Small House - Floorplan Ideas/Feedback Needed. Help!
Hi Houzzers,
Seeking your advice pls. Attached is the current floorplan.
I am looking to:
-Add a third bedroom
-Relocate laundry/bathroom
It doesn't have to be all three things at one go (could just be adding a third bedroom or relocating the bathroom). If you have any suggestions or thoughts on efficiently moving things around, this would be of much help.
Note: The driveway is also not being used, so possibly can use that as area space.
Otherwise, throw whatever you think is possible without blowing out a budget lol.
Thank you!
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Comments (27)ddarroch Thanks for all the great suggestions. Pity indeed about the directions of the sun and view. Can't change the profile of the block only can try to work out the best based on what it is. Very valid points about the heating VS. clerestory windows. We are in the temperate climate region which keeping warm it’s an issue in winter. We have thought about to have low-e glass in the south facing side but looks like we probably need to have double glazing in places like the north facing clerestory windows like you suggest. No ideas how much more double glazing will cost but certainly we need to include a fair amount into our budget. Agree with having a door separating the living from the back of the house like you said. Much better for heating and sound insulation. Again thanks a lot....See MoreFloor plan help please for small house
Comments (13)realising that you did not mean to have one long narrow room but i think we all recommend an L shaped extension (not necessarily my suggested plan) because it will be much more cost effective than removing the whole back wall of the house and replacing all the separate ceilings and windows and not achieving much more than an enlarged bathroom, bedroom and small ensuite..the Lshape extension of similar sq m would create a more comfortable floorplan for the whole house with a simpler extension that also has the potential for a deck or alfesco to enjoy the bush view..photos of the roof and back of the house and measurements of the distance to the side and back fences and location of the pipes you mentioned and rough measurements of the bathroom, laundry, wardrobes and short hallways would allow a much more detailed floorplan to help invite more suggestions...See MorePlease help me with floor plan design for a small Australian home
Comments (20)OP, OKL's plan is better from an energy efficiency point of view than your plan (your plan wastes the northern aspect with bathrooms). But DON'T just flip OKL's plan, as the orientation would then be all wrong! It's important to get the orientation right, this will greatly effect the comfort of your home & your heating/cooling requirements (& hence your bills). Read this. It's all very useful, but maybe focus on the section about orientation first. http://yourhome.gov.au/passive-design Below are some generalisations. As has been requested, it would be nice to know your general location, as climates vary across our big country, so building requirements change. But generally, you want your living areas (& a large proportion of your glazing facing north). If possible, have a smaller portion of your glazing facing south & east, for cross ventilation, & try to eliminate western glazing. Bedrooms to the south & east (if they won't also fit in the north), & rarely used rooms, like garages, bathrooms & laundries to the west. Your verandah is south facing, good, as it won't shade your home in winter. Hopefully you have north facing eaves & they aren't too large. If they are the right size you'll get sun through your northern windows in winter, but the eaves will shade the house in summer, when the sun is higher in the sky. So can you knock out windows & doors wherever you want? Would be good to know where they are currently, the size of the verandah, the block dimensions & any other structures which will influence shading & privacy. I'd also be looking at some tiny house blogs/websites. 72sqm isn't tiny, but you really want an efficient house that works well, & you'll find some ingenious storage solutions that are used in tiny houses. Well designed built in storage is definitely very important in a small home. Can't see if it all fits now, while using the app on my phone. But I'd aim for something like this. The kitchen in the NE corner, running down the eastern wall (so you get good morning sun). An island bench for dining, separating the living area on the northern wall. Master in the NW corner, with the ensuite on the western wall (if it fits - important not to have the master bedroom window facing west). Minor bedrooms (& windows) on the south wall. Main bathroom or powder room somewhere on the southern wall, in the SW corner would be nice if it fits there. No idea is that all fits, just some ideas. If you're not fussed about an easy facing kitchen, you could flip this all, & have the kitchen in the NW corner, & the master in the NE corner. If you're taking off external or internal cladding, this is a good time to insulate you're walls. Also up insulation levels in the roof cavity of they're inadequate. It will greatly effect comfort, is quite cheap & the walls are very hard to do at other times. Edit: as I got the verandah location wrong, then added to my post....See MoreNeed feedback on house floorplan.
Comments (15)I've dug out this renovation we designed some years ago so it's not perfect but should demonstrate what I'm talking about. I've attached a 3D sketch plan to help explain the principals and I'll do my best to be brief. Sorry about the darkness due to the use of grey tiles and carpets but we actually had so much extra light, the home could handle the darker finishes without feeling cramped. In this instance the rear of the land was to the N.W. It was an existing "L" shape and we removed the long part of the "L". Working from the street up we converted the original formal lounge and dining into a pavilion with 3 bedrooms, bathroom, powder room and small rumpus area with the help of a small addition on the left hand end. By demolishing the balance of the home we were able to create a link which contains the meals area, kitchen with butlers pantry and the laundry. The next pavilion has the new lounge and dining areas complete with a new master bedroom with ensuite, sep toilet with a dressing table beside it and a lovely walk in robe. By designing 2 sep pavilions with a link we have created a private courtyard for outdoor living that is protected from the cooler breezes and which extends the living - dining areas and is easily serviced by the central kitchen. The kitchen has connection with the courtyard and the internal entertaining areas with the terrace beyond. It all functions well. Off the kitchen (down the page in the dark) we have a butlers pantry and then a laundry that leads out into the services courtyard on the other side. The entertaining pavilion, being a new build, allowed us to design the roof with an inverted truss system which extended the glazing another 450 higher which gave us amazing solar access in winter. I have also attached an external view to demonstrate that aspect of the design. Each pavilion gains much more light and allows cooling breezes to pass through the home in summer. Each pavilion has views and direct connection to the courtyard and the home feels twice as big because of the courtyard is visually integrated as part of the home. Note the amount of light to the entertaining areas and main bedroom through the massed glazing. We have removed the pergola designed to extend along the entire terrace to help control summer solar access just to help clarify the extent of the glazing. Pavilions, in most instances, will provide you with better solar access which when controlled during summer allows the home to be naturally heated in winter yet cooler in summer because the hot air can escape readily. Where in large single "lumps" of homes the hot air becomes trapped and your comfort level is reduced in summer causing you to rely on air conditioning throughout the summer, therefore costing you more to run the home year round. The courtyards allow privacy while creating larger integrated entertaining areas and creating interesting views rather than looking at the neighbours roof and a fence. Your designer should be able to perform a site visit, photograph the site and examine the various interplays between your site and the views, adjoining land and houses and assess the ways in which sun tracks and the hot and cool breezes enter the site. From that it's a matter of designing the home to take advantage of those aspects of the site and mass the glazing to create solar gain in winter and exclude the sun in summer. After all that's what you are paying your designer for and what you deserve for the largest single investment of your life. Don't short change yourself when designing a new home. I hope I've helped....See More
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last monthIf ceiling height allows I think the most cost effective way to get a new Master Bed with possible ensuite would to use the available loft space in the roof. I think going by your post that the roof is taller in the section I have marked, you would need to get a builder to show where to stair would step out. opening skylights are excellent for these spaces. We did a larger Federation house which enabled us to have 2 Bedrooms with a study along one end of these rooms which the stairs opened up to, each space had an opening skylight, and used the slope of the roof to form the rooms.
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last monthThere is a home currently on realestate, which would be a wonderful example of using that unused driveway for your new entrance and utilities. Problem is your home is the reverse plan, and you don’t have room on the right hand side to do this. But I thought I would show you anyway. Similar thoughts to oklouise plan, just a wider extension. Look how beautiful it is.
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last monthSomething like this depending on the height of the roof, stairs would need to be worked with this.
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last monthIt all depends on your budget. This small extension out back keeps plumbing in middle of house and minimises impacts on original part of house. I would keep the old house current width and roof and deal only in the old extension, expect to remove fireplace and chimney which blocks flow
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last monthJust looked back at your old post about driveway. A picture paints a thousand words…..
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last monthlast modified: last monthwithout all the information you're just guessing what's possible but another option could be to relocate the kitchen improve the existing bathroom and laundry and consider an optional master suite as an extension
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last monthlast modified: last monthAs OKL it's a bit artistic licence without all information
In my experience it's important to keep the charm of the original building Fireplace ceilings and trims etc.
The following maintains part of the driveway which is also important and still allows a 900 access to the rear, this is if your building code allows
The Master bed, Ensuite WIR and laundry extension would be done in timer with the roof to match the current colourbond.
Exterior photo of property is via the link I posted above which shows how tight things are..
Going up at the rear over the Colourbond section could also be considered, Ie second story. with a view out over the garden.
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