Go Design Solutions drafting design services in the Sutherland Shire with tips for designing a spacious open plan home

These days, our residential drafting services in the Sutherland shire know that spacious layouts are particularly popular with families and anyone who entertains at home. An open plan home also provides the opportunity to create a home with maximum usable internal space. 

Our experts in residential drafting services recommend to carefully consider the final functionality of your home design, keeping in mind that you can have open plan living combined with more intimate living if designed well.

Be sure to consider the following:

Acoustics - Sound can become an issue with open plan living. With young families it may be ideal to have more of an open plan in living areas, whilst ensuring that the sleeping zones are a separate structure, keeping the areas connected via one accessible passage, still allowing flexibility.

Period Style – This should also be a determining factor when planning for open or closed living. It may not be suited for a full open plan and the living areas should fit to suit the period style where possible.

Division of space - Because open plan living works best when there's some flexibility with the area, adding subtle dividers throughout can create "implied space", without floor to ceiling walls.

Thinking of adding on to your existing home or building your dream home from the ground up? Contact Go Design, drafting services in Sutherland Shire today.