Primary suite addition layout concerns

4 years ago

We have a traditional 4x4 colonial, built in 1910. We love the character of the old house, but it's missing some modern conveniences (like more than one bathroom). We want to put a 16'x20' addition on the back of the house, which would allow us to turn the current bedroom into another full bathroom. The concern here is that this would effectively create a "right angle" entry-way to the primary bedroom. I am concerned this is too awkward, but wondering if the addition of the bathroom and large primary bedroom outweigh any cons?

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RappArchitecture

4 years ago

I don't understand the concern. The privacy gained is preferable to just walking into a master bedroom from a central hallway. But I would not put a closet on the new outside wall at top, but would add a closet adjacent to the bathroom. This allows windows on potentially all three sides of the bedroom.

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simplynatural
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Could a slightly larger addition go on the other side, so the entry is through the office? That would keep the existing primary bedroom, turning a three-bedroom house into a four.-bedroom, and creating a nice master/office area.
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PPF.
4 years ago
Are you showing half the house? What's above or below?
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Original Author
4 years ago
@PPF. this is the whole second floor. The first floor of the additional would be simply a family room.

@simplynatural unfortunately no. The house sits on a hill facing the ocean so everything should be centered around optimizing those views. Adding the addition to the right side of the house would put the addition too close to neighbors which would block views (and the down stairs part of the addition has a deck as well). Thank you for your suggestion though!
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PPF.
4 years ago
This is just showing position and not layout.
acm
4 years ago
Yeah, do you get any of that great view from the new bedroom?

I don't have a strict problem with the hallway layout, but imagine having to get your bed in or out through that bottleneck! That seems like an issue! PPF's idea is probably more expense in the bathrooms, but much better final layout, and you can take half the office for a walk-in closet if so inclined! :)
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RappArchitecture
4 years ago
It looks like there's at least 4 feet between bathroom and opposite wall, probably more. There shouldn't be any problem getting furniture into the room, even a king mattress.
kayozzy
4 years ago
I would move the master bath to where the little closet is, create a walk in closet next to that, and get rid of the closet on the far end.
weedyacres
4 years ago
Things in your proposed layout that aren't ideal for me:

Closet on outside wall (walls are for windows!)

Split closet

Awkward walk through door around stuff to get to bedroom

Your drawing doesn't have measurements, but it looks like it isn't quite to scale. If the addition is 16'x20', then your bed as drawn is about 8'x8' and your bathroom is about 8'x10, but the fixture layout looks like a 5'x8' bath. It would be useful to sketch it out on graph paper, including existing rooms.

Is there enough room to keep a small bedroom where I put the orange box, then make a hallway that opens to the new master? I've shrunk the components down to what I think is more to scale. But need exact measurements to go further.

Or something like this, and then you could enlarge the bathroom.