Design Updates

As I mentioned in my post regarding the initial designs, it had mostly everything we needed - and more... Like a swimming pool we never thought we could have in our own house! Also got a media room on the top floor, a spiral freestanding staircase and a vaulted drawing room.

However, some of the key elements were missing:

1. Needed an entry foyer that didn't open up directly into the drawing room.
2. Needed a storage space right next to the kitchen.
3. Needed a bathroom in the Lounge area on the ground floor.
4. Needed doors that could open all the way for inside-out feeling in the living / dining area.

I also thought it would be a better idea to have vaulted ceiling in dining / living area instead of the drawing room. This because we could then have direct earshot access to the kids rooms. I also thought it might be better idea to have kitchen closer to the entry to the plot. Felt so much glass in the drawing room doesn't make sense. There are issues related to heat trap, theft, etc.

Prashantbhai tried to accommodate these key elements along with my long-shot requirements as mentioned above and provided designs that met most of these.

Ground Floor with kitchen towards the entry and vaulted ceiling in the middle:

First Floor with vault in the middle:

Lift shaft had to move to the right, creating weird passage ways into the bedroom

Second Floor:

Again, due to lift shaft movement, passageways into the rooms look pretty bad.

As you can see, these don't quiet meet the high standards set by the original designs. So, finally I dropped my long-shot requirements and we accommodated the key elements mentioned above.

In the mean time, structural designs kept on updating with the architectural designs and we got final set of designs by the end of August. Digging was done by this time and it all coincided perfectly to start the construction work.