Feedback to the architect - round 2

We have finally managed to get our collective brain organised, and have compiled feedback on the second lot of sketch designs developed by the architect.
Attached below is a copy of the floor plans which we scribbled on, a summarised version of the feedback we provided to Neal-the-architect and some photos of other buildings and interiors which we have taken as inspiration. We had to make the floorplans larger so that they were legible, but unfortunately this means that they look a bit untidy on this page.
We would love to know what you think of the designs - or if you have any suggestions!



Ground Floor Plan with comments from Viktoria and the Android


Living room

• swap the full length sliding door for a window (allow some opening for ventilation)
• the fire place is to be a slow-combustion woodstove with a water boiler (Thermalux and Scandia are the two Australian ones we were considering)
• we liked the idea of the 'sunken living room' option discussed, and this may turn out to be more practical given the slope of the land

Flooring

• in the event that polished concrete is outside our budget, we have found a photo of the type of tiling we both like - large format, in a standard grid pattern, with matching grout (no white!)

Picture of the type of tiling we like

Desk / study

• move the desk from the end of the hall, and spin it 180 degrees so that it is facing the pantry wall
• the media hub / phone etc would therefore be nearer the kitchen area
• include an internal sliding door (emerging from the wall between the entry & pantry maybe?) so that we can keep the living / kitchen areas warm

Viktoria's studio

• what appears to be marked as a desk on the plan needs to be built-in floor to ceiling storage instead

Bathroom / Laundry

• we have decided to forgo having a shower-over-bath and just have a shower instead
• attached is a photo of a shower area we both love, and are hoping might be replicated to some extent (though probably not with a pebble floor) - it comes complete with built-in seating so that we can park our Zimmer frames in there when we are older

  

  Picture of a shower liked by Viktoria and the Android

Bedroom

• we are a little concerned that our large Victorian bed head won't be able to navigate the entry and around into the hallway - Viktoria re-measured the bed and at the centre it is 2330mm x 2130mm x 130mm. The posts at either corner are 1800mm high. Perhaps we need to have a sliding door in the main bedroom instead of a window so that we can get that big creature in? 

  

  Roof level plan with comments from Viktoria and the Android

  

The Android's Studio

• the Android is very happy with the rhomboid room-shape (apparently this makes for good acoustics)
• please omit the second sliding door to the concrete courtyard at the SE and replace with a high overhead window
• also add a window to the angled E wall (next to the stairs) - could this be a 'normal' window size?
• can the other window on the W wall be a high overhead window too
• and please include built-in floor-to-ceiling storage across the N wall (backing onto the carport)

Roof

• omit the courtyard off the Android's studio and convert to a roof instead
• where did our Greenroof go?

So that's where we left Neal... quite possibly scratching his head and muttering.
We'd love to know what you think - please leave a comment!