New entrance - layout
Considering making french doors the new front door. Entry via garden and up steps (yet to be created). Concerned about couch facing new front door (currently used as a small living area) is this an issue or should i relocate couch
Pic #1 - French doors on left, currently this is an occasional living space looking out into front garden facing West
Pic #2 Entering through the french doors, this is what you see. Note you can see the kitchen on the right in the background.
Pic #3 A step further back - Looking from the verandah at the french doors. Currently the couch is there.
Pic #4 When you walk through the french doors, to the right is the current entrance door, with dining table on the corner. Open planned so kitchen is in view
Pic #5 View from the street. Driveway. Currently you walk up the step on the left to get entrance to house.
Pic #6 Suggested new entrance. Rather than going up the step (pic #5), create a pathway through garden that leads to french doors.
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vabellc
2 years ago
Kate
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Comments (4)I always think you should aim for the minimum for wheelchair access. . . which is 1200mm. See this link for more info: Accesible...See Morelooking for advice on my new house design layout
Comments (14)Hi renovationsnovice, Looks like a large home proposal, the ground floor plan is a little hard to read as there seems to be a number of edit attempts. Reading your initial Brief, to the extent that you have posted it appears that you might benefit from revisiting the brief, and perhaps coming to some compromise on some of the preferred areas. There may be a few items that you might consider on the drawings posted; The Upstairs areas seem not to relate to the downstairs area in terms of bearing, this could reduce some costs by having top walls bearing over bottom walls. The new width of the family room you propose at 8.5 m - for domestic construction this is a significant requiring decent size steel beams and steel columns - if it could be avoided it might result in some worth wile saving in both money and complexities. In all two story's home I always advise my clients to have an office/bedroom/guest room downstairs as it often serves for emergencies when someone breaks a leg or an elderly relative visits. (unless you can prove that such life complexities will not visit you). Its great that you have provided an airlock between the garage and the main passage, if you could locate the stair in this area you could regain some of the space lost by the airlock. There are other areas that my require editing, however it appears that you may have to settle some of the larger areas before you can move on to the next edit. I would be happy to comment/work on this project. Regards Michael Manias - mm407p@gmail.com Manias Associates - Building Designers...See Morewanting to create new entry & deck
Comments (6)Like oklouise , I'm trying to work out what you are wanting to achieve ? Do you have a handicapped person living there -- its not clear to me . A ramp down the right side is going to look funny IMO -- the section slopes , but a flat ramp back to the driveway/garage would cover the bottom couple of inches of that picture window and the sill .A sloping ramp would just be wrong and weird , angles that would look wrong . It looks like the existing terrace is 2700 deep -- its hard to tell if 'behind' that is an entry foyer ? If the terrace isn't deep enough , I'd tend to try and go IN , not out . I hope you take this as constructive , but the existing doors look more like factory doors than house ones . So I'd go 'inwards' , and do an 'impress the neighbours' double solid full height timber doors , with stained timber picture windows either side . On that theme , I'd also change the 3 picture windows to stained timber frames too , and the greeny grey shiplap I'd try and strip and stain -- if not possible , paint in apricot or lemon or light red , THEN do the fascia boards in a really bright shade the same ( bright orange , sunshine yellow or fire engine red ) . The grey outdoor tiles I'd try and concrete stain ( I probably shouldn't admit this , but I once got a good charcoal oil-based outdoor paint , thinned it ( from a 20 litre thing of turps ) about 2 to 1 , and brushed the outdoor tiles twice over 2 days -- it soaked in well , wasn't slippery , and lasted well -- at least well enough to sell the property a couple of months later haha ) . So $20k instead of $100k , less matching to do , but there is still the problem of the ramp . . . . . ....See MoreNew build layout options - elevated house, two wings separated by deck
Comments (26)Hi oklouise, Thanks for your input again, and the recommendation of yourhome.gov.au. I had viewed this website some time ago, and the information on there is now much more comprehensive. A lot of articles I had read about housing in the tropics were coming out of India and other Asian countries. I really like how you've offset the two wings, and I think this will help with cross ventilation and directing breeze through the house. With the offset, the living wing would be able to look into the backyard, but could also have a view of the front gate (an idea advised by siriuskey). I'm liking the idea of a ground floor entryway and internal stairs, but I think I would locate it on the bottom of the living wing. I think we would park under the bedroom wing (carport, not garage), and then walk under cover of the deck to the entry. Internal stairs on the left-most side of the living wing, will lead up to the living wing in a kitchen/dining/living configuration (maybe similar to your previous plan). Cheers, Adnan...See Morevabellc
2 years agovabellc
2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago
Living/Hall is separated by a wall (no door)Extension now divided half into a living room (south) and bedroom (north)
Driveway on the south side of house, with a gate adjacent to the current entry
dreamer
2 years agoKate
2 years agoIf you want to keep the dining nook in other corner and keep the hall wall I would suggest swapping couch for two chairs
vabellc
2 years agoAnne Monsour
2 years ago
dreamer