Moving the bed to the top wall would solve all of those problems. I'd do it just to have the bed further from the toilet lol. 

Better access to ensuite from hall way if you did.

Froglotion:

 

Better access to ensuite from hall way if you did.

 

Yeah that is true. Wasnt keen on the idea of the bed facing the hallway, plus looking out at the garden would be nicer, but will make provision for both positions.

Sorry I didnt reply to your comment about heating in the bedrooms. I was originally thinking of having another heatpump mounted in the hallway above the garage door entrance.

Someone did point out that it might not heat the rooms, so now im thinking of having one ducted into the rooms (might have to be further down the track as approx 10k which I dont have budget for). Will see if there's anything which can be done during the building process, to reduce any future costs etc.

Any info or ideas around that would be appreciated. cheers

33coupe:

Froglotion:

Better access to ensuite from hall way if you did.

 

Yeah that is true. Wasnt keen on the idea of the bed facing the hallway, plus looking out at the garden would be nicer, but will make provision for both positions.

 

Sorry I didnt reply to your comment about heating in the bedrooms. I was originally thinking of having another heatpump mounted in the hallway above the garage door entrance.

Someone did point out that it might not heat the rooms, so now im thinking of having one ducted into the rooms (might have to be further down the track as approx 10k which I dont have budget for). Will see if there's anything which can be done during the building process, to reduce any future costs etc.

Any info or ideas around that would be appreciated. cheers

if your getting ducted heating for the bedrooms for the small extra cost you may as well go whole house. just put manual dampers on the rooms you wont be using all year round.

33coupe: Hmm yeah good points. I was discouraged from having it due to cost, I'm sure he said $15-20k.
But that doesn't sound right going on what people have said.

I'm going to revisit this and ask the builder (hopefully not too late)

It's a shame cassette heat pumps are bit ugly as possibly could have solved it.

blackjack17:

33coupe: Hmm yeah good points. I was discouraged from having it due to cost, I'm sure he said $15-20k.
But that doesn't sound right going on what people have said.

I'm going to revisit this and ask the builder (hopefully not too late)

It's a shame cassette heat pumps are bit ugly as possibly could have solved it.

I would ask around and get some second quotes.

If/when I come to build a house, One of the things I would be incredibly unkeen to compromise on is dropping to say a 2.4m stud height, indeed I think I’d elect to sell one of the kids (and build a smaller house) before doing this.

The typical 2.4m stud height is one of the things I dislike about most modern homes - there’s something about a low stud and the typically open plan design that doesn’t work for me. (But, yeah, the 3m my house is built to is probably unnecessary in modern times!)

Paul1977: It depends how fancy you want to go.

The Fujitsu quoted by building company was about $12,000 with no zoning.

We wanted mitsubishi, plus fresh air with heat exchanger, and went for the best zoning options we could (each room is its own zone with temperature sensor in each zone) We also have a seperate high wall heat pump for a home hair salon my partner will be working from - we decided to keep this completely seperate from the ducted system.

All that with upgraded ducting and grills I think we’re looking at close to 30K all up.

Most people don’t go to the extremes we have, but $15-20K doesn’t sound too far off for a standard zoned system from a good brand like Mitsubishi or Daiken


EDIT: Bear in mind every little upgrade adds. If you want more aesthetically pleasing grills, more money. If you want higher R rated ducting, more money. More zones, more money. Fresh air with heater exchanger, more money.

If you dropped your stud height, you’d save several thousand, plus the home would be cheaper to heat. Those savings could pay for the upgrade to ducted and make it cheaper to run.