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  1. I showed my husband your plans and he went off and played about with it to come up with something very similar, only difference is placement of the ensuite and wardrobe in bedroom 1. He put the ensuite where you had the walk in, popped a sliding wardrobe against the wall where the ensuite was and then the big ensuite beside the family bathroom becomes a wee office/ big storage area. Only thing he wasn't sure about was if the bedroom 1 has to have a window in the ensuite, if so we'd have to revert back to your set up. In my head I'm hoping having family around and living in such an interesting area will mean he won't want to move back to the dark side, but unfortunately I can't guarantee that until we move. He's pretty clear that he doesn't want the girls going to academy in the west. He did marry a west coaster so I'm not sure where his prejudices come from! With regards to the layout downstairs, I keep thinking if I could I move the toilet with the sliding door and have access to the study which will be our girls toy room it would be great for me as a Mum. Hubby thinks that if we flipped the toilet up it would probably take to much space from the study/toyroom to warrant it? Especially as bedroom 4's wardrobe is already pushed into it. But then do I need a wardrobe in bedroom 4? Thanks AliG, really appreciate the help
  2. Thanks so much AliG, you basically drew exactly what I had in my head but couldn't get on to paper
  3. I'm glad you guys r bringing the doom and gloom, all things we need to hear and think about. RE stones and making bedrooms 2 and 3 the master is what I've just been doodling with tonight. The master is only the master ProDave because it has the balcony me thinks. So stones suggestion of making 2/3 the master would work. motive isn't about making money, I wanted to move home and my husband wanted to build and this plot provides enough space for his shed.
  4. Glad you like the elevations and making the windows symmetrical makes so much sense. Thanks Sensus It will be timber frame construction and will be built on site. Will mention the chimney and balcony to my husband.
  5. Thanks Sensus. Have attached the elevations and site plan. The site is an acre. I agree about the about the dead space. When we went to meet at site, he took us to a few houses he'd built and we went around this one in the flesh. It was more the outside that we fell in love with, but at the time he said don't worry about inside, anything can be changed . But now we need to decide what we want inside and it's harder than it looks to rejig.
  6. Haha Crofter, I've just had the exact same conversation with my sister on the phone. She said for selling it on it would be a prime plot for BnB so we need to look at it from that perspective. The original house planned on it was 330m2, the new one is 250m2. Part of me is hoping that my husband will be converted to the highland life and his 5 years projection for moving back won't happen, hence the reason I agreed to the shed going up first
  7. Hi guys, I finally found you, was so happy when I found the link in a blog post. I wondered if I could have input regarding our plans, some fresh eyes and experience is what we need. On the old forum I talked about how I was looking to move a wee bit closer to home and about having a husband who only cared about his shed. We'll we've managed to tick both our boxes. Our plot looks onto Ben Nevis/ Nevis range and hubby is getting an even bigger shed. Planning has just been resubmitted, as the house that was originally planned was far too big for our needs and was causing difficulty with shed location. The external look of the house is exactly what we want, but we're just not 100 % about inside and would love some input. The house is not a forever home, we will be selling in around 5 years to come back to Aberdeenshire. I think that's causing the problem, as we are trying to think about what it needs for selling as opposed to what we want. I'd love to have a bigger master bathroom and a walk in wardrobe but I'm just not sure how to achieve it with the window placement. Our builder has said that we can change anything internally but the externals are not negotiable now planning has gone in. I've already asked if we can make the family bathroom bigger and eat into bedroom 1's en suite. I've also asked is it possible to squeeze a shower into the bathroom at the utility so said dirty husband can get cleaned without trampling oil through the house! What do you thinks best for selling? Having 5 bedrooms plus study, or 4 bedrooms plus a study and make a massive master? It just seems a bit to excessive to have that amount of room, but I would love to have a bath in my master so I can have one without waking our easily woken children. My husbands delighted with his shed plans and thinks the house plans do what they need to, but I thought you guys might pick on stuff we aren't thinking about. Thanks
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