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Thanks both,
And yep, interested in comments and thanks for taking a look and the time to post
The idea with the two rear gable ends is that they will be clad in a composite wood fired effect to blend the rear aspect into the landscape/view behind.
I’m doing a terrible job of explaining so will add a picture to give context;
^^^
This is a not very good picture of the rear of the house from about 2/3 the way up the back garden and we didn’t want to look across the view with our house in the middle and too much brick expanse, hence the choice of some composite cladding for the two gable ends..
Re the windows: happy to take on board any comments on how members feel it could be improved upon..
Cheers all,
And yep, interested in comments and thanks for taking a look and the time to post
The idea with the two rear gable ends is that they will be clad in a composite wood fired effect to blend the rear aspect into the landscape/view behind.
I’m doing a terrible job of explaining so will add a picture to give context;
^^^
This is a not very good picture of the rear of the house from about 2/3 the way up the back garden and we didn’t want to look across the view with our house in the middle and too much brick expanse, hence the choice of some composite cladding for the two gable ends..
Re the windows: happy to take on board any comments on how members feel it could be improved upon..
Cheers all,
As above, the rear elevation spoils it and I’d be surprised if the planners didn’t have something to say about it.
Don’t let your architect plan your kitchen!
I’d move the utility to where the fridge freezer and pantry are enabling more glass on that side and hide the pantry etc into the middle of the house.
It also frees up space there for some sort of plant room/cylinder cupboard which he’s (not) surprisingly forgotten!
Don’t let your architect plan your kitchen!
I’d move the utility to where the fridge freezer and pantry are enabling more glass on that side and hide the pantry etc into the middle of the house.
It also frees up space there for some sort of plant room/cylinder cupboard which he’s (not) surprisingly forgotten!
EDE 7N said:
As above, the rear elevation spoils it and I’d be surprised if the planners didn’t have something to say about it.
Don’t let your architect plan your kitchen!
I’d move the utility to where the fridge freezer and pantry are enabling more glass on that side and hide the pantry etc into the middle of the house.
It also frees up space there for some sort of plant room/cylinder cupboard which he’s (not) surprisingly forgotten!
Thanks,Don’t let your architect plan your kitchen!
I’d move the utility to where the fridge freezer and pantry are enabling more glass on that side and hide the pantry etc into the middle of the house.
It also frees up space there for some sort of plant room/cylinder cupboard which he’s (not) surprisingly forgotten!
I can see where you’re going with the movement of the two rooms and it’s food for thought. I agree that the rear elevation doesn’t feel resolved/cohesive.
The side door marked on the plans (L side) needs to stay where it is preferably but we are open to reconfiguring that space/moving the two rooms to enable more glazing to balance up the external aspect…
I know this is moving into the realms of the photoshop thread and (sex dungeon aside) I also expect that Lewis and the Wheely Girl might make an appearance but if anyone wants to amend the plan images with suggestions it would be helpful for further discussions with the architect….
Cheers all,
CTO said:
Thanks,
I can see where you’re going with the movement of the two rooms and it’s food for thought. I agree that the rear elevation doesn’t feel resolved/cohesive.
The side door marked on the plans (L side) needs to stay where it is preferably but we are open to reconfiguring that space/moving the two rooms to enable more glazing to balance up the external aspect…
I know this is moving into the realms of the photoshop thread and (sex dungeon aside) I also expect that Lewis and the Wheely Girl might make an appearance but if anyone wants to amend the plan images with suggestions it would be helpful for further discussions with the architect….
Cheers all,
Agree with EDE 7N, the left side seems to be a waste of the extra rear space.I can see where you’re going with the movement of the two rooms and it’s food for thought. I agree that the rear elevation doesn’t feel resolved/cohesive.
The side door marked on the plans (L side) needs to stay where it is preferably but we are open to reconfiguring that space/moving the two rooms to enable more glazing to balance up the external aspect…
I know this is moving into the realms of the photoshop thread and (sex dungeon aside) I also expect that Lewis and the Wheely Girl might make an appearance but if anyone wants to amend the plan images with suggestions it would be helpful for further discussions with the architect….
Cheers all,
Could you:
- Move utility and pantry under 'reading space' but allow enough room under the void for a dining table
- Kitchen to go on the left, separating it (and smells and noise) from what would now be 'family space' on the right
- move the double doors from under the 'reading space' to join living room and 'family space' together
Upstairs:
- move en-suite entrace to where the shower is now, removing the need for 2 entrances to the bedroom
Also, do the dressing room and en-suite share a window? How will that work?
Nice project though, makes me want to do another one.....
Good efforts continuing! RE the house plans. My first thoughts too were that the rear aspect wants further consideration. To me (and it's your house/your call all said!) it looks too modern for the setting?
Another thing I'd suggest considering, and this is from experience, with the in-laws being in a countryside setting. Between the three of you a lot of mud will potentially get walked in to the house from outside. Could it be useful to have the utility as the rear entrance to the house, so muddy boots can be removed, dogs paws cleaned before proceeding to the rest of the house? Maybe get a shower fitting on the outside wall to assist with this?
I do like the idea of the upstairs reading space, so few houses have an upstairs area intended for just chilling out. Will this have privacy from any visitors to the cave dwellings?
Another thing I'd suggest considering, and this is from experience, with the in-laws being in a countryside setting. Between the three of you a lot of mud will potentially get walked in to the house from outside. Could it be useful to have the utility as the rear entrance to the house, so muddy boots can be removed, dogs paws cleaned before proceeding to the rest of the house? Maybe get a shower fitting on the outside wall to assist with this?
I do like the idea of the upstairs reading space, so few houses have an upstairs area intended for just chilling out. Will this have privacy from any visitors to the cave dwellings?
Thanks all,
Appreciate the time taken to review and make suggestions
The left hand side of the house (and entrance) will be where the lawnmower/tools/landy will live.
The utility is placed where it is as a “decontamination space for me to strip off and chuck dirty clothes in the laundry baskets as the WM and TD will both be situated there also.
I guess a question is whether the two rooms could be swapped and the utility moved to the corner and glazing provided to a) balance the rear aspect a bit and b) enable the OH to watch me injuring myself in the garden….
Re the other suggestions, I will chuck the plans up on the tv later and have a walk through with the OH
Thanks again,
Cheers all,
Appreciate the time taken to review and make suggestions
The left hand side of the house (and entrance) will be where the lawnmower/tools/landy will live.
The utility is placed where it is as a “decontamination space for me to strip off and chuck dirty clothes in the laundry baskets as the WM and TD will both be situated there also.
I guess a question is whether the two rooms could be swapped and the utility moved to the corner and glazing provided to a) balance the rear aspect a bit and b) enable the OH to watch me injuring myself in the garden….
Re the other suggestions, I will chuck the plans up on the tv later and have a walk through with the OH
Thanks again,
Cheers all,
CTO said:
The utility is placed where it is as a “decontamination space for me to strip off and chuck dirty clothes in the laundry baskets as the WM and TD will both be situated there also.
Confession time, I didn't clock the door to outside from the utility, that's me not viewing the plans properly! my 2pence worth is what about not having the doors between the kitchen and the lounge, could allow for more storage or perhaps seating in the kitchen. Maybe do away with the corner seating in the dining room, just have a bench and then have space to go into the lounge from their. might make better use of the wall space for bookcases, TV seating etc.
CTO, forgive me if I am misreading the plans on my phone, but a couple of thoughts struck me:
- although you get more bench space by making the kitchen a g shape instead of an island, won’t it drive you nuts to walk around it from dining room to get back in to it?
- the double height section above the kitchen will be great for light, but you’ll want extra good extraction otherwise the cooking smells will just end up upstairs. Also think about noise … mrs metro is often trying to sleep after guests leave whilst I’m still stacking the dishwasher etc (other domestic arrangements are available) and this would funnel the noise up there and disturb marital bliss…
- although you get more bench space by making the kitchen a g shape instead of an island, won’t it drive you nuts to walk around it from dining room to get back in to it?
- the double height section above the kitchen will be great for light, but you’ll want extra good extraction otherwise the cooking smells will just end up upstairs. Also think about noise … mrs metro is often trying to sleep after guests leave whilst I’m still stacking the dishwasher etc (other domestic arrangements are available) and this would funnel the noise up there and disturb marital bliss…
My main thought is that the huge living room at the front versus the small dining room at the rear seems to be the wrong way round (in terms of size allocation) I would make a smaller cosier living room (front and centre) and increase the size of the dining room by making the dining room front to back, you can then have a secondary sofa/armchairs etc in the dining area that connects to the kitchen.
Edited by Mr Overheads on Thursday 4th November 12:00
Two thoughts on your plans, CTO:
- You've created quite a bit of space downstairs but no office/study. I like mine being downstairs rather than using a bedroom. Personal preference but could be useful to you in future.
- What is going on with the upstairs right hand window on the front elevation? You've cut it down the middle with the wall between dressing room and ensuite. The ensuite has its own window in the side elevation and you probably want more natural light in the dressing room so could you reconfigure the split between the spaces better?
- You've created quite a bit of space downstairs but no office/study. I like mine being downstairs rather than using a bedroom. Personal preference but could be useful to you in future.
- What is going on with the upstairs right hand window on the front elevation? You've cut it down the middle with the wall between dressing room and ensuite. The ensuite has its own window in the side elevation and you probably want more natural light in the dressing room so could you reconfigure the split between the spaces better?
Evening all,
Some updates to the plans and to try and answer a few questions.
I have amended the plans with my high quality drawings to show the workings out…
So,
Hopefully this will make clearer the proposed layout of the kitchen.
The island is smaller than originally pictured and the counter tops (diagonally above at 1 o’clock are single height only, meaning that you can talk to people sat at the table whilst you are prepping dinner/making cocktails/pouring shots/officiating the beer pong tournament at the dining table…..
The double doors to the lounge will stay, the OH likes pottering in the kitchen and dependent on our moods we might want to be connected, or otherwise
The small bedroom adjacent to the dressing room is actually an office. Noted that others prefer it downstairs, that doesn’t work for me (we had that arrangement in our previous house). Every time I walked past the office door I ended up popping in or it reminds me of work stress and so I prefer to close the door and walk downstairs to a “non work contaminated floor”.
We have reconfigured the ensuite and the dressing room wrt the windows.
The side elevation window in the bathroom will now be a double rather than a triple to provide a larger shower enclosure and the dressing room has gained In width, meaning that the wall will move sideways and the triple window will again become a double.
Hopefully the above makes sense given my drawings look like a spannered bloke has got hold of an etchasketch….
In other news; the landy has new boots and Rimz.
Rimz is here;
And my successful effort at collecting four large tyres in a small car;
And put all together in one package and fitted;
Aesthetically I prefer the original wheels, practically I prefer these. The previous tyres were tubed 7.50x16 and made of what felt like iron.
The new tyres are 235/85R/16’s and therefore open the options to many more tyre choices. They also make the ride significantly more supple and all round a bit more comfortable and every bit of extra comfort helps in a series Landrover
Pleased with the above I tried to fit a new speedo cable and failed and after three hours the first drive ended up with this..
Back to the drawing board and a new one ordered. At £10 a go I can’t be cocking up too many more of these!
To cheer myself up I decided to take my old tyres to the rock houses in the garden for storage (and see if I could get the landrover to the top of the garden).
Great success!
And
This was followed by some rockery interface and general messing about in the garden
And that’s about it for now….
Apologies that it is less house and more fat bloke arsing about. Not too much we can do until we start to hear from planning and then the major work begins…
Cheers all and thanks for following,
Some updates to the plans and to try and answer a few questions.
I have amended the plans with my high quality drawings to show the workings out…
So,
Hopefully this will make clearer the proposed layout of the kitchen.
The island is smaller than originally pictured and the counter tops (diagonally above at 1 o’clock are single height only, meaning that you can talk to people sat at the table whilst you are prepping dinner/making cocktails/pouring shots/officiating the beer pong tournament at the dining table…..
The double doors to the lounge will stay, the OH likes pottering in the kitchen and dependent on our moods we might want to be connected, or otherwise
The small bedroom adjacent to the dressing room is actually an office. Noted that others prefer it downstairs, that doesn’t work for me (we had that arrangement in our previous house). Every time I walked past the office door I ended up popping in or it reminds me of work stress and so I prefer to close the door and walk downstairs to a “non work contaminated floor”.
We have reconfigured the ensuite and the dressing room wrt the windows.
The side elevation window in the bathroom will now be a double rather than a triple to provide a larger shower enclosure and the dressing room has gained In width, meaning that the wall will move sideways and the triple window will again become a double.
Hopefully the above makes sense given my drawings look like a spannered bloke has got hold of an etchasketch….
In other news; the landy has new boots and Rimz.
Rimz is here;
And my successful effort at collecting four large tyres in a small car;
And put all together in one package and fitted;
Aesthetically I prefer the original wheels, practically I prefer these. The previous tyres were tubed 7.50x16 and made of what felt like iron.
The new tyres are 235/85R/16’s and therefore open the options to many more tyre choices. They also make the ride significantly more supple and all round a bit more comfortable and every bit of extra comfort helps in a series Landrover
Pleased with the above I tried to fit a new speedo cable and failed and after three hours the first drive ended up with this..
Back to the drawing board and a new one ordered. At £10 a go I can’t be cocking up too many more of these!
To cheer myself up I decided to take my old tyres to the rock houses in the garden for storage (and see if I could get the landrover to the top of the garden).
Great success!
And
This was followed by some rockery interface and general messing about in the garden
And that’s about it for now….
Apologies that it is less house and more fat bloke arsing about. Not too much we can do until we start to hear from planning and then the major work begins…
Cheers all and thanks for following,
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