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Need help with my new floor plan (this time with the plans attached)
Comments (10)Hi Sophie, I immediately agree with the suggestion to remove the angled/chamfered wall to the bedroom entry and create a small lobby, although a good alternative is to consider a straight-run stair and adding a corridor wall to create a 'private' zone - then toilet can stay where it is, tucked in under stair, and privacy (and acoustic/smell separation to the toilet) is created for living and master bedroom. This might mean widening the kitchen room by 100mm or so (noting some reductions mentioned below) and mirroring the bathroom/rumpus arrangement upstairs - it does create a bit more circulation but adds a lovely sense of space when don't have your main circulation through the middle of a room. The laundry pantry is not the usual arrangement - and the distance needed to travel to the linen cupboard is excessive. I would definitely flip the arrangement of laundry /pantry and try to turn the linen into some kind of study nook off the new corridor - and get rid of the tiny desk near the front door!! Imagine that lovely living space with light coming in from the porch which is facing north. That brings up the final comment that north is where the garage is and the main kitchen is therefore south-east facing, this is fine for morning but it is darker for the afternoons. This is a bit harder to change, but the kitchen could be reworked to turn through 90 degrees to face the garden but extend across to the west facade to allow afternoon light in. The nook could be deleted (which blocks afternoon light to deck) and the deck could extend or wrap around the corner for afternoon light. A little corner of deck in the afternoon sun you would never regret! Your draftie designer would need to look at this in detail as the west external wall would might need to shift inwards and south widen into garden, but if afternoon light is important to you then I would encourage you to consider this change too....See MoreHelp needed for new floor plan!
Comments (11)How much laundry do you do? For example, I have kids, so cupboards would need to be very accessible. But if you mostly do it on the weekends and yuo have somewhere for storing the dirty washing, then cupboard laundry sounds like a great use of space. What about noise? Will that be a problem with the open living space? Sometimes when the fridge hums, the dishwasher whirls and swishes and the washing machine spins, we have rouble hearing the to at night! Another option could be to stick it in the garage at the back wall, and place shelving all around. Stuff doesn't have to be perfect! And a spot of paint could make it bright!...See MoreFloor plan design help
Comments (9)Talk me through the window in the wir. Is it behind a dressing table ? If so no mirror can go there etc Your clothes may fade...and you will need a window covering if faces street. ..which may be permanently closed and therefore Not really needed..? Ild put two slim floor to ceiling Windows each side of bed, but at the sides of the bedside tables. Not behind them. Tables block half the lights! Maybe 600 mm wide, Small window at top and small at bottom so hot air can go out and cooler air come in. We have that on all our floor to ceiling Windows...See MoreFloor Plan Re-design
Comments (4)unless you already have a plumber, electrician and builder with a dedicated team of carpenters, cabinets makers, tilers, concretors, waterproofers, painters and every one else i've forgotten six months isn't enough time to do more than repair any leaks and maybe remove all the decorative trimming, patch, repaint (ignore floor covering) and add some new light fittings and curtains (removing the raised floor and rearranging walls needs far more time) but, if you were to spend the next six months planning and researching the fine details like, kitchen cabinets, tiles, taps, appliances etc etc and find a builder ready to take over such a big job when there's more time to do the work you will achieve a much better result ..removing walls and floors has the potential to uncover major problems that can't be hurried and i wouldn't consider doing everything at once with a such a tight deadline but my suggestion include a new kitchen and family room with a separate lounge study but, as your plans are difficult to read, my plan doesn't include dimensions but does show where the old walls and raised floor need to be removed but anyone accepting this job will need to make their own assessment of the structural restrictions of the living areas let alone the changes you want to bath and laundry but once achieved this new floorplan should make a much more comfortable home...See Moredreamer
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