Design Options-Points to Consider

March 27, 2008 Planning for home design No Comments

Get to know the building thoroughly before you make any major design decisions. Ask yourself these questions:

1. Which direction does it face?

2. Which rooms face the road/overlook the garden/have other views?

3. Which rooms get most light at which times of the day?

4. Which rooms are the quietest?

5. Which rooms have the most wall and floor space?

6. Which rooms have the highest ceilings?

7. Do any rooms lead to one another?

8. Are there any wasted corners or unusable spaces?

9. Are there any doors that open awkwardly?

10. Are there any narrow corridors causing obstructions?

11. Are there any doorways or corners that make furniture access unnecessarily difficult?

12. Which walls are structurally supporting and which are partitions?

Knowing the building based upon above mentioned points will give you a fair idea about where to start and what to start. You can choose the well lit rooms for day time purposes, and the rooms along the roadside can be converted into lobbies or a store if the level of noise is higher in that room. Accordingly you can keep or remove partitions to make more room for siting or joining two rooms that share a common purpose.