Which way is north?

I would delete the door from guest bedroom 2 into bathroom. It is not required. It will take up good wall space and occupants can enter into bathroom from other door. Then your guests don’t need to worry about locking two doors.

Hi dreamer

Thank for the feedback. North is Left side of plan.

Thank for the feedback about the door but we would like that toilet to act as a dual one for visitors and the guest.

What do you think about the size of our entry/porch/hallway width. Its currently about 2.5m , is that not too big ?

And also the side-gate boundary space, its currently 1m , is that usually enough space or we need to make it bigger ?

If you want the bathroom as dual use for guest bedroom/ visitors then you are better off following dreamers suggestion and having a wall there rather than a 2nd door. As she mentioned, people using bedroom can easily enter from the hallway and you're at less risk of visitors embarrassing people using the bedroom.  Plus it gives you more room to place things in bathroom.

Hi dreamer and CP

Ok , i see what you mean. Yes true, there maybe some embarrasing situations. we will get the guest bedroom door closed.

CP, any thoughts on size of entry/hallway and side-gate access?

Thanks

Having two doors for guest bathroom is not necessary, because only one person will be using the toilet at any time, it is only a small step outside from bedroom to bathroom after all. You don’t need two doors. I would keep the porch/entry as wide as it can be, that is more welcoming than a skinny tight area. The side setbacks required are usually 1500mm where I live in Perth. Are you doing the pool before the house is built? How are workman, wheelbarrows going to get into rear of the home, where are your council bins going to be stored? If you can reduce the activity room, and have a 1500mm path down the side of home on the left side, that would be beneficial.

Where is the clothes line going? It’s a long way from the laundry external door to any place that is big enough for a clothesline.

My thoughts on plan

Thank you all for the feedback

1. Clothesline—what a bummer,completely forgot about that, will have to reduce one window size or maybe consider a clothesline against boundary line

2. Side-gate access—council mandates 1m but will try to see if we can have 1.5m on the left side by reducing activity room

3. Bins—will then be on side with 1.5m access

4. Pool—we will have the pool dug before the construction

5. Study—just realised , yes the glass do reduce useable space, will redesign

6.Toilet Double doors—what an oversight, will het one removed. so much for being thorough.

thank you all guys for the valuable feedback

Something like this could enable guest bath to be used as powder room

Very exciting time building a new home and I wonder why access to bathroom / WC and laundry hasn't been positioned to work with the pool, you could look to swap the bedroom/linen with the Bath/Laundry/Linen

What boundary would you put the clothes line? If it outside the current laundry position then in my opinion that is not a good idea. It is a narrow space and would be ergonomically difficult to hang washing comfortably. And it’s on the south side of home and be shaded by the house.

Agree with siriuskey. Instead of thinking about the number of bedrooms and three living areas, think about the practical way that you live day to day. For example, if you are in the pool, how far is it to walk through the house to the toilet? Or do you want your guest near the garage and everyday exit and entrance. Do you want quick access to the scullery from the hall without going around the kitchen? Do you want a bedroom window overlooking the alfresco or the bedroom moved for more privacy and noise reduction.

Just a few minor things to think about
1:Placement of dishwasher, don’t just put it in scullery it needs to be where you keep your dishes.
2:The bath in en-suite doesn’t seem like there is enough room to get around it to clean.
3:Although it’s a large home the actual placement of furniture in the family room doesn’t give a lot of distance from the sofas to tv.

Apart from that looks great.

Sorry another thing I’d move the entry to the en-suite over slightly to give the shower more width as it’s only the width of w/c which is less than 1 mt.

Thanks again for the feedback. We will make some changes to the plan. Its work in progress.

dimensions are difficult to read, don't include the width and length of the block and some rooms feel cramped while others are bigger than necessary and the entry hallway wastes space better used for a more spacious guest suite and a mudroom with more direct link between garage and kitchen, the small extensions on the south side create problems with the width of the south side path and makes the roof much more complicated and, as already suggested, moving the family bathroom and laundry will create easy access to the toilet from alfresco and pool through the laundry and also avoids the long walk from the original laundry down the narrow side path to the eastern drying area... the south side path needs to be at least 1m and the north side path should be as wide as allowed by the width of the block and the house.. my suggestions include rearranging rooms for more comfortable access and also results in an overall reduction in the total floor area (including alfresco and front porch) and depending on current sqm building costs the reduction could be enough to finance most of the pool?

Hey Juda.

Good on you for getting opinions, both good and bad ;)

My first impression of the plan is that it's a bit busy/rabbit warren like!

Even though there are apsects I do like, I've mainly made notes about things I don't like, so hopefully they're useful.

STUDY: Whilst the internal three-window hall section might look cool, it removes the opportunity to run a desk or cabinetry along that wall.

GARAGE: Wouldn't you also need an outside exit door (eg. top right corner of store area)?

KITCHEN: This is a tough one for me. The concept of a Scullery, where dirty dishes are hidden, washed & dried seems neat, but will said dishes need to be carted back out to the Kitchen cabinets all the time, or are some stored in there, and if so, will it be annoying to visit the Scullery all the time just to get some plates, etc.? Anyway I think the Scullery double sink needs to be centred more to allow space for the flow of incoming to outgoing dishes.

The alternative sink position is the left side Bench where the dishwasher person also gets to enjoy an outside view as opposed to the inside Scullery wall.

LAUNDRY: I think its position should be swapped with Bedroom 3, and have another internal access door to the Laundry placed where the Bedroom 3 Desk presently is. This allows for much easier access from the Kitchen area through to the laundry, then outside to a clothes line, etc. as opposed to using the only sliding door to this wing of the house.

MASTER BEDROOM: Would it be desirable to have an outdoor shower/tropical fernery where the vacant top-right corner space is, that's accessible from the Ensuite?

MASTER BEDROOM WIR: I think the central space is unneccesarily wide or perhaps the shelves/hangers should be wider.

BEDROOMS 3, 4 & 5: These don't have a clear wall/position for a TV (if needed?) opposite the bed.

All the best.

Colin

Hi Oklouise and Colin

Thank you both for the detailed feedback. There are some very good points that you have raised. We will try to incorporate these into our final design. We have learnt a lot from your feedback.

Bedroom 4, their heads have plumbing behind them. Maybe put wardrobe on that wall for more bathroom privacy. And put the bed position somewhere else. The other wall has another bathroom, but the loo is not on that wall unlike the master loo.
Lucky bed 4!