Nice compact house. Being somewhat kitchen centric myself, the kitchen layout is...poor. Having a sink and/or a stove in a corer is a back ache in the making. Also where is the fridge? The wall common to the bedroom has the potential to become a lot of wasted space. It would e nice to be able to enter the 5'-6" bath from both the hall and the bedroom so that you don't have to exit the end room to get to the bathroom. Do you ave a need for a home office, if so you might want to consider where it will go.

Thanks guys for your comments. I'll ask him to do the needful.
@decoenthusiaste: "Dining room should be dining with a door to the kitchen" - Looks interesting, may I see a real picture of that. It should be on houzz website itself. Please also tell me which room you counted as MBR. This layout is a rough sketch. I'll ask him to show all the details like fixtures etc. (don't know which term I should use for that).
@ A kitchen: "The wall common to the bedroom has the potential to become a lot of wasted space"- can you show me please how it can be done? About home office - it would be on the second floor :)
Your comments are really valuable, guys! Thank you so much for taking time and comment. I am waiting for the feedback and more advices :)

One more thing, don't you guys think that the kitchen size is very big as compared to the size of the plot. I see that the kitchen and bedroom sizes are almost same. Do we really need the kitchen as big as our bedrooms??

How about moving the window to the rt. of the door and moving the door to where the window is not and then the wall becomes more usable.

Well, I don't have any 3D software to show you, so I used photoshop just to make sure I followed you correctly?

I would suggest the door be placed in the middle of the exterior wall with the window to the immediate rt. so that you can have some wall cabs on the exterior wall on the left side.

You do realize that there are no windows at all in the family and living room? Apart from the window near the entry, but there won't be coming much light into your home through that.

Isn't this the same joker that posts fake dilemmas? Sorry, if not! I think the "architect" is pulling the wool!

This is a row house in India. You can't have windows into your neighbours house. It is a large-ish kitchen for this plot, but in the U.S. it would be small. A kitchen means to move the exterior door to the left 2 feet to allow you to put cabinets on part of the right kitchen wall. As I understand it, the drawing room is a custom that is not really heard of in the U.S.

To all those who are reading this, the other thread may enlighten you to the different building practices involved here. Take a close look at the example of the finished plan.
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/experts-opinion-required-which-plan-is-better-pictures-attached-dsvw-vd~528793

Well IMO the bedrooms and bathrooms should be pulled into the middle of the house and the living and kitchen areas pushed to the front and back so they receive daylight with windows etc ... Be interested to see the upper floor as I seem to recall from the previous threads, you wanted FIVE bedrooms on this 36'x60' plot !

@A kitchen that works: Thanks, I liked that suggestion. It's really good.
@Carolins: The family room (we call it lobby) will be of double height, so the light would be coming from the top. We'll leave some space in the roof and cover it with plastic sheet or something like that. I love natural light and ventilation.
@decoenthusiaste: Joker? Are you addressing me? Then, you're clearly out of line. It's pitiable that can't differentiate between real and FAKE dilemmas. If you can't contribute to the discussion or if you don't have something useful to comment, then it's better that you DON'T!!
@Fred S: Yes, we do need drawing room just for the outsiders as we don't bring them in our lobby/family or living room. While posting this thread, I thought about giving reference to the older thread, but I forgot. But I'ave already posted this thread link on the older one to redirect readers over here.
@OnePlan: Yes, you're right! Four will also do the trick. First floor will be planned only after I finalize the ground floor.

Okay, yes, I was thinking along the lines of OnePlan's suggestion, but it sound like you have the light issue covered. Good luck with building this home.

Any more ideas guys, please

The only thing I think is that the front entry should be through the drawing room, then the puja if it doesn't need a window. That would allow the kitchen door to move to the left which would allow the kitchen to be smaller and the master bedroom to be bigger. It would also give a more traditional drawing room as far as my limited understanding can tell.

There are what appear to be stairs in the family room. They look like they block the entrance to the bathroom. That seems somewhat inconvenient. Are you looking to put western influence into your floor plan or are you happy with the local standards?

There are 15 steps before you get to the last landing which would put it above 8' at 6.5" risers. I was also curious about the western part.

@travelinc & Fred, Well, I've not thought anything about the floor plan yet. The main thing which is going into my mind is the layout. I would be greatful if you suggest me something about it. I am very interested in western influence, if possible. Fred, I'll think about the stairs and the drawing room thing :) I also want 2-3 steps in the porch for entering into the house (i.e. from drawing room) Will it look good? Because I want to make my home on a bit height so that I can save it from floods (in case).

Interesting seeing designs from another country. Assuming the PUJA is located in the right location and the entrance to your home is the set of double doors adjacent to the car, I have the following comments/suggestions:

1. Regarding the bathroom on the bottom of the picture:
a. It appears you have a walkway taking you from the large double doors(gate?) to the bathroom window. Is this correct and is this what you want?
b. The room is sufficiently wide to add a bathtub or a shower. Switch the locations of the sink and the toilet, have the toilet turned to face into the room. This would provide easier use. You might also want to consider using a pocket door, will make the room feel more spacious.

2. Regarding the bedroom on the bootom of the picture: In the US we have built in closets but I kow other cultures use stand alone wardrobes. Not knowing what is custom in your country or what your preferences are, I would suggest moving the door over a couple feet and providing a building in closet the full length of the wall. This would allow you to completely customize the room's storage capacility - will it be filled with shoes and clothing or will is have boxes of files, luggage, etc.

3. The drawing room:
a. If outsiders are not to use your family space, the orientation of the room will force people to see/walkthru your family lounge.
b. If possible, can you shift or resize the drawing room such that it align better with the family lounge? If it can be shifted downward a few feet, you could angle the entry into the kitchen and the view from the family lounge would look better.
c. As an alternative, could you reverse the stairs such that the main family lounge area shifts upward? recognize you will likely need to move the bedroom doors and possible reverse the bedroom and bathroom on the lower part of the picture to make sure the doors would work.

4. Kitchen: By US standards this is an average to smaller kitchen. we certainly have smaller ones in condos, apartments, and small homes. That said, I do believe in maximizing capacity and capability. The kitchen traditionally gets a lot of use by the family and has to be able to meet a multitude of needs. I am assuming the plan for the frig is to be located immediately next to the sink - where the empty space is. here are some thoughts:
a. Do you need a door for the kitchen? If not, remove, if yes then make it a pocket door.
b. Center the window to the OPEN area over the cabinets and align the sink in the center of the window. this will help with symetry. When in the kitchen, typically people spend a lot of time there - prepping, washing, drying, etc. It would give a nicer view than a blank wall or upper cabinets.
c. Center the stove - this again helps with symmetry whioch in turn helps with aesthetics.
d. Do you have sufficient storage in the house - think of everything that you have and the food products, kitchen items you will need to store. Again, culture differences mandate different needs. In the US we tend to do a bit of bulk shopping and generally have more "stuff" than we need so it is hard to determine what the right level is for you. Make a list of ALL the items you have for the place and assign a space to them on the plan. This is the best time (and least costly) to make changes to construction.

5. Regarding the bedroom on the upper wall - is there a reason the windows are different sizes, why not stick to the same size?

6. Storage room: Is there a way to relocate the "Low Height" restriction at teh entrance? Not sure is this simply means you aren't going to loose a couple inches or if this means a few feet. Big diffeence on how usable that space is.

I hope some of these comment are useful. Best of luck with your project!

Here's what I would do with this space. I love growing things, especially for my kitchen, so I would fill planter boxes on the back patios with beautiful vegetables and herbs. Lemon grass and lavender will help keep the bug populace down if you are going to relax on the patio. You could also put a clay oven on one of the patios so that the naan won't heat up the house or the space you are sitting. I just realized I forgot to mark in the bedroom window on the front bedroom over looking the potted plants. I hope you have fun building your home.

@Monjav: Thank you so much for taking time and commenting on almost everything. I really loved few of your suggestions like "have the toilet turned to face into the room" and " align the sink in the center of the window. this will help with symetry". I've read all the valuable suggestions and will definitely implement them while constructing home. I've already asked my Arch. to make some changes. I've also noted few of your suggesions on a separate sheet to contemplate over them.
@travelinc: Thank you once again for drawing a map for me. It's really good. I loved the entry and the drawing room. I know you might have spent a considerable time in designing the stuff for me. I really appreciate it. I will show it to my architect to give him more ideas. Thank you so much!! :)

If you stay with the original plan with the bedroom and bath in front, it might be more convenient if you move the bedroom door into the lounge area to the right next to the bathroom door - putting both doors under the stairwell and upstairs hall - but close together. The door openings could be onto a very small hall under the stairs, that opens to the lounge.

@joanbllt: Thanks for the advice

ca1634 - I was happy to help. I saw I had a few typo's, so if anything was unclear - just ask. I'd love to see your end design and hope you will post it to this discussion board.

Sure, I'll do that. I am still making few changes.