard definitely compromises the functionality of the leisure room. I'd put a cupboard of some sort in the area to the right of the master bedroom doorway, which is otherwise just an oversize thoroughfare.

I love the mudroom concept, but having to cross a corridor to get to it when coming in somewhat negates its purpose. It looks like a useful storeroom but something just inside the garage door incorporating a dropzone and shoe bench and whatever works for you is a more practical version and the storeroom can be for things less regularly accessed.

Where's the fridge? Is that the fridge next to the bar? It's too far. A kitchen, a butlers pantry, an outdoor kitchen, and you still have to walk to yet another room just to get items out of the fridge, that's bizarre. I mean I get the potential usefulness of each zone but they need to function with comfort and convenience.

I do find it sad that efficiency is still not a thing, even as we approach COP26. For starters unless the house is in the tropics it should be easy to tell where north is.
Kate
2 years ago
I have flipped the laundry. This allows the chute upstairs, I think, to be located in bathroom I& that is what you prefer. You may need to flip bathroom but that’s no prob. You could downstairs have some shelving facing entry hall in the new mud room /laundry. Door separating laundry optional, if having one then make it a slider as easier to use. Having glass in it can help let light into the mud room too.
The fridge needs to be in the kitchen. At moment the space looks too small width and depth and is too far from the work triangle.
Powder room if you don’t want window in shower then move to other wall.
Why the double doors to master. Who are you trying to impress upstairs the kids friends?. It will just in my opinion be awkward as will stay closed most of time and is offset from the French doors to balcony and takes up wall space. But that is just my preference.
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Kate
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Can you share front elevation. I assume the cutout in master is to get the third window on the elevation.
Bathroom could look at vanity where bath is and bath under window. You could also pull toilet out as there is water space next to master
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2 years ago
Suggestion for the master ensuite and WIR
dreamer
2 years ago
Regarding bed 2 3 and 4 being different sizes. Remove the linen cupboard from bed 3 area and shift it into leisure room space.
Bed 2 is 12.7, Bed 3 is 13.2, Bed 4 is 11.08. Really there is minimal difference. And some rooms may have a better orientation and view than another. Big picture, it doesn’t matter.
dreamer
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This for the bathroom.
dreamer
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Kitchen, move fridge to back wall on the right hand side. Occupants can access without interruption to pantry and appliance uses.
dreamer
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The master suite is uncomfortably big. As mentioned before re claim the space from linen back into bed 3. Put the linen cupboard into the master bedroom space. This would then allow for a normal private entrance into master suite. And the linen cupboard will not impede the furnishing of leisure room.
jen876
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Are you happy with the level of privacy for the master suite? I assume the bedhead will go up against the wall of bed 2 which isn't ideal for either room with noise travelling through walls. And the double doors will look amazing, but it seems like they open straight onto what will become the kids rumpus/hangout room, which could become very noisy in the future. Both these things would bother me, but everyone has different tolerances and preferences.
oklouise
2 years ago
a few suggestions to consider

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