You have quite a big back land brother. You can position the wet kitchen and outdoor anywhere you prefer.

I suggest you engage a landscape specialist to help you do a proper outdoor dining area with pro gardening design and stone pathways.

This is out of my profession as I am specialized in interior space and design 🙂

I suggest you ask few contractors to pay a site visit and get their advice.

As it is impossible to estimate the cost for tiling replacement works and water leakage solution merely base on simple plans you uploaded, cheers!

Looking at the photo, the water outlet and inlet are quite near the position you want to put the exhausted hood. It is not practical to have water basin located too close to cooking hob.

Also exhausted hood will work better with a proper back wall panels.

If you cannot put the hood on opposite wall as I can't really see how the opposite wall looks like, then better you remove and replace a smaller window which is better solution
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if you wish to ensure there is sliding doors in dining area that can access to outdoor garden and natural light and wind blow, I will suggest you don't place the store room on the exterior wall boundary.

Instead placing the store room next to the guest bedroom adjacent to the new wet kitchen will allus tow a good and confortable dining area with natural garden in sight.

Bonus tips for you:

why not placing a island full height cabinet as divider between living and dining area instead of partiton/ wall. This will make better use of the space and also create a better traffic flow around the areas.




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Thanks t3n for engage us for the Master Bedroom design, you have a good sense of design taste too I reckon while communicating with you on the design theme, hope you enjoy the renovation outcomes! 🙂

For double storey house the initial design process which includes space planning layout and 3d design visuals will normally tools about 7 to 9 weeks. The timing actually depend on how well and efficient the communication process between owners and designer as well. If owners can't make up their mind on what they actually prefer or the designer can't present well their ideas to the owners, this will prolong the design process.

The design detailing process will take another 4 to 6 weeks normally.

So since you designer is moving to detail stage, I would say the 1.5 month you have is reasonable.

Sorry for late reply, here are my suggestions for you.

1. possible to have standalone island instead of L-shape
a. yes, it's possible, you will just need to re configure the dry kitchen cabinet setup in order to allow a better 3 ft clear traffic corridor around the island as shown on my quick diagram

2. would like to have larger bathroom for guest ( combine 2 into 1 without hacking the maid room)
a. yes, possible too, just you will need to remain the existing piping box up wall that is catered for rainwater downpipe and sewerage piping upstair normally. you might need to opt for folding door for the small toilet at wet kitchen if you wish to remain a small toilet there.

3. is it better to have sliding door in between dry and wet kitchen ?
a. not necessary as if base on the existing space around dry and wet kitchen, normal swing door will have the same function, just of course having a sliding door will definitely make the area looks good!

4. image 4, advisable to elevate washer's placement (25cm from the ground)
not sure where you put the washer, may be can have 50cm if you actually want to keep the washer protected from flooding, cheers

Hope this help!




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I suggest you look for gardener or landscaper pro for advise, as I am not expert on this area.

Apart from having a white wall tile for all kitchen wall and concrete counter as you plan to have, the simplest method you can have is always replace the floor tile with light brownish grey color one and make all new cabinet door white color.

Put in some light timber color wall shelving for cups, bowls and also some decorations will bring in some nature warmness to the kitchen as shown in my quick diagram attached.

But practically, I foreseen you might need top hang cabinet as just with the existing low counter cabinet might not match your daily kitchen storage needs.

Hope this help!




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Effective lighting layout is affected by a lots of factors such as how bright the ambience you prefer for each areas, entertainment, sleeping and working areas can have different brightness.

Other factors like ceiling height, wall color scheme, ceiling design, whether there are any concealed light cove will also affect the lighting set up.

So I can just give you a rough ideas for referencing only.

I think you should get the 10W eyeball, as 5W normally are use in cabinet lighting. I also find out these eyeball you choose have a narrow light beam angles of 24 degrees, you will need more numbers to light up a full wall

Try to get a broader beam angles like 36 or 60 degrees may be, that can bright up the area better.

If you are using a wider beam you can generally space the downlights 1.2 to 1.5 metres. If you are using a concentrated beam light, try spacing them 1 metre away from each other.

I will suggest you having some 12 - 18W LED downlight at the middle of living and dining area. As normally people use eyeball to hightlight the wall, painting and decorations. LED downlights will be more effective and generate a more smooth ambience and even brightness to the space.

here is the lighting layout I suggest for you, hope it give you some alternative ideas!




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whether having sliding door with curtains is effective solutions for temporary partition up a sleeping area for guests is still depend on how they fit you house layout and setting nature. Yet it can be done this way.

As long as you position the LED downlights more than1800mm apart from each other and avoid the downlights being obstructed by the ceiling fan should be fine.

1m spacing should be fine

Sorry I make a typing error just now, should be like this the general position tips:

If you are using a wider beam you can generally space the eyeball lights ( error type it down light) 1.2 to 1.5 metres. If you are using a concentrated beam light, try spacing them 1 metre away from each other.

Some of them called this a L shape timber pelment panel, just show the image to your contractor is the easier way

This post has been edited by ehwee: Sep 14 2023, 02:05 PM

There is one KEY area that house owners always ignorde while getting their renovation works done, then felt much regret after living in the new home.

This KEY design element is Interior Space Planning and Storage Cabinet Layout Arrangement. Without thoughtful layout plan being created prior to renovation works, we will find lots of things are missing and uneasy when carry out many of our daily household activities

Check out some of our blog articles on space planning tips:

How to Effectively Space Planning An Opened Concept Home Living Interior

Space planning How-tos for having desirable Guest and Family Living Room

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Feel free to ask me any questions regards space planning, as always we can explore many furniture layout options together and learn from each others.

This post has been edited by ehwee: Sep 14 2023, 02:06 PM

If you're using gas stove then 800mm counter top height is alright. If electrical cooker then 850 to 900mm height is ok.

Nowadays led strips are more advanced, as long as they come with aluminum channel and connected plug for light replacement, make sure your contractor fix them properly and easy access for maintenance, then will be ok.

Can consider T5 Led fluorescent as alternative, easier to replace too.