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Critique our floor plan? Help us come up with better use of space

Naomi Wordsworth

last month

Hi guys,
This is our floor plan for our 114sq meter home.
Could you let us know your thoughts ?
One thing we would like is a larger laundry space or maybe a larger 2nd bathroom.
Unsure of how we could fit this in. We have chosen to do a European laundry as you can see.
It’s our first home so we can only afford 114sq meters. Our block has a beautiful view so wanting to make use of the view also which we have done with the deck.
Let us know your opinions.

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oklouise

last month

keeping as close to the original building size as possible (including the added space on the western corner) my suggestion has a full size laundry, big pantry, spacious kitchen, more storage, bigger bathroom, more privacy for master suite and the location of sliding doors allows for external wall space on the deck for furniture but i would also investigate pushing the house further down the block and/or raising the floor higher to allow for potential future extra living space underneath

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Kate
last month
Where is north and where is the view is it at front of house?
Kate
last month
And also need the block plan with house sites it possible. Have you considered what style of roof?
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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.
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Kate
last month
Personally I would have a walk in Laundry and a standard pantry.
Kate
last month
And if you want to have a front facing window in the WIP flip the cabinetry to the inside wall.
Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
Hi Kate , the view is at the back of the house . We have the lounge opening out onto the deck facing the view. The master bedroom has a large bay window for the view . Unfortunately we couldn’t have kitchen and pantry facing the view as well if we wanted the lounge to open onto the deck.
That’s not a bad idea about the pantry / walk in laundry. But where would we put the normal pantry ? Do you have any ideas?
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Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
North is on the side of bedroom 2 and 3. The house is east facing because the view is to the east
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dreamer
last month
If the bed 2 an 3 are north and the front door is west and road, then your home is WEST facing in real estate speak. Your views are to the east. How will you access the east of the land without going through the home to front stairs? Are you having external stairs off the rear deck?
Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
Good point. We would like to put stairs on the back deck (view side) but may be a bit short on budget. Could add these on later maybe. I will speak to the builder and see if we can fit them in our budget
oklouise
last month
unable to read your dimensions ..please advise length and with of whole house and dimensions of front and rear decks
Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
Hey @oklouise

Length: 12.885 m
Depth : 12.150 m
Back deck is 9.735m
Front deck : 5.9 m
oklouise
last month
and what is the depth of the two deck?
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Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
Back deck is:
Front deck is : 1.530 deep
Back deck is 3 meters deep
bigreader
last month
Can’t wait to see what the plan peeps here on Houzz come up with. Crossing me fingers you do some fixes.
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Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
@bigreader what do you think needs fixing ?
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bigreader
last month
The pantry, laundry, size/layout of the main suite, the WIR, the shape of the K/L/D but plans aren’t my specialty so wait and see what ideas are drafted for you.
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Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
Haha okay 👍
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wendyec
last month
For the size of your home the main bedroom set up seems to be really generous and the pantry excessive when your living/ dining area is quite small.
Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
@wendyec do you have any ideas on what you would do differently ? This is our first home so we are accepting that it will be small. However want to make sure we are doing the right thing
Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
@oklouise Omg you are amazing. Thank you so much for this !! I think you’ve solved our plan problems. Honestly so helpful.
Naomi Wordsworth
Original Author
last month
These are all really great suggestions thank you.

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