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Comments (36)Hi lovely lady's. I'm still going around in circles with the floor plan.. I've just found out that I can't put a toilet on the Right hand side of the house as it woukd require a very complicated and expensive trench to connect the existing sewer pipe to a new toilet on the Right hand side. So a bathroom woukd need to stay on the left. I have a structural engineer taking a look T the load bearing walls next week.. Any other suggestions would be great appreciated. I thought about leaving kitchen where is is and knocking the wall thrpufh to make sauna and dressing room one room and turning this into a dining room. connecting the kitchen with the dining room with an archway. but this looses some cupboard space on the left wall and with the current kitchen only being 3 metres wide it's a bit too small. The other challenge is I would like the laundry door relocated to the kitchen wall instead of walking through a bedroom to get to the laundry... I'm stuck.....See MoreFloor plan ideas
Comments (11)Hi Jane Have you considered turning the bedroom beside the existing kitchen into master. That room is slightly bigger than living room. The existing plumbing in kitchen can be retained and turned into ensuite to save you a little cost. The front living room can be closed in to become a normal bedroom. You can make this room proportion by reducing and placing back to back robes sharing with the existing bedroom beside. Kitchen can be in the middle where the dining currently is with bathroom + laundry located between kitchen and the external wall. That way you are retaining as much existing plumbing location as possibile. The current family and a good portion of the existing kitchen can now be a combined open plan which will work well with the new kitchen locatied centralised in the house. Open the outdoor area with some big sliding doors & it will provide you with plenty of light. Good luck with the reno!...See MoreLooking for an easy-to-use floor plan app
Comments (7)Thanks oklouise! We'll try and get most of it together, then pass it to you for comment. I'd just like to mention that we will not be altering the footprint of the extension itself, except to remove two non load-bearing walls that currently comprise the passage. The intention is to open it up into one large space, with two separate zones - kitchen + relaxed diner-type dining area. The biggest change so far has been the removal of the old woodstove alcove and exterior chimney in the kitchen. It was in a bad state, leaking and leaning to starboard! Sadly it had to go. However, if we decide to keep the kitchen where it is, the wall it stood on will give us a blank canvas and some wriggle room to work with. The alternative plan is to move the kitchen across the hallway and into the old dining zone, the objective being that we will later re-fashion the current bathroom off the dining area into two zones - a walk-in pantry + a separate laundry. Since we are not going to make any dramatic changes to the existing extension, except install new windows and doors, Council and a draughtsperson are not really needed. Our aim is to gather as much inspo from the kind people here, as to what will be the best layout in both zones to suit our needs. This is the biggest issue we have faced so far! We can't seem to agree which side of the extension the kitchen should go, and the best footprint/layout in this area. Until we get that sorted in our heads, we cannot position the windows or doors! I will take some pictures of the extension to give you a better idea, together with the dimensions and positions of windows and door. We plan to install a double French door off one of these areas, and have a full glass door which we'd like to use as a back door - so this would need to be incorporated into the plan. I had thought about positioning it where the old wood stove had been, but since that's on the west side of the house, it gets extremely hot in the afternoons. Give me a couple of days to gather it all together for you. We'd be so thankful for any input from yourself, and others. Design and layout are toughies! For the most part we are aiming for a "de-constructed" type modern farmhouse kitchen where less is more....See MoreFarm cottage Reno - advice on internal layout
Comments (7)Hi, is the storeroom next to bed 1 going to be a bathroom, as it’s a long way through the living spaces to bathroom between b 2 and 3. This will impact layout recommendations. In one layout you have the kitchen near store. If not bathroom will it be part pantry? I see one plan has the missing verandah dimension. Thanks....See MoreKate
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