Tag Archive: Floor Plan
Door Opening
One of the small things that can really make a difference to your house is how doors open……..but its one thing that is frequently forgotten. This sketch shows a typical bedroom and ensuite layout. (I know it doesn’t show the…
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Building Envelope
If you need to fit a large House onto a small block one of the issues you will have to deal with is ‘The Building Envelope”. What this means is the actual area within your title boundaries that is legally…
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Planning the Laundry
In England the washing machine and dryer are generally in the kitchen. As a consequence the laundry in our first house we built was tiny. It was just big enough to fit the washing machine, dryer, laundry trough, and a…
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Starting House Design 3
In two other posts (Bubble Diagrams 1 and Bubble Diagram 2) I have described how you can start a design using bubble diagrams. When you are happy with the bubble diagrams then you can start working on how the floor plan will…
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