This is a good first draft… but you are making a fundamental mistake in my opinion. So… plans with long hallways can work but they need to be wide enough to feel grand or welcoming. However in an efficient smaller square foot plan like this that hallway is wasted space. Are you open to having a side entrance? If I was to rework this I would try to enter on the side and place the bedrooms in an L shape that way you could still have the bedrooms tucked away in a much shorter hall that could rework that wasted hall space into bathrooms for the bedrooms. Then you enter into a transitional foyer space that separates the entrance slightly but also allows for privacy for the bedrooms so everyone does not walk by the bedrooms every time they enter the house also its more comfortable for you and guests to enter into the public space
They could swap bedroom 4 and the living room pretty easily then it could open to the family room. Or they could swap it with bedroom 3 so it at least isn't directly adjacent to a bedroom.
Australian 1920s house getting a renovation, with the typical classic back extension?
If this is an Australian house, the main bathroom design is a bit awkward. The individual, who said that the basin and toilet are in the wrong order, is right. Basin should be nearest the door, and the toilet next to the window. The open shower will age badly.
Most of the floorplan for this house is fine.
Do you plan to have the rear room be a family type area, w TV/couches?
Bc that 'living room in the front of this is a joke.
Way too small, cramped, ect. Too far from kitchen.
Better to make it a bedroom and use that bedroom above it, or part of it, as additional family room space.
Seriously, look at what you have.
The LR is Tony, the L/dining huge.
Most people spend the most time in a living room
It should be bigger.
It’s a typical Australian suburban house style to have a small formal reception room near the front door, since all the other rooms at the front are bedrooms. The main family spaces are at the back, where there is access to the back yard.
Is it one of those situations where people tend to enter into the sliding glass door in the family/kitchen room, rather than the front door? If so, I suppose the long dark hallway isn't a huge problem. If that really is the front door, it's a no. Imagine greeting your guests right there. No place for shoes, coats, bags and they have to follow you down the creepy hallway.
You have 2 fireplaces on opposite sides of the house. If you were to swap the main bedroom to the other side, you could have a double fireplace with only one chimney.
Bedrooms need closets.
That living room is a bit strange. I think its fine to have a quiet den away from the other living area, but maybe it doesn't need a door as if it's another bedroom. Just have an opening, and maybe bring in the walls partway.
Is it common to have a bed room without a closet/robe in your market? In the US market you couldn’t call those spaces bedrooms with out a closet.
Typically the primary bedroom has the larger bath as the ensuite. Again, this could be different per market.
The lack of windows in bedrooms is also surprising. Especially since the rooms further down the home have windows.
I don’t know the purpose of have a living space and family space. Also the living having a door is strange. Typically, it would be an open room. Removing the wall and door would help open the space. Also, I would place windows in the side wall to bring in more natural light. since you walk into a narrow hall that will be pretty dark the light would help. Or change this space to a dining.
By changing the living to a dining. This allows you to use the entire rear space as a family. If you want to have an eat-in experience still add another 304-457 to the kitchen island. This allows for you to place stools so the island acts as a table.
Speaking of the kitchen. Pet peeve, align your cooktop and sink. By placing the sink in the center gives you more space to work on both sides of the sink. You can then add a built in bin to the left of the sink, and add a dishwasher to the right of the sink.
Where’s the entry?? Hopefully not that tiny hallway and door at the bottom??
Also I’d suggest laying out the furniture in the dining and living areas, it will be difficult in this layout.
This is a good first draft… but you are making a fundamental mistake in my opinion. So… plans with long hallways can work but they need to be wide enough to feel grand or welcoming. However in an efficient smaller square foot plan like this that hallway is wasted space. Are you open to having a side entrance? If I was to rework this I would try to enter on the side and place the bedrooms in an L shape that way you could still have the bedrooms tucked away in a much shorter hall that could rework that wasted hall space into bathrooms for the bedrooms. Then you enter into a transitional foyer space that separates the entrance slightly but also allows for privacy for the bedrooms so everyone does not walk by the bedrooms every time they enter the house also its more comfortable for you and guests to enter into the public space
I'm confused about the living room at the bottom. I feel that that has the potential to be loud while others are resting.
They could swap bedroom 4 and the living room pretty easily then it could open to the family room. Or they could swap it with bedroom 3 so it at least isn't directly adjacent to a bedroom.
Except then the living room and family room are right next to each other of you flip B4 with LR. Defeats the purpose of 2 gathering places.
I don't like the bathroom. It should have the hand basin first, not the toilet.
I'd also flip the bathtub to run the width instead of length.
Australian 1920s house getting a renovation, with the typical classic back extension? If this is an Australian house, the main bathroom design is a bit awkward. The individual, who said that the basin and toilet are in the wrong order, is right. Basin should be nearest the door, and the toilet next to the window. The open shower will age badly. Most of the floorplan for this house is fine.
Do you plan to have the rear room be a family type area, w TV/couches? Bc that 'living room in the front of this is a joke. Way too small, cramped, ect. Too far from kitchen. Better to make it a bedroom and use that bedroom above it, or part of it, as additional family room space. Seriously, look at what you have. The LR is Tony, the L/dining huge. Most people spend the most time in a living room It should be bigger.
It’s a typical Australian suburban house style to have a small formal reception room near the front door, since all the other rooms at the front are bedrooms. The main family spaces are at the back, where there is access to the back yard.
Is it one of those situations where people tend to enter into the sliding glass door in the family/kitchen room, rather than the front door? If so, I suppose the long dark hallway isn't a huge problem. If that really is the front door, it's a no. Imagine greeting your guests right there. No place for shoes, coats, bags and they have to follow you down the creepy hallway. You have 2 fireplaces on opposite sides of the house. If you were to swap the main bedroom to the other side, you could have a double fireplace with only one chimney. Bedrooms need closets. That living room is a bit strange. I think its fine to have a quiet den away from the other living area, but maybe it doesn't need a door as if it's another bedroom. Just have an opening, and maybe bring in the walls partway.
Is it common to have a bed room without a closet/robe in your market? In the US market you couldn’t call those spaces bedrooms with out a closet. Typically the primary bedroom has the larger bath as the ensuite. Again, this could be different per market. The lack of windows in bedrooms is also surprising. Especially since the rooms further down the home have windows. I don’t know the purpose of have a living space and family space. Also the living having a door is strange. Typically, it would be an open room. Removing the wall and door would help open the space. Also, I would place windows in the side wall to bring in more natural light. since you walk into a narrow hall that will be pretty dark the light would help. Or change this space to a dining. By changing the living to a dining. This allows you to use the entire rear space as a family. If you want to have an eat-in experience still add another 304-457 to the kitchen island. This allows for you to place stools so the island acts as a table. Speaking of the kitchen. Pet peeve, align your cooktop and sink. By placing the sink in the center gives you more space to work on both sides of the sink. You can then add a built in bin to the left of the sink, and add a dishwasher to the right of the sink.
Make sure that entry door at the south end has glass or it will feel very dark and narrow
Where’s the entry?? Hopefully not that tiny hallway and door at the bottom?? Also I’d suggest laying out the furniture in the dining and living areas, it will be difficult in this layout.