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Who are the intended occupants? If the minor bedrooms are only occasionally used the main bathroom is fine - if two teenagers are in permanent residence then a separate toilet is a good idea. The entry/study is really an expensive passage way. And you need to do a furniture layout to scale in the living/dining area - I think with the rooms and windows you’ll find it awkward to place furniture but only you know how you live.

@bigreader the entry/study is 3.23m wide, would you still say it's a long passage? Could you please expand on why laying the furniture would be challenging with the current rooms and windows. Thanks

I don’t say it was a long passage way. I said it was an expensive passage way. At about 6.3=18sqm at a cost guesstimate of $3k/sqm (you’ll know the sqm better from your quote), you’re paying over $50k for somewhere to walk through and to have a desk. I get the challenges of the site but this isn’t clever design. For the living dining you need to do a scale plan of your furnishings ie what size table, sofa size, TV placement. The challenges (or not) will become apparent when you do the plan to suit the way you live.

@bigreader ok thanks for the input

bedrooms seems large relative to overall size of the whole house, is the extra ensuite for guests or permanent residents, why is the entry/study on the boundary instead of the garage, how long is the block, how many will live in the house full time and is the big study needed for working from home and where is north? hard to read dimensions can you split the plan and upload in readable sections

Hi oklouise, thanks for commenting. the overall house size is 300sqm, extra ensuite for a permanent resident, block is 47m long, we have setback 8.5m to the front and 10m to the back,
overall actual house length is 28.5m. house is facing east. There were some crossover issues that did not allow us put the garage on boundary, so the study had to go there. The study will be shared by two adults both working from home, idea is to use that as a consulting room. I will try to
upload some better pictures

Now that you have given an extra bit of information as to why you have a study in your entry…..I propose that you change the entrance to the home. You can’t move the garage, to the side, because of sewer line down the side of property, but you could possibly move the garage closer to the front of block by 500mm to 1000mm. (Unless the 8.5m set back is required by council). Either way I would delete the small storage area in the garage, and make the theatre room slightly smaller to allow for a side entrance. This would then leave the study/consulting rooms as they should be, private and without family members/friends walking through. You could either delete the existing entry into study or keep it so you have a private entrance for business clients. Then make a path to the left side of home to the new main entrance for the residents and friends of the home.

Above picture is showing side entrance along a path on the left side of home, with a lockable gate to back yard.

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I’d make the garage only 5.5 wide internal and make the study wider. You can add a shed along the sewer line for storage . It just needs to be a removable structure

@bigdreamer and @Kate, thanks for the ideas. I like the side entrance and making the garage smaller ideas. Thanks heaps!

sorry i meant @dreamer

I personally would not make the garage any narrower. Ideally a garage should be 6m x 6m. So the entrance to garage and side storage is good. Any narrower and two vehicles parked in the garage would be tight. (Opening of vehicle doors). It would depend on your vehicles size.

Dreamers vic planning scheme has 5.5m width as standard. Side storage can go outside on sewerage easement.

So many new houses have only one car in the garage because new builds do not have enough space to functionally park two cars. My new-to-me garage is 5.6 wide and I drive a small suv. No way two cars would fit. If you’re planning on having clients access the study are you planning on using the main bathroom for toilet facilities or do you need a powder room at the front of the house. I quite like the side entry idea. With some clever landscaping it could look quite planned and purposeful.

5.5m is not a practical size for width of a garage. That is just enough to park the vehicles without opening the doors completely, not even worrying about extra storage in the garage.

Very good point bigreader, about bathroom usage for clients.

With the current plan, there is no access from the front of home to back of home EXTERNALLY on the right hand boundary. Therefore for fire safety etc, I would not be blocking the left hand side of home with storage sheds.

There’s also an external shower shown in the plan. Access is either in the left hand size via an epic journey around the house or internally passing a couple of proper bathrooms. So some rear access is needed. And the lawn mower needs access to the backyard as well. Not something you want to take through the house.

@bigreader that shower is to use only when using the pool at the back. there will be a small shed at the back for pool and lawn equipment. There is not going to be a big lawn at the back, we are just going to have a pool and paving around, so lawnmower doesn't have to go there or rarely used in that area.

keeping existing external dimensions with minor changes to internal rooms my suggestions include furniture to help understand the available spaces, keeping the garage at over 6m x 6m plus a little storage, the office is plenty big enough for comfortable desk areas for two plus client space, formal entry and sitting area and family/friends access is through the garage or side entry/mudroom combined with laundry to avoid using any more space for another hallway, i've added some extra storage and stolen space off the scullery for a separate powder room that can be easily accessed from inside or out

@oklouise i like the ideas, thanks for your time

Let’s hope your household is organised. An office, laundry and garage can be the most untidy areas for some people, and without having a separate entrance for friends/guests, they will be entering through these areas. You know how you live, so that may work for your family.

Nice, didn't think about this option, thanks

Tandem garages can be annoying to use but in this case they’re a solid idea. Gives a much better entry by a long way.

I would add a second sink to the vanity in the main ensuite