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Posted by on November 21, 2007, 3:41 pm
Hi all, I'm looking for anyone willing to look at my house plans and
give me some feedback. I'd really like to know what people think are
the biggest problems with my current floor plans.
I'm planning to hire an architect or home designer in the near future,
but for now I just want to get informed and have fun exploring some
possibilities for my dream house. So please, take a look at the plans
on my blog at http://casasolana.blogspot.com and tell me what you
think.
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Posted by 3D Peruna on November 21, 2007, 3:47 pm
house@bolaris.com wrote:
> Hi all, I'm looking for anyone willing to look at my house plans and
> give me some feedback. I'd really like to know what people think are
> the biggest problems with my current floor plans.
>
> I'm planning to hire an architect or home designer in the near future,
> but for now I just want to get informed and have fun exploring some
> possibilities for my dream house. So please, take a look at the plans
> on my blog at http://casasolana.blogspot.com and tell me what you
> think.
Let the games begin!
1) Garage isn't nearly deep enough.
2) No "entry" just a space (maybe that' the entry, but it doesn't feel
like it.
3) Bathrooms are all screwed up, both floors.
4) Door swings are messed up in most places.
5) It looks like you're living in a garage.
6) Where does the furniture go? (the couches on the main floor just
don't work.
That's the first 30 seconds... I'm not sure it's worth doing more
without resolve some of the bigger issues first...
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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on November 21, 2007, 4:06 pm
> Hi all, I'm looking for anyone willing to look at my house plans and
> give me some feedback. I'd really like to know what people think are
> the biggest problems with my current floor plans.
>
> I'm planning to hire an architect or home designer in the near future,
> but for now I just want to get informed and have fun exploring some
> possibilities for my dream house. So please, take a look at the plans
> on my blog at http://casasolana.blogspot.com and tell me what you
> think.
Sorry, but your design is really poor. You haven't drawn any furniture, so I
think you have no idea how big, or small, these spaces are. Many of them are
way off the mark, and the whole thing is terribly organized. Sorry if that
comes off as too harsh.
If you're going to use an architect, I suggest that you throw this out,
uninstall the software you used, and forget about it. Tell him/her what you
want, and let him figure out how to design it. Then keep an open, yet
critical, mind when you see his/her design.
It's fun to imagine things, but I think you haven't appreciated how
complicated a good building is. If your architect is any good at all, he/she
will astound you with all the things they considered and resolved. You can
have much better than this.
--
MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca
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Posted by Chuck News on November 22, 2007, 4:05 am
> Hi all, I'm looking for anyone willing to look at my house plans and
> give me some feedback. I'd really like to know what people think are
> the biggest problems with my current floor plans.
>
> I'm planning to hire an architect or home designer in the near future,
> but for now I just want to get informed and have fun exploring some
> possibilities for my dream house. So please, take a look at the plans
> on my blog at http://casasolana.blogspot.com and tell me what you
> think.
I agree with most of the responses except the last. Do, get an architect to
design your home. You will be much happier. Make sure that when you select
an architect that they are predominately residential. Do some research on
residences that they have previously designed to see if you like there
concepts. There are a lot of things to be considered almost 90% for which
you didn't provide in your sketches. The good thing about having an
architect you can tell him what you want and let him/her provide the design
then you have a chance to tell him you like or dislike portions of the
design which then can be changed to fit your preference. And yes, you will
have to pay for the architects' fees but it will be worth it.
____________________________________________________________
Charles I. Dinsmore, PE SE RA, M.ASCE ~ ci.dinsmore@gmail.com
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Posted by RicodJour on November 22, 2007, 8:31 am
On Nov 21, 3:41 pm, ho...@bolaris.com wrote:
> Hi all, I'm looking for anyone willing to look at my house plans and
> give me some feedback. I'd really like to know what people think are
> the biggest problems with my current floor plans.
>
> I'm planning to hire an architect or home designer in the near future,
> but for now I just want to get informed and have fun exploring some
> possibilities for my dream house. So please, take a look at the plans
> on my blog athttp://casasolana.blogspot.comand tell me what you
> think.
I'd only change two things - the inside and the outside. Oh, three
things - fire the designer as they're not competent.
You're spinning your wheels. From the design archives it's obvious
you've fallen into the neophyte designer trap - creating something and
getting married to the idea and then not changing what desperately
needs to be changed.
The near future - when the designer is hired - will hopefully come
sooner rather than later.
R
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