You have planned a grand 2500 entrance only to look at the kitchen sink, not good design, sorry

Build a free standing wall across the end of the island wide enough to still feel open but not exposing the kitchen and sink when you enter through the front door

similar to this

The biggest problem with the entrance is you have no landing zone so everything will end up on island bench. I would do a special entry with room to abandon bags, shoes, hats etc.

I'am sure that with a 2500 wide entrance blee will have plans for a free standing sideboard to accommodate these things, I know I would

Feedback taken on board and changes to floor plan made as follows: changed location of porch, study, and media room; inserted a Child Retreat; taken out Store Room at Western end of house. How does it look now @siriuskey? You are also correct that I will put in a free standing sideboard in the entry.

Long way from garage to kitchen with shopping. Make kids rooms identical size if you can, avoids issues. I would make them a little bigger , reducing master if you want to cut down somewhere

Hi Blee my comment re the entrance looking at the kitchen ink was to Back up OKL with that, as I strongly agree with her.

My other thought had been to swap the entrance and study, I find it very difficult to read most of the plan details. What's the room next to the garage?

I will check back over all of your posts and OKL floorplans and suggestions plus any other info to help understand your new build, cheers

In bed 4 : kids head will be next to loo unless you want their head to be 10 cms away from yours
Fine when they are 5 , not so fun when they are banging on your wall..due to them hearing snoring which seems to happen as we age?!?
Well, it has in my hubby...
Just a thought.

I would never have a master wall, joining a minor room if it can be helped.

Sorry...thought it was a loo, but a shower head.
Little nicer.
But still noisy...

@kiwimills Thank for your feedback. I’ve made some changes to the floor plan since previous one & a full wall length robe is now between Bed 4 & master bedroom. I will give some consideration to relocating main bathroom away from Bed 4 as well but not sure where at this stage. I will upload the new floor shortly for further feedback so please don’t hesitate to comment 😊

Here is the new floor plan for feedback

That robe does the trick!

Don't worry about the shower, bedhead could go on hall wall for bed 2, it's fine where bathroom is if you love it.

Any reason why you didn't want a walk in Pantry?

I have 5 kids, always wanting toast so my toaster was in there... Never saw them or the mess, was great!

@kiwimills when I first designed the floor plan it had a Butlers Pantry but I decided to take it out after a great deal of contemplation and numerous revisions. I believe the kitchen layout as it is now suits my needs but I do appreciate what you say about hiding the mess in a walk in pantry, especially with having 5 children. Maybe I’ll be able to squeeze in an appliance cupboard somewhere & hide the mess there. Thanks again for the feedback 😊

You 100% need to design for how you live.

Cos then it will work for you.

Very exciting times ahead for you!!

the plans need to be rechecked to allow enough wall space for the kitchen...allowing for the hallway and walking space means that the kitchen only has about 3.5m not 5m of wall space and i'm wondering why the media room has been left out and master suite moved to the western end although the latest laundry is better and the hallway to the garage could be widened to make a mudroom but what is the maximum size you're aiming for?

Is the room next to the garage a drop zone/mudroom, it would be the perfect position to contain the kids stuff on their way to their bedrooms and the fridge, I wouldn't want all of that in the entrance to your beautiful new home, keep it separate.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

@bigreader at this stage of our lives we don't feel we need a designated drop zone as our kids are all grown up. However, if we ever sell I'm sure a drop zone could be created either in the 7x7 garage or in the multipurpose room that we have designated on the floor plan as a games/gym room. I'm also sure that a sideboard drop zone in the entry would meet the needs of any visitors to our home.

@oklouise when I do the measurements for the kitchen/dining/living I don't usually include the hallway in those measurements but if I was to include them the size of each of these areas would be 6.2m x 4.0m, which allows 5.0m for the kitchen wall space. Is this incorrect? We have also chosen to replace the Media Room with an outdoor patio/deck as we believe this will be a beautiful area to sit during the cooler months. The patio/deck will also allow more light into the living areas which is what we are trying to achieve. Re: the master bedroom - it has been moved to the western side of the house where the WIR and Ensuite will protect it from the late afternoon sun. We thought this location would be best considering the orientation of the house on the block and also not wanting to have any of the other living areas or other bedrooms on the western side of the house. If you have any alternative suggestions please share. The floor plan is currently the size we are looking at, not anything bigger - approximately 360m2 on my rough calculations.

@siriuskey the room next to the garage has been designated as a Gym/Games/Media Room - in other words a multipurpose room, that I'm sure could be used as a drop zone/mud room if needed. The only people coming through the entry will be visitors, for which a sideboard in the entry will be used as a drop zone.

Once again, thank you all for the feedback; it is much appreciated :)