I love looking at house plans! It's one of the most exciting aspects of the entire process. Putting ours together was enormously fun. Since we finalised them, I have been picturing the house and us walking through it. It's so real in my own mind now, I can picture myself walking through the house so clearly, as if the house already exists. I'd love to hear if other home builders experience this. I hope you enjoy looking at our plans too!
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| How our house sits on the block |
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| Our Lower Floor |
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| Our Upper Floor |
Just to explain a little, to accommodate the block, our house has been designed as a split level home, and not an ordinary upstairs / downstairs format. When you walk in the front door, immediately in front of you are stairs taking you down to our open plan living / dining / kitchen. Off this area is our laundry and the powder room. We will have storage under the stairs and I will be adding in a large study nook along the wall that runs between the void and the laundry.
Back to the front door, the steps to the right (adjacent to the garage) take you upstairs to the bedrooms. On the upper (or first) floor, we have all of the bedrooms, the main bathroom and the kids rumpus or media room. From this floor, you then go up a few more stairs to the front of the house to get to the master bedroom suite. So effectively we have a four levels in our house - so much for the single level home!!!!
One of the most important things for us was to have indoor / outdoor flow for the children, and some flat back yard for them to play on (lots of cricket and football happening in our house!). So the living area flows onto the verandah, which flows onto the backyard and the pool area. From this area, the block then flows down into the convenant area, which has lots of gum trees and some native bush, but has enough room for the kids to move and play in there as well. It gives us a nice sense of space too.
Back to the front door, the steps to the right (adjacent to the garage) take you upstairs to the bedrooms. On the upper (or first) floor, we have all of the bedrooms, the main bathroom and the kids rumpus or media room. From this floor, you then go up a few more stairs to the front of the house to get to the master bedroom suite. So effectively we have a four levels in our house - so much for the single level home!!!!
One of the most important things for us was to have indoor / outdoor flow for the children, and some flat back yard for them to play on (lots of cricket and football happening in our house!). So the living area flows onto the verandah, which flows onto the backyard and the pool area. From this area, the block then flows down into the convenant area, which has lots of gum trees and some native bush, but has enough room for the kids to move and play in there as well. It gives us a nice sense of space too.
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