A lot of people say volume builder designs are very structured and you can’t do too much to them.
This isn’t quite true. We did a quite a few mods to our house. Granted, these mods aren’t a complete remake of the layout, but some were pretty major.
Mods we made:
- Moved windows
- Changed window heights
- Added windows
- Added to ceiling heights, door heights
- Removed walls
- Added walls
- Added sliding doors
- Changed our façade windows (sneaky, we know)
- Added a bath to the ensuite
- Added extra width to the lounge room
- Added a firebox
- Added larger island bench
- Added extra ovens to the kitchen
- Added doors
What mods did you make? Did you feel you could make the house your own?
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Our mods include adding and subtracting windows, adding an external door, adding a laundry chute, creating space for a chest freezer, altering the kitchen bench design, moving around the kitchen layout slightly to accommodate a larger oven. Nothing really major here since we tried to pick a design that minimised our need to modify and therefore limit extra costs. More about your windows please!
I suspect kitchens get absolutely worked over! Love laundry chutes! We tried to get a laundry chute, but it wouldn’t work (unless you wanted clothes dropping in the living room – no! Sad about that! I agree that the layouts are amazing these days, and most people are bound to find something pretty close. I think our mods were really just nips and tucks. I’ll post a window story down the track! Thanks for sharing
How did you manage to change the facade windows? We are building the Salamaca with the Nuovo facade (very early stages – still haven’t signed contract), and we have extended the WIR. I want to remove one or two of the front windows (its ridiculous to have 3 windows in the WIR and takes up valuable wall space we could be using as wardrobe space), but they won’t let us!
JD, perhaps email me and I’ll give you some tips.