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Advice for the cost of new build 2012
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muffler = goodPoor Uncle Tom wrote: »
/got a little mixed up there, did you?
/don't know your muffler from your uncle tom...:p
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the first picture is a general idea wat it will look like, as in the layout..im not havin the same kitchen, island etc, but will have the windows floor to ceiling at the back which one will be a sliding one to open out onto my back garden. i know its basic but its exactly what i wanted and ive loadsa storage in my walk in hotpress upstairs and loadsa room in my walk in wardrope. 0
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Wheres South? check regs on downstairs wc and maybe risers floor t floorthe first picture is a general idea wat it will look like, as in the layout..im not havin the same kitchen, island etc, but will have the windows floor to ceiling at the back which one will be a sliding one to open out onto my back garden. i know its basic but its exactly what i wanted and ive loadsa storage in my walk in hotpress upstairs and loadsa room in my walk in wardrope.0 -
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This is completely and utterly my own opinion (I am not an export, so no doubt you will get more experienced replies) but I feel I should suggest to you that flipping the house would'nt be the worst idea, having the sun in the kitchen in the morning and the living areas in the evening would...again in my opinion be more suitable. I would always love nice sunlight at breakfast and again at dinner, if you know what i mean.... you're builder doesnt sound like he is making the most of the afternoon sun as you have only one small window on the wall that will see the sun for most of the day, if you're correct in what you have written in your post. I would try to incorporate some windows on the left wall, or even perhaps putting the floor lenght windows/doors to the left rather than the back, if this is possible for you regarding gardens etc.
This is honestly just my immediate thoughts, the plans look great though and upstairs I really like, in fact I love the walk through wardrobe. Really nice idea.
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OK I understand your dilema, I probably wouldnt want to be looking at the neighbours through large patio doors. Maybe add additional windows on the left wall instead of large ceiling to floor ones. I wouldnt/couldnt justify the cost of large external patio doors for no gain from the sun. The real reason, most people want as much daylight getting into the house all day is that it reduces your heating costs. We actually have no windows at all on our north wall, deliberately. And we have a sun room on the side that gets the sun all day.
I dont think it is a major issue, and as for the utility, i have this room as a completely seperate room in our house off the hallway, i see no advantage in having the utility room off the kitchen. In my opinion i dont want anyone seeing my washing room I would imagine by suggesting these things to your builder he will guide you for a more successful plan that will work for you. Again this plan may in fact work perfectly well for you but you would regret it if you didnt at least explore alternatives just in case..... 0 -
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Ya I think I'll have a chat with him again and suggest abut having another window on the left hand wall, or have a long window along the wall where the kitchen will be, that will be looking out at a ditch but suppose what I can I do?..I won't sleep tonight now with all the decisions going on in my head..haha. It's all I think about neway to be honest.!!!..I agree with the utility situation..my friend just said the same thing too. Doesn't matter where it is. Ya I no what ur sayin about gaining more sunlight in order to use less heating, oil etc...makes sense neway in the long run and I don't wanna have any regrets later so really appreciate ur input, I'm defo takin it on board..:)
You poor thing, I know exactly how you feel, but you must remember these are your first draft so it can be changed. Its good that you are askign for some advice, we first went for planning about 5 years ago and I am secretly happy we were refused as the plans that we have today completely differ from what we would of built back 5 years ago!
Is it possible for you to add a side extension on the left hand side with a row of roof windows along the top like this picture i found on google images? At least that way you are not overlooking your neighbours and you will have a beautiful room well lit all day. A kitchen settled in here would look amazing. Then you could have the lounge area to the back of the house... what do you think? Is that something that is possible?0 -
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Is it possible for you to add a side extension on the left hand side with a row of roof windows along the top like this picture i found on google images? At least that way you are not overlooking your neighbours and you will have a beautiful room well lit all day. A kitchen settled in here would look amazing. Then you could have the lounge area to the back of the house... what do you think? Is that something that is possible?
I love that idea in the picture...I will def show that to my builder, that would have sunlight in all day. Thanks new build on site..:)..I would still love to have my big windows lookin out onto my yard tho..;)..we'll see what'll happen sure.
Hoof rocks. The plans I have, which I showed on this are just a rough sketch up...there just for me to see if I'm happy with everything etc..when I am happy, he will then be puttin more detail in for tendering etc, but not a lot. I've a.ready got another quote from another Builder with what I have.
Arch tect...(I take it by ur username u are an architect?) so I understand ur prob annoyed or frustrated with me doing this through a builder, which I can understand. Can u explain a few things to me though. First of all U said "if i use my kitchen at all"....OF COURSE im goin to be using my kitchen!!!!...who doesnt use a kitchen...Why do u think I will hate my kitchen? I have work space also on
the right hand side of it and the table is not nessicarly going to be where it is on the kitchen, my builder just put things in to show me what I COULD do. I can have an island there if I want when it's done and have a nice fold away table below it. It's all up to me but I dnt think I'll hate it. I have googled many 'one wall' kitchens and have seen fabulous ones. I think nearly 15 ft wide is plenty big but of course if I had more room I would go wider. I don't have a huge site, in fact it's very small if u saw it so I'm tryin to get in the best I can. What mm should the external walls be? I can say this to him once I know? I assume so the BER test should be done or has to be done before any building takes place ya?
And can yu tell me exactly what is wrong with the downstairs toilet?. Thanks arch tect..:)0 -
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And can yu tell me exactly what is wrong with the downstairs toilet?.
1. a wheelchair user cannot enter it and close the door behind them, the door swing doesnt allow this
2. a wheelchair user cannot enter and dismount from the wheelchair sideways onto the toliet.. .the layout doesnt allow for this. There needs to be a 750 x 1200 clear space adjacent to the toilet.
the room needs to be a minimum of 1400 deep;
the toilet pan should be against the back wall;
a 750 x 1200 space should be adjacent to it, in front of the door.
the door should open out into the hall.
edit: if you have been in smaller its most probably because either
(a) the regs didnt apply at the time of build
(b) the floor area is small enough to warrant a smaller wc. (under 45 sq m)
(c) someone didnt know what they were supposed to do
On the layout in general, its not very family friendly.
The living room is too small....compare it to the GF study
The living space off the kitchen is basically a corridor from the front door to the kitchen, you cant lay this out without thinking of people walking through it. The door to this space is too close to the stove in my opinion.
The kitchen doesn't reflect the picture that you've posted. Your room is way too narrow to be like this. I would estimate the picture is about 1.5 to 2.0 meters wider. In the picture the kitchen is more organised... the units and the island are located together. in the design, the units are spit across the room with a table between... not very user friendly at all.
It may make more sense to include an island and move the table towards the utility. this would allow you to move the access door to this space from its current location in the living space, to access direct into the kitchen. this allows you a more organised living space which isnt a corridor.
i dont understand why there is roof lights in the ff bathroom and ward. is there not enough height here for windows? If there is full height, then how do you open the roof light in the bathroom? remote control?
some door swings are weird, but thats just a drawing error i would think....0 -
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sydthebeat wrote: »1. a wheelchair user cannot enter it and close the door behind them, the door swing doesnt allow this
2. a wheelchair user cannot enter and dismount from the wheelchair sideways onto the toliet.. .the layout doesnt allow for this. There needs to be a 750 x 1200 clear space adjacent to the toilet.
the room needs to be a minimum of 1400 deep;
the toilet pan should be against the back wall;
a 750 x 1200 space should be adjacent to it, in front of the door.
the door should open out into the hall.
edit: if you have been in smaller its most probably because either
(a) the regs didnt apply at the time of build
(b) the floor area is small enough to warrant a smaller wc. (under 45 sq m)
(c) someone didnt know what they were supposed to do
On the layout in general, its not very family friendly.
The living room is too small....compare it to the GF study
The living space off the kitchen is basically a corridor from the front door to the kitchen, you cant lay this out without thinking of people walking through it. The door to this space is too close to the stove in my opinion.
The kitchen doesn't reflect the picture that you've posted. Your room is way too narrow to be like this. I would estimate the picture is about 1.5 to 2.0 meters wider. In the picture the kitchen is more organised... the units and the island are located together. in the design, the units are spit across the room with a table between... not very user friendly at all.
It may make more sense to include an island and move the table towards the utility. this would allow you to move the access door to this space from its current location in the living space, to access direct into the kitchen. this allows you a more organised living space which isnt a corridor.
i dont understand why there is roof lights in the ff bathroom and ward. is there not enough height here for windows? If there is full height, then how do you open the roof light in the bathroom? remote control?
some door swings are weird, but thats just a drawing error i would think....
thats great info finally about the toilet..thats exactly what i was looking for..someone to explain why its not good. i will take note of all that and explain to my builder.thanks so much.
with regards to my smaller sittin room on the right, i wanted it nice and small, its basically just to ave another room for me and my friends to go or my boyfriend and his friends to go, once again, i don't have a lot of space on the site so am doin the best i can. i don't see my living area as a corridor to my kitchen. its goin to be a room of itself. i love the open plan idea and this is what it will be..not a corridor. i understand ye have yer opinions but in mine i dont feel it too be too narrow as i measured it myself and it seems to be wide enough, for me neway. once again the picture i put up ere is just a general idea. and in my opinion i think the kitchen in it is not at all long eough. there is hardly any work stop space if you zoom into it. i don't like it at all. in order to have my floor to ceiling windows lookin out over my garden and to gain sunlight this is the way the kitchen has to be be as i can't go around the corner or i cant have the long windows..simple as that. i wanted more worktop space ie. i have more worktop space adjacent to the kitchen.
the stove won't be beside the door, i can move it up further. my builder just put the bits n pieces in to make it look real. i dnt have to have anything where it is in the picture.
i ma havin a window in the upstairs toilet not a velux. thats another thing that has to be changed by the builder. once again my plans are a ROUGH idea. 0 -
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Yes I understand that's what it will mean, but anyone who will be coming into my house would be goin into them two rooms regardless, and I love the open plan style so that's why I have it like that. Thanks for the advice though.and I will certainly stay goin until I get it right. 0
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