Floorplan Ideas please and thank you!
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Comments (6)For me, the very first thing that sticks out like a sore thumb, is the driveway running right past the front of the house, interrupting the indoor outdoor flow and so dangerous if you have small children. Guests currently drive past your entrance, then have to walk back down the driveway to traverse the small stairs to get to your front door. I have to question why you want to move the front door even further down the deck, to centralise it? You would be better off, moving the front door to the corner or short side of the lounge nearer the current garage. HOWEVER, if it were me, I'd relocate the garage and the front door to the dining room end of the house. The main steps to the verandah are already in place, waiting for your guests and the window that I see in the photo could easily become the front door without too much expense. That would free up your front lawn to allow for some beautiful outdoor entertaining options. I would turn the dining room into a small cosy guest or family lounge. I would then reconfigure the kitchen, so your breakfast bar becomes an island bench running along the front. The walkway between rooms is where the sink currently is. The kitchen sink window and the current front door would then be replaced with big french doors leading to your new entertainment lawns. I would relocate the dining area into the lounge space. This would allow good space for your very large dining table to have the presence that you wish it to have. Lastly, I would seriously consider re purposing the old garage so that it becomes your new lounge. The plans show that it is attached to the house, but the photo appears to show that it sits lower than the main floor. You would need to weigh up your options/budget to decide how to best achieve this [step down or raise the floor and roof heights] but I believe you should not rule out the added value and pleasure the extra space would provide....See MoreHelp please! Ideas to reconfigure downstairs floor plan
Comments (12)You've got some great suggestions there, so I won't really add anything different, but I'm wondering how you use the living area, do you need both a lounge and a living room or would you benefit from another room like a guest room or office, or a reading/library room? A studio? Do you like having a lounge area and separate tv area, or would that all be the same area? My family all likes being together but doing their own thing so for us a large family room that includes reading, tv, arts/crafts, toys, boardgames and spaces to do all those things is what we need. But I know other families like having separate rooms for different activities, just sort of depends how you live. As for the reluctant renovation partner, sometimes its just a case of not being able to see what you are thinking... or even seeing why a change would help. One thing I like to do is just just rearrange the rooms and set up the areas as they'll be used. For the time being ignore the wall positions. Go right ahead and swap the tv and dining furniture and see how it feels, you'll soon see if some areas are cramped and the walls need to be pushed out or where the door should be. sometimes its easier for people to solve problems than imagine design changes that avoid problems....See MoreFloor plan ideas - Help please
Comments (13)or even simpler actually, enclose the porch and move the toilet into that space, then just leave the laundry and shower where they are. If you don't mind a walk through the laundry bathroom? I think I'd also extend the decking out significantly so it wraps around the back of the laundry too. This is my favourite as it's actually a rather simple (and therefore inexpensive) reno. Just removing the wall around bed 3 and shifting the toilet and building the deck....See MoreHelp please… floor plan ideas
Comments (9)as others have already said there are too many unknowns to be specific about costs but renovating is often more expensive than building new as you have to first pay to remove and then pay to restore and often need custom sized new work that's much more labour intensive and expensive BUT if the house is in a perfect location at a good price and you can modify without extraordinary changes my suggestions without removing any major walls include a new kitchen and only widening the doorway between kitchen and dining and improving the ens (with or without including the extra space at the side) but the small nib wall near the original dining room door implies that there has already been part of a wall removed and why didn't they remove the rest when this small projection restricts comfortable movement ...my plan has minimal demolition and extra walls and doors to separate rooms and zone, heat, noise and family activities BUT depending on your local climate the orientation is not ideal as the site plan suggests that the house is almost on the north boundary and this restricts sunlight and views in and out of the north facing windows (what's next door now or in the future if/when neighbours renovate?) space shown as meals is only big enough for an entry area and the old study faces south and west and could make it hot and/or cold and dark at the back of the house and restricts ideal connection to the garden.. and as usual the real estate plans are confusing and upstairs doesn't seem to match downstairs, the stairs probably infringe on the space in the retreat so i can't make realistic suggestions but there's is probably enough space to improve the bathroom and maybe steal space off the wiw for a separate toilet and maybe take better advantage of the northern aspect but all depends on accurate available space, aspect and budget and every house can be improved...See Moredreamer
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