Thanks Beegeers, but putting the fridge there completely blocks the hall leading to the kitchen, so not really a workable option...

Nope, no reason for those handle positions, just that i ticked left or right arbitrarily in B but actualy paid attention in A

It's underneath where the white square onthe bench is, in the island, close to the sink in each kitchen

I guess i forgot to mention that the splashback is a window, so IF sink does stay on the back wall there will be a view when washing dishes (although…

HI All
WOW!!
thanks so much for all your replies.
I agree that the pantry, oven and fridge all in one corner would be a tight fit, but this is the only way…

We are currently trying to decide how to layout our kitchen.
I have drawn up these two options using IKEA home planner so not everything is correct.
The corner pantry is walk…

Another vote for option 1.
Having a overhang on the bench (for seating) which is mostly taken up by the sink makes the island much less useful i think

Haha
Yes, we have definately thought about this, but again as we are breaking council restrictions and will need permission from the neighbour on the bedroom side of the house they…

We were thinking about moving the BIR to take up some of the room in the sitting but this would mean either a huge ensuite (lots of $) or shifting…

Thanks for the suggestion anna!
Unfortunately the area which is off the boundary (sitting, or your ensuite) needs to be at least 4m long. This is for courncil requirements for boundary…

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So after about 5 rounds of changes we have settled on a plan to be taken through to costing (it is a one off). We can't think of anything…

We thought about the two options early on but pretty quickly decided on side by side. We thought that we would just loose so much space having a driveway…

I think it is pretty flexible as to whether we flip or have them both the same...
I will definitely change to have the alfresco more east. I really eating…

Glad it worked to open, it is just a jpeg
North is diagonal on the plan, towards the top right.
Do you think i should flip the house to make the alfresco…

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My partner and i are starting a development where we will be knocking down our existing home and building 2 houses side by side on the site.
We have just…

We have one of these dors at my work (in Perth) so i guess you can get them somewhere in australia.
But...
It is very heavy, and you have to open and…

We have one of these dors at my work (in Perth) so i guess you can get them soewhere in australia.
But...
It is very heavy, and you have to open and…

In conversations with our potential builder, we were told that we could use double face bricks on the externals to save some money.
But, the double bricks are a bit longer…

Hi all, thanks for the feedback.
ChrisL: we have called the planner responsible for our area and although we do have a rule that the garage shouldn't be more than 50%…

including the garages they are 25.5m deep,
and they actually cover the whole width of the block, 10m at the widest

Oh,
it seems i am having the same problem many new posters have...
My picture hasn't displayed, but i think you can still see it if you paste the link into…

Hi
I recently found this site and have read heaps of useful posts so thanks to everyone who posts here.
My partner and i are about to demolish our place…