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Very nice @Declan52 that would definitely work in our proposed house. I may give you a PM at some stage re who got everything off as I'm less than 20 miles from you. Appreciated thanks.

Yes good thinking about built in wardrobes to the side of the rooms. Will change that. Still need to confirm how low the walls go in the bedrooms - Would you suggest putting a dormer window in the master bedroom only? Would love to see a picture @decland52 of your corner window, it's something I'd like to incorporate but wasn't sure if it was A) too expensive to include or B) made the living area cold.

Thanks folks for the additional suggestions. We're going to go back to our architect with some of them including the below.. 1) Moving the entrance to the utility / WC from the main hall so laundry isn't too far away from stairs / bedrooms! 2) Removing door from living area with the above door 2) Making the WC slightly smaller and utility larger 3) Potentially moving stairs to the right of the hall so bedroom 2 and 3 could be more square 4) Moving the door into the kitchen a further down so you are entering into the diner area 5) Adding French doors to the 'playroom' 6) Larger showers 7) Switching the Walk in wardrobe and en-suite in Master bedroom and adding a window in gable 8) Switching the hot press and upstairs bathroom so easier access from other bedrooms 9) Built in wardrobes between bedroom 2 and 3 10) Removing fire place from lounge, it's south facing and we'll probably put in a gas fire. I'm also toying with the idea of a corner frameless window in the living area looking out to the countryside views - is this a good idea? highlighted area in yellow below.

Thanks for the responses folks very helpful! I think this is good idea and something we will incorporate for additional light. Yes that is playing on my mind but I don't fancy having a laundry room upstairs! I'm not sure of the technical term but we are going to put a wall with in-built stove between the dining room and snug but with the ability to walk both sides of it. I'm hoping this will block out some of the noise from the kitchen but point taken that conversations will travel. I don't want to put the dining out to the left as that would hinder the views I think. by having the long open planned section on that side of the house we wanted to ensure all the rooms were parallel to get the same views. I hope that makes sense! I also want to have the west facing window in the snug / living area to be a large frameless window but need to weigh up the pros and cons of this. Thanks Ferdinand as always, very thorough! I've made comments in red A few other changes that i'm considering 1) I want the utility room to be bigger / longer but need to think how this impacts the rest of the house 2) The door from the hall into the living area annoys me, I want that as a contained space and not a walk through area from the back door! 3) Moving the door into the kitchen further back so that the entrance is into the dining room rather than directly into the kitchen. This would mean moving the stairs forward closer to the door. Thanks again for such valuable feedback!

Hi All, back again So I met with our architect and we revised our plans. See attached revised sketch - We've opted for an open planned kitchen, diner and living area. The kitchen sink is south facing hence why we have at the front of the house. All the views are west facing were the French doors open from the dining table. We are trying to future proof so further down the line we can change the playroom into a downstairs bedroom for when we get older with a jack and Jill arrangement to the bathroom. Although I don't think the sketch shows this. Would really appreciate any feedback as this is closer to what we are after and hoping to confirm in the next week or so Thanks in advance everyone! Revised Sketch.pdf

wow thanks very much for the thoughtful replies and i'll get round the reviewing this evening when I've escaped work. The front of the house we're thinking will be facing south with the sunroom windows facing west, which isn't ideal at all given the sun direction I'm assuming. will come back to other queries later but very very useful responses, thanks so much.

I enjoyed those responses ha! Plans now uploaded so any feedback very much welcome..

Hi All, Relatively new to this all and after giving our architect the house brief, he has came back with a first draft of plans. Would appreciated any feedback or ideas for improvement so we can revise the plans if needed. thanks in advance House Plans.pdf