I'd go for upvc windows.  Much more hard wearing

I agree with big reader about the need for a balustrade for safety reasons. It will also make the house look more like a traditional Queenslander.

Looks great. Personally I’d have an island in kitchen not peninsula. The powder room needs a basin and the main bath a toilet. My back deck is 1000 m off ground with grass sloping away. We had a 3 month old when built and never bothered adding fence. I did add a small baby jail for a while. But agree a fence can finish off a look.

Looks good to me. Install basin in main use toilet. Which way are your views, cross breezes etc. Just a note you have shown the home is 22metre long, but this will be greater once you incorporate the wall thickness into plans.

If I am reading the plans right the laundry door opens directly on to the washing machine. Moving this down further towards the outside door would mean opening on to a clear run of bench space which would look nicer and you can accessorise if you want. A sliding door on the laundry would give you more internal space/cabinetry options. Each of the minor bedroom doors open straight into the side of the wardrobe- moving the wardrobe to another wall would alleviate this. Consider where your fridge will go in the current layout. Having it on the ‘edge’ of your kitchen means people can come and grab a drink or snack while someone else is cooking without getting in their way. At the moment this would mean having the fridge right next to the oven which doesn’t leave space for a drop zone for either. The layout also means two corner cupboards which don’t work as well as drawers in terms of access/storage. Hope this is helpful.

Thank you for advise. We will bring the height of the house lower for safety (trying to avoid balustrade for maintenance reasons).

Added a basin to w/c and to main bathroom

Move washing machine/ drier location for more visual discretion

We are reducing the length of the kitchen to 4.5m as it’s too long currently and centring the 900 oven. I would have loved an island but feel the peninsula works better in the space. Might play around with some designs for an island.

Keeping the kids robes there (not great visually walking into a wall) but need the corners for kids beds to sit into.

Thank you all for your recommendations! It’s really helpful having fresh eyes.

Ps our view is at the front of the property (mainly where hexagon feature is)

Opinion on kitchen layout 5 m x 3.5 m

@davincicalbourne. I read the original plans as having the fridge at the entrance to the kitchen. Unless that word is saying something different.

Yes, the kitchen with the island as you have drawn would work. The spaces to walk around the island are good.

Yes, Fridge at entrance of kitchen. Thank you again! House designs are overwhelming 😅

I feel if you want a ‘Queenslander’ then a balustrade is a given. There are plenty of products around that could give you the aesthetic without the maintenance.

Yes I agree that it certainly very Queenslander to have it but it’s got to be practical as well as atheistic for us. We are doing a Queenslander ‘style’ home and a lot of homes around where we are don’t do balustrading for the same reason.

Thank you for the resources but 😃

There may be a min height off ground in building regs depending on construction style for airflow and services Qld s were built high for airflow.

I wouldn't call those houses "queenslanders" as such.

I think if the gap is high and you want to avoid railings you can always extend outwards with decking even if there is a step down.

Working with your 22 x 9m plus the ones I could read I have the following basic floorplan.

I am posting without the Verandahs so as to fit a larger plan of the internal rooms

I have added double doors opposite the Hexagon part of the Verandah to open up the living area to that and the view.

The WIP and laundry with double sliding louver doors to both so they can both be used without being in enclosed in small spaces in the QLD climate

I have shown the bedrooms with 3 different furniture layouts to work with. I have left the Master suite blank until I know what the small room is at the end of the passageway.

Where will the driveway and garage be and which way is North

Thank you! I really like the different layouts of the laundry / powder room and the kitchen.

The small room down the end is a just a store room.

North is the right side of this plan (end without decking)

Placement of Driveway and shed haven’t been decided yet 😀 waiting on earth works to be finished.

This is the draft sent though from builders based off our original first plan.

Do u have to have your bed backing on to the main bathroom ?

It is an existing time to build but I think your plan needs a few tweaks. Your storeroom is too narrow for shelves and a person using the shelves. You might as well use the space in the adjoining bedroom. I love a separate toilet but it need a basin and it is a long way from the bathroom. You need to do a bit more work on your furniture layout in the living/dining open plan area. Currently the kitchen stools crash into the table and you have an awkward corner (bottom right). In the minor bedrooms if you move the door way over, you can run the wardrobes wall to wall. How wide is the hallway? It seems narrow.

it's essential to decide location of driveway, parking, garages, septic and water tanks, clothesline, outdoor entertaining and grassed playing areas before the house plans are finalised and wouldn't it be ideal to be able to have undercover access from garage to house when arriving home with groceries and children and acreage properties makes parking more challenging if it's not included in the original design..eg parking and reversing bay for tradies during construction and for several guest and/or delivery vehicles can be added when levelling the house site and is there a difficult slope that prevents the house being rotated to have the long sides facing north and south to avoid so much late afternoon sun that can't be excluded by a verandah

using the same basic floor area my suggestions include grouping the plumbing together and adding a breezeway and garage (which could be added to the front or rear of the house) and some variation to room shapes to allow for a separate rumpus room and bigger kitchen

hi,

IF you are on acreage, I do NOT understand WHY you are not ORIENTATING the House to have the MAJORITY of the rooms facing NORTH. ( the Living room + Dining + your Master Bedroom and leading to a nice sunny Outdoor Entertaining area on the deep-verandah etc)..

Read up on "Passive Solar Design" =

- orientate the main living areas to capture the Northern sun . and

- minimum 500mm Eaves (you have the Verandah's, so this will be good. and

- minimum 1500mm Eaves for the rooms facing West; and

- provide plenty of flow thru ventilation. - I love my Louvre Windows.. and

- insulation & floors and walls that are thicjk. and

- double-glazing (if you can afford it)

- utility areas such as bathrooms, robes, kitchen can be on the Southern side of the house..

Railing - yes, you are right that it is not needed - the 2 pictures that you have provided are lovely.

Access to Outdoor Entertaining - if I am reading your floor plan correctly - access is ONLY to the Front yard / side yard - to the HEAXAGONAL Porch section -- this is lovely - but will it and the 2 metre porch be enough space? - WHERE are you going to put your BBQ etc?

oklouise - I totally agree with you - NEED to decide WHERE the Garage, driveway etc will be.

bigreader - I agree with all of your comments and especially that the Lounge/ dining size is not big enough.

What's with all the capital letters ushi? -

Thank you for all the replies. We are still in the very early stages and you have all given us a lot to research and revise.
We are just developing a basic house design before the clearing happens as we are doing a kit home so it needs to get into basic production. My father in law actually lives on the block next door so we are roughly laying out the utilities in the same location.

The house will sit at the back of the block and have the front yard as the backyard essentially. Rainforest sits behind the house.

Thank you again for the different house plans designs, we took something away from each of them 😁

This is our block 🌳