In that busy weekend when we saw the house for the first time, we spend the rest of the weekend looking at the plans. We knew there was potential, and we came up with a layout which we are still working with.
The front door leads to a stairwell, with a small "back" door on the same facade. The living room is very narrow, and has patio doors to the south set back under the bedroom above. The house was originally 3 bedrooms, and when they added two more had to put a corridor through one bedroom giving the first floor a lot of circulation. The prime views and sun are to the south (north up in these plans), so the void above the stairs has the best view!
The short version of the decision-making process: move the stair to the kitchen to free up circulation space; move the kitchen to the dining room to provide access to the outdoor dining area; move the upstairs front bathroom to the south wall to gain sun and view; combine the small bedroom and landing to create a master bedroom with walk-in wardrobe, view and sun; knock the living room and entry together with a few feet from the old kitchen to make a decent sized room - with a view! An optional extra is to raise the ceiling (and the floor of the master bedroom) by about 300mm (one foot) to make an even better proportioned room with even more light. We'll see - more on that later.
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