Add door to master bed. Boys sink centre on bench,. Girls powder room delete door to bathroom, annoying. Downstairs living noise will travel upstairs. Add door to close off around stairs.

If you turn the kitchen Isaac you could use the space better. Moving sink in from side of island will give you space to put things on both sides. I’d add a sliding door to lounge too.

I would look at external access for Pool to WC and possibly laundry

Which way to the stairs run, sorry I can’t tell on plans? I would suggest that hall entrance has stairs starting from games room and going up to main living area. Therefore, when arriving into upper level the powder room is not the first thing you see. You arrive at top of stairs looking at the pool area. Also with the entrance to master at stair entrance could be dangerous.

I can’t see a door on the master bedroom.?

Master has a pocket door which I want to change to a normal door.
Stairs run from front to back - that is the land at the games room to go straight outside.
We had the girls bathroom with seperate toilet so that it can be used as the downstairs powder room and bathroom simultaneously. Otherwise we would need to add another WC? If a girl is getting ready/ showering the toilet is still functional.
We are really pushing the budget and can’t really afford another WC which is why there isn’t an outside one for the pool either.

The girls powder room is the best idea, but why have a separate door into the bathroom? One door in the hallway is sufficient.

There are two entrance options - formal ‘front door’ style downstairs next to the garage. This will also be where we have a post box etc for deliveries and it out of site from the road.
I don’t care for many strangers but they would likely use this doorbell which has an intercom.
The front gate at street level also has a doorbell and friends would likely use this which can also be unlocked by intercom. They proceed past the pool and the next gate and into the alfresco area. We have alfresco gates from pool.

So would your visitors park in the driveway or on the road? If they park on the driveway then they have to walk back up to street level to enter your yard, past the pool etc. you might find that your soon to be teenagers friends may use the door next to the garage.....then you will not really know who is in the house.....until their hungry 🤤

Suggestions in purple.

Laughing at the teenagers being hungry! They are going to eat me out of house and home!
I have gone around in circles with the entry options. I’m also aware I’ll have to carry groceries upstairs but I don’t see a way around it unless I put the kitchen downstairs which I don’t want to do. Something always has to give doesn’t it.
Currently visitors generally park at the top of the driveway so the street level entry would be fine for that?
I can’t see any other solutions to the entry without changing the design?

The good news is, you have plenty of kids to help carry groceries up the stairs😉 because carrying groceries for 6 up the stairs will be a big job!

Ugh I know! I’ve even tried to get a dumb waiter in the design but it’s just compromising other things. The groceries are going to be annoying but I REALLY don’t want a downstairs kitchen on the block.

And I def need to fine tune bathroom layouts and kitchen etc.
I would like to try for more storage but I don’t know where?

If you flip boys beds so the bed head is against the bathroom wall in each room you can run robes across the full wall opposite. This significantly increases storage - you could keep their bed and bath linen in there for example as well as clothes hampers. Also means you walk in without looking straight at the side of the robe - will give a more open feel. Powder for the girls is a great idea - agree with comments that door to bathroom should be removed. Be sure to add PowerPoints in powder and storage for hairdryers, makeup etc as they get older. In the kitchen incorporate a pull out bin system at the end of a run.

Can u get a dumb waiter in bottom right of garage?

I just think stair is in wrong location an entry is compromised

I think a dumb waiter could be installed in laundry on external wall. It will come up in alfresco...I think.

unable to read all the dimensions so my sizes need confirmation but without increasing overall size of the house my suggestions include a dumb waiter and laundry shute, more specific entry upstairs and down plus an entry court with space for bins near the street, extending the laundry allows for potential external door with direct access to the drying area and a downstairs entry foyer (extra space could be offsett by minor reduction in oversized width of hall or stairs) rearranging internal garage door allows for a mudroom storage wall and the dumb waiter, alternate girls bathroom allows for separate powder room, bigger girls bedrooms and linen storage, partially enclosing the stairs could reduce noise transfer and improve AC and includes understair storage, rotating the scullery allows for space for upstairs cleaning equipment, bigger pantry/scullery and kitchen, bigger guest bath and bigger study/guest room and better use of the central empty area between dining and kitchen but, please explain the extra stairs on the western side of the alfresco??

Oh wow these are some great ideas! Thank you!!
The bins are a very clever idea.
I’ve just started looking into dumb waiters and they are more expensive than I thought! I dare say budget won’t allow for these types of trimmings unfortunately.
I like the addition of the linen. I imagined the original laundry having one wall as a mud room style but this is an interesting design point.
The second flight of stairs is for a future rooftop terrace/ deck. So one flight goes down the the yard and the other is up to the roof from the alfresco. There is def issues with the cost of retaining around that laundry area I need to investigate further.

now the extra stairs make sense, thankyou.. and it would be easier and cheaper than a dumbwaiter to unload occasional big loads of groceries and come inside from the front gate before the car goes in the garage but the laundry chute might still be useful in my dumb waiter location...should be a gorgeous house

I like the layout of your apartment. There will be a lot of changes in the process of building an apartment. When I bought real estate, I preferred the ""raw"" option, without furniture and wallpaper. Self-made repairs will be much better and more beautiful. Unfortunately, we had to sell the old house because it had become too big for my parents. We managed to get them into a nice nursing home that we found on https://seniorsite.org. By the way, I advise you to install an additional table or bedside table against the wall in the dining room to keep drinks or bread there.

Perhaps make provision for a dumb waiter in the future as you never know when you might sell.

Entry is definitely the problem in this house. Arriving at the 'front' door by the garage means you have to walk the full length of the house, then do a u-turn and go up the stairs back in the direction you've just come.

Front entry from street via own path beside drive to upper level.

the main entry was always at the higher level directly from the street: through a front gate, down a few stairs, walk along beside the pool and enter the house through the alfresco.. downstairs entry was always intended as secondary option but is also no different to any two storey home with living upstairs and taking advantage of front northern aspect, rear southern views and best location for the pool at upstairs level

MC lover, are you able show dimensions of the garage and the rooms on that level, they are very difficult to read, it's a waste time guessing, thanks

I thought I saw the garage floorplan re posted but without dimensions?

In my opinion, 800mm around the master bed is not enough. Just saying.

Garage

VIBIS I notice you are Certifiers, so do you have an opinion on this post

Any idea on how we can overcome poorly designed access on a slope

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MCL could you now post the top floor showing readable dimensions, thanks

Street level / upper floor

I would delete the wall behind the bed in the master bedroom as it doesn’t seem to serve any real purpose and turn the bed to place against the outside wall. The room will be far more spacious .

the wall behind the bed creates dressing area and more storage but perhaps that could be added later

Your WIR has great storage and more dressing space than behind the bed

MC Lover, the dimensions are hard to read and incomplete, could you add room dimensions to my following floorplans, thank you