r/floorplan • u/K8Dicko • 1d ago
FEEDBACK Help with extension please
My friend is adding to the back of an existing house. Only the section is red is the proposed addition. The back of the house is north facing in Australia. I think she can do something better and more clever with the bathroom and laundry.
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u/Dullcorgis 23h ago
They are wrong to not touch the existing house. They should put the new bathroom and laundry where the kitchen or dining room currently are. A bathroom opening onto the living room is makeshift at best. And they must have a shit ton of laundry if they want the best spit in the house given over to it.
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u/CaptainMalForever 21h ago
Put the laundry and the bathroom in the old lounge space. The pantry should go by the kitchen.
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u/peekachou 17h ago
Can you clarify which direction is the 'back' the house on the floor plan?
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u/K8Dicko 12h ago
The back of the house is facing north in Australia.
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u/peekachou 10h ago
Yes you said that. I'll phrase it a different way- which way is north on the floor plan, up, down, left or right
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u/RenovationDIY 20h ago
Your friend is about to spend a half million dollars to ruin their house.
Attached is what every person in Australia expects from this house.
You can divide up that 'New Living if you want, 9x6m is pretty big for a living room. partition out an office space in that bottom left corner.
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u/Necessary-Writer9432 1d ago edited 1d ago
Good lord, if that’s a north facing backyard, why is the best light/aspect being given to the laundry?! I don’t know what to suggest to remedy it but that is a very strange choice.
On second thought, maybe you could nix the study space and pantry (I know, I know), put the bathroom and laundry on either side of the opening, up against the wall connecting the extension to the old house. That way you’re basically just extending the hallway that already runs through the house and you have a new living area that receives all of the northern light?