Hi all smile.gif

Attached are my new house layout.

Round circle are down lights (grouped by color for each switch)
The dotted blue line is cove lighting (T5)

This is my first time on reno/designing a house, I am afraid that I missed something or did something wrong.

Please give your comments.

Thank you in advance for your advice.


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never heard of these kind of software before.. but seems like very useful.. will try it once I have time..

my plan are drawn using autocad btw.. thanks for your advice..

ok, will do..

thx tehtmc for your comments..

actually this is the new house i bought.. the drawing is drawn by me according to the measurement i got from the actual house..

the main structure of the house are all original and remain untouched.. the only additions are the extension on wet kitchen & activity/study room..

i put only major dimensions so that it do not look complicated because I have added a lot of text and symbol on it.. I need to know whether the lighting, fan & electrical plugs location are ok/sufficient?

1) wet kitchen is an extension, on my earlier design the door is at the table top are between the 2 kitchen.. but if i follow that design, the table top on dry kitchen will be too short/small and use less.. (my first design was to extend the wet kitchen to the utility area, but it is too narrow)

2) these are original from developer, i try to maintain it since my budget is limited

3) same as answer 2

4) there will be a ventilation fan at ground floor bathroom above washing machine.. 1st floor bathroom have a very high ceiling like 15-18 feet with a window on top.. master bathroom with a original 1x4' window should be ok? or ventilation fan needed?

5) same as answer 2

6) you are right, I will try to add something to block this..

7) same as answer 2, this 18'x5' are I don't know what to do with it.. just leave it as a place to put washing machine and dry the cloth etc..

ok, i will take note of this...

if the bathroom shift to outside of bedroom 3, then bedroom 3 do not have a window anymore.. or otherwise shift bathroom & then extend bedroom 3.. this is cost a lot of money rite?

this is a corner unit of double storey house (not cluster).. the right wall of bedroom 3 is my neighbor house, thus can't make any window there..

ok, will take note of this..

i assume doing this will add additional 15k to the renovation cost?

the utility area is only 4.5 feet (minus 6 inch wall) 4.5 feet minus table top 2 feet balance only 2.5 feet.. which is too narrow..
this is the reason I extend the wet kitchen to side of the house..

my budget is around 60k excl furniture.. so i try to maintain the ori structure so that the cost still within my budget..

thanks for all the replies.. anymore suggestions?

[quote=JinXXX,Mar 6 2012, 12:35 PM]
oh, okie, depends on people some people wet kitchen no need very big, but dry kitchen must be big cause most of the time
usage of dry kitchen is high...

hope u can get the design/ideas that you like

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[quote=tehtmc,Mar 6 2012, 12:50 PM]
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hope u can get the design/ideas that you like

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Actually, the dry kitchen is more for show, for making drinks, making cakes, etc.

It is the Wet Kitchen which is heavily used, for messy cooking and frying, typical of Asian cooking.

The existing wet kitchen is ok, you don't want it to be too big or it would be hard to clean.

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agree

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Added on March 7, 2012, 1:26 pmwhat's the ideal spacing between down lights with 15w bulb and ceiling height 8 - 9 feet?

This post has been edited by teq: Mar 7 2012, 01:26 PM