Thread: Lamphun house - rough plan to completion

Originally Posted by 9999

The concrete foundation poles and bricks were smash into rubble and we paid an eart moving company to remove it / flatten the the ground. More pics of the epty space to come...we still need to buy dirt to fill in the hole of the sunken old house.

you paid someone to take away the rubble? why didnt you keep it for infill ?

Originally Posted by sunsetter

you paid someone to take away the rubble? why didnt you keep it for infill ?

Good question. Actually a lot of the 'hole' (still need to post a pic) is rubble. The guys we paid were to take out the original foundations - big concrete poles that go quite deep. They also flattened it out and tidied it up, cost about 3K.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

It looks like a fairly typical modern house; I can't read the measurements though

To give you some perspective, the bedrooms on the left hand side are 4x3m. So yeah it's compact, not exactly open and roomy, but the inlaws are happy with it and it's how they wanted it. Our little granny flat type area on the right will serve us well for visiting in the future.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Too many doors to the bathroom, they don't need en-suite, also parents room and your room move the doors closer together otherwise your getting too much living room space that can't be used.

The final plans came back with a door from each bedroom and no entrance from living area. I think the dawg is right here, should there just be one entrance to the main bathroom from the living area? Someone else said having bathroom door from living area is a big no no but I don't see where else it would come from other than the bedrooms. It doesn't make much sense to me that for guests to go to the toilet they will need to go through a bedroom first (though we'll also be having an outdoor dunny).

Originally Posted by 9999

Someone else said having bathroom door from living area is a big no no

not really, especially as you will probably be outside if you have any guests around

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by 9999

Someone else said having bathroom door from living area is a big no no

not really, especially as you will probably be outside if you have any guests around

I'm very new to this, These are the first house plans I've ever actually looked at properly (thank fuk for TD!). I just never recall ever being inside someones house and having to go through a bedroom to hang a piss.

But yeah, the outdoor dunny counters this, so inside is for pissing and shitting for residents only, outside for guests. Should work. To be honest I haven't at all thought about re-sale value.

right now crack on with the pics mate as we all like to have a look see

Sorry Fellas about the delay getting these cleared pics up - got myself banned for some reason, must have pissed someone off. Anyway to the real stuff TD is about; this pic is pretty much the area we have to work with for the new build. The sunken area is where the old house was.

Here is what will be the front. The gate to the side will be the side part of 'our area'. The bodgy old gate in the middle will be the front entrance. Not sure what to do about walls, gets etc yet so any ideas appreciated...

Originally Posted by 9999

The final plans came back with a door from each bedroom and no entrance from living area. I think the dawg is right here, should there just be one entrance to the main bathroom from the living area?

Still pondering on this and would appreciate feedback, though not so important as it's not my part of the house, still want to have a good layout. Should we swap the two doors from each bedroom into the main bathroom for just one door going from the living area into the bathroom?

Originally Posted by 9999

Originally Posted by 9999

The final plans came back with a door from each bedroom and no entrance from living area. I think the dawg is right here, should there just be one entrance to the main bathroom from the living area?

Still pondering on this and would appreciate feedback, though not so important as it's not my part of the house, still want to have a good layout. Should we swap the two doors from each bedroom into the main bathroom for just one door going from the living area into the bathroom?

I have similar on my house plan. 2 kids bedrooms with shared bathroom (rhs of plan), which is also used by guests in the living room.

It was a no-brainer to have one door from the living room only.

I rented a flat with an entrance to the main area, and one to my bedroom

I was constantly walking in and bumping into the maid having a shower

it is easy to forget to lock both doors

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by 9999

Originally Posted by 9999

The final plans came back with a door from each bedroom and no entrance from living area. I think the dawg is right here, should there just be one entrance to the main bathroom from the living area?

Still pondering on this and would appreciate feedback, though not so important as it's not my part of the house, still want to have a good layout. Should we swap the two doors from each bedroom into the main bathroom for just one door going from the living area into the bathroom?

I have similar on my house plan. 2 kids bedrooms with shared bathroom (rhs of plan), which is also used by guests in the living room.

It was a no-brainer to have one door from the living room only.

Yeah I really like that setup on the right there MTD, especially how the bathroom is further back rather than flush with the bedrooms, and the two bedroom doors are right by the bathroom door. Not sure this would work for my plan, might make the bathroom too small, but yeah the one door seems to make more sense.

Actually that's a nice designed house all round MTD, nice and simple and very functional. I like the privacy of your roomy office.

what is the big green space bottom right?

^ Lawn / garden?

Hey Doc I really liked your circle door / archway in your build thread from waaay back but there was no room in this plan to copy your concept

what, my gay Moongate?

it's great

Originally Posted by DrAndy

what is the big green space bottom right?

You'll find out when I do my thread...

it is the nursery

yeeee hhhaaaaaaa

Originally Posted by 9999

Not sure what to do about walls, gets etc yet so any ideas appreciated...

dont let anyone talk you into getting rid of those trees, they look like they are doing some kind of shade work, so keep them and find a solution of sorts with post and rail maybe.

Originally Posted by 9999

Not sure this would work for my plan, might make the bathroom too small, but yeah the one door seems to make more sense.

You could always bring the exterior bathroom wall out a bit. It'd also break up an otherwise boringly straight wall.

^Not a bad idea, and have the BR door to one of the sides.

We got the builders ready to work, they don't get paid until it's finished but let me know 800-900K will be the real figure so now this could turn out to be a 1M bt build but the AUD is strong so fuk it.

We're at the stage where we need to be choosing blocks, tiles, colours, etc. I got no idea here and the inlaws want to let us make the decisions so will be looking to you TDers for som tips. Already decided that marble type floor tiling is the way to go.

Also need to finalize where windows / sliding doors are going before they start construction. I suppose the first step after levelling the ground is pouring the slab and doing the foundations, so we got some time.