floor plan thoughts
Hey Brains trust
Your thoughts on this floorplan for a house for a young family ( 2 adults, 2 kids).
To be built on a 1000 sq m block in SE Qld.
Has to be on poles because of reactive soil and flood overlay.
Has to provide under house storage for 4 vehicles (car, Ute, trailer, boat) and tradies storage.
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Comments (70)Blue Gum floorboards how could it not look beautiful!! and yes wheelchair friendly although if we were in a wheelchair I guess we would have to move closer to town and transport and shops as this house was going to be in the country talking of moving... husband has caved and said we can move to the Bay of Islands whoop whoop! he still wants to go to France for 2 years but he said we could build or buy before we go so that changes the type of house now because we were building near a school and families this will be more a beach house that we can leave for the kids to enjoy and various friends who want it while away so I have swapped the master over to be away from the laundry garage door and hot water heat pump which is quite noisy and the guest rooms now have a Jack and Jill bathroom I haven't changed the footprints at all it's still the same size just changed the layout a little bit The bunk room would have a sliding door outside which means you could access that part of the house privately without coming through the front door or the bunk room could be a small kitchenette /come dining room / come lounge room (very small ) and rent it out as a 1 bedroom self contained apartment Once we live there full time ... will upload a photo in the next Post...See MoreWhat are your thoughts on this floor plan?
Comments (119)My thoughts. Firstly, as has been said, you'll get better results seeking professional help, especially for such an unusual design. The external surfaces are an expensive part of a build. The larger the external surface area per sqm of footprint, the larger the cost per sqm. Seperate wings & courtyards increase the external surface area greatly. This plan has a very large external surface area, so will be costly per sqm, for what is already a very large dwelling. Separate wings also increases hallways & circulation space, which some people find wasteful, & increase the time to move from one part of the house to another. Instead of a U-shaped house, how about an L-shaped house? This would reduce the external surface area of the build & the amount of hallway space, reducing the cost per sqm & the size of the dwelling. With an L-shaped home most rooms could face the outdoor space in the NE side of the block, but some (possibly the minor bedrooms) would likely face the southern street. So, a couple of questions; Is this a newly developed or established area of Sydney? If it's an establish area with neighbours close by, could you post a screenshot of a Google Maps satellite image, to get an idea of outlooks & whether there will be privacy issues with neighbours? How quiet is the southern street? Are you happy to have rooms facing this street? How much busier is the western street? Is it possible to locate the garage facing the western street, or is it too busy for access? I'd much rather have the garage face a noisy street than the master bedroom (although the ensuite will help a bit). Also the western side of a dwelling is a great place to locate a garage, as it shields the house from the hot afternoon sun. The west is not a good place for bedrooms (although again, the ensuite will help). On that note, have a read of this, paying attention to the section on passive design & orientation. http://yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/orientation As for your current design, your bedroom wings are likely to shade your living areas for much of the day in winter. A skillion roof with north facing clerestory windows, as shown in a few of the pictures in this thread, would help get winter sunshine to your living areas. Although an L-shaped build would allow more northern light to the living areas than the current U-shaped plan. Best of luck with the build....See MoreThoughts on ‘dream home’ floor plan
Comments (14)Somehow the plans only show up on mobile, not on PC for me... I think that the kitchen/living/entertaining area in the front with the sea view is gonna be gorgeous. I'm guessing you and your family have guests over often? I love that there is a good separation between the entertaining area and the private areas. Some questions though, would the 2 garages have separate entrances? Would the astro turf / courtyard area on the lower floor be covered by the top floor? What's the distance from the building to the boundaries on each side? From the top floor, would you have to go through the stairs and garage to hang the laundry? For the en-suite in the lower floor, might be a good idea to future proof it, by starting to plan for hand rails, ease of access with walkers, etc. The gap around the vanity seems to be quite tight on the drawings....See MoreTiles for small laundry area floor that is open plan with pine floors
Comments (28)Gorgeous brick pavers, I love that look for the floor! It has a rustic appearance yet you're right- sophisticated, even an elegance. I think this would suit the feeling I'm wanting for the room, the pine boards have a rustic appearance, this would go well with them. We have a 1m square oak table with cross back chairs for the dining section and a La Spezia 3 light pendant (Beacon), farmhouse sink, timber hood cover to give you an idea of the look we're going for. Thanks very much for your thoughts on this. I like the idea you're going with, but yes, we have the window and door in already. Door could be trimmed if necessary. It wasn't until the window was already made and the wall sheets and cladding was removed that we realised the original kitchen layout had the back door next to the window, and the door into the laundry section was a modification. I most likely would have put it back where it was originally or had double doors. It made no logical sense for the back door to be a thoroughfare through the laundry, eliminating valuable storage space. I may have just left the kitchen in the original layout and made an entry into the laundry from the kitchen side for a laundry/butler's pantry with fridge in there. Removed the side window for more wall space for storage and changed the existing door to a window. But it's too late now, the outside of the house has all been newly clad so doors and windows are as is. There's no other possible place in the house for a laundry. It is a very tight space. Plan to build an external laundry studio in the future. The one in the house would be temporary, yet need it to accommodate a washer dryer combo for now, and be suitable for prospective buyers/renters in future if the external laundry doesn't eventuate. This is the original 1960's floor plan. A previous owner made internal access into the laundry and made bench space where the original back door was, the next owners opened up the living to dining room and blocked up the hallway doorway which became the fridge space. The cornice didn't match up in the hallway though where the old doorway was. They had made a shelf from the cut out on the hallway side, and the protruding section in the kitchen side became a kind of bulkhead for the fridge. Old hallway We've rebuilt this so that it could have an upper cabinet on the kitchen side/ hallway later if needed. But the lack of space in the hallway didn't allow us to build a linen cupboard, so that will also be needed to be included somewhere in the house. At this stage, thinking we will have to configure the laundry space to have a linen cupboard/ broom cupboard between the dining room and laundry section. Open to ideas too for storage in that limited laundry area space. I'll add more measurements to the floor plan for reference....See More- last month
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PRO29 days agoHi Tom,
You're off to a great start with your Layout! A few tweaks that I'd consider making to improve the functionality and also buyers appeal (if you are planning to sell down the track):
1. HallwaysThe plan has a lot of hallway spaces which is potentially unnecessary and leaving less usable space for functioning areas. By reconfiguring the circulation space around the entry, main bathroom and bedrooms, you will have more space to add to the Kitchen/Dining/Living which could allow this to be open plan
2. Media RoomIs the media room intended as the main living area? If so, it feels a bit too small and tucked away. If we reconfigure the front as per point 1, we can potentially flip the kitchen to face the beautiful west views, with the dining table in front and and the living area where the corner window is currently. This could be a gorgeous feature. The current media room could then potentially work as the play room so that we can gain more space for the bedrooms at the front
3. Powder RoomIf the half bathroom is serving as a powder room, this could be reduced in size to fit a toilet and small hand basin to allow more space to other areas that need it more. This could still be done as a feature space as guests will use it, however the space doesn't need to be big
3. Pantryif we reconfigure the Laundry/Storage/Closet block, I think we will be able to achieve a decent sized walk in Pantry and Laundry with additional linen space elsewhere. Would you consider a combined walk in pantry and Laundry?
4. Master EnsuiteThis is a decent sized space, with some reconfiguration you will be able to fit in a nice long double vanity. I would explore a 'wet area layout' with the Bath and shower on the north side (see image below), with a wall-to wall vanity on the south wall (toilet can likely be beside the shower screen)
5. Main BathroomSimilar point as the Ensuite, utilising a wet area layout would allow for a more functional bathroom and a walk in shower with no shower doors required (less cleaning!)
If you would like a formal review of your layout with a new layout proposal, I would be happy to help you out with this. Contact me at hello@dwellingstudio.com.au or dwellingstudio.com.au and I will send through an example of our plans and interior design documentation for your reference
Thanks Tom!
Demi-Lee (Dwelling Studio)- 28 days ago
- 28 days agolast modified: 28 days ago
some variations to consider and this plan has no furniture and shows the roof shape to help understand the proposed floorplan more easily
- 28 days ago
- 28 days agolast modified: 28 days ago
always other options but needs smaller vanities and bathtub
- 27 days ago
The shower next to the bath in OKLs plan is a wet room concept. Depends on how much space you want to allocate having a bath in the ensuite. In a smaller space a wet room is quite efficient. I don’t have one but have used them. I quite liked the extra space.
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