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Comments (78)Cp, thank you for those photos and again for all your input. Your staircase is beautiful: I think I’ve covered the rest of your questions. bedroom one dimensions are 14’1” x 13’8.5”. Closet is currently 8.5’ by 5’1”. In the kitchen if you're planning on keeping the fridge where it is, I'd put a prep sink on the island. Otherwise move the fridge to the right of the sink. (Although I believe the prep sink is a better option since then the fridge and pantry are next to one another making it easier to put away groceries or take food stuff out when cooking. —I don’t like anything in the island but would consider your suggestion about the other option. I recently set up a cardboard life size layout of the kitchen (because I’m just that nuts I suppose) and felt good about the arrangement that we currently have. But I’m not married to it. The weird jog in the kitchen is unintentional (at least I think!) The change there was in an effort to shave off some square footage and I asked to see the kitchen (and rec room) 1-2 feet narrower. It looks to me like he moved part of the wall, but somehow not all of it. That wall will stay straight whatever dimension we end up with. Don't love the afterthought door out to the backyard from the living room. -I haven’t given much thought to it. For me it could stay or go. Double doors never work as well. First of all they leak air and air leaks in. Secondly where do you put light switches? Better to have a single door with sidelights. -I know there are disadvantages. But there also some pluses- much easier to move big furniture through. Mainly I just like the way they look. I don’t plan on them looking anything like in the rough elevation though- I’m thinking 3/4 glass doors. Clothing can't turn corners in closets. A bedroom closet isn't important enough to need double doors into a walk in closet. -yes....this needs to be fixed When you walk into a house, a bedroom should not be the very first thing you see. -I know this is a big qualm most people would have with this plan. I don’t think it would be the FIRST thing people would notice when opening the front door and I personally don’t mind it there. I can see why most people would. Do you have plans that show how the house sits on the land? That's something any good architect would do from the start. -No, though he did visit the site. The master bedroom suffers from the same problem as bedroom 1. -We’re in Tennessee. We are adding a window to both bedroom one and master because I’m a fan of natural light. It will face west but I don’t think that matter much as we won’t usually be in the bedrooms when the sun would affect us. Again clothes can't turn corners. At the very least have the clothes on the two long walls and have the entrance to the closet (a single door) as you enter the bedroom. I have thought about moving the entrance closer to the bedroom door. I don’t know how I feel about having those close possibly cross paths. Whatever route we go, it won’t be double doors. And if it’s kept on the wall it’s currently on, I was thinking of moving it to the far right so we’d have room on that wall for a piece of furniture. Also again are you ok if your spouse turns on the light in the bathroom in the middle of the night? I’d sleep right through it I’m sure. :) I don’t suspect that would happen; the few times either of us have stumbled to the bathroom (only one bath upstairs at our current house, not a master bath) I do note that we don’t turn the main light on anyway. Too bright. The hidden room is cute but if it were me, I'd rather have an extra closet in the hallway and a window in the bathroom. -I’m committed to the idea of the fort room. I worked and worked to try to figure out a way to have both an exterior bathroom that was not aJack and Jill along with the secret room but couldn’t come up with another solution. Neither could the architect. I’ve thought about doing a solar tube light in the bathroom...but I’m concerned about roof leaks (metal roof). If I could warm up to the idea of Jack and Jill maybe I’d change my mind about this, but I’m stuck on the disadvantages....See MoreLOOKING FOR FLOOR PLAN FEEDBACK
Comments (60)@ranchtastic We put features and design work into our current house that we knew added a fraction to the value of the home as they cost, knowing that they'd enhance our enjoyment. We'll be moving on in a year or so when we get done with our next place - and I expect it'll be a struggle to more than break even on this place. At the same time, I did gain a lot of experience through the process for what things we like and what we don't. We plan to do the same understanding that some features may not provide a return. The builder assures us that we’ll be happy with the finish levels available with the standard allowances. There are things that I could’ve done to lower the costs like lower the 16’ ceilings in the great room and casita or have all garages attached, but I feel that those features were important to create proper street presence from the outside and sense of volume and depth on the inside. Once this design is complete and construction starts, I’ll start the design on the next project for which we’ve already purchased the lot which is larger, wider, not as deep, and with its own set of restrictions. Whenever the first home sells, I want to be through design review and permitting on the second so that I can immediately pull the construction trigger. It seems like it takes a year to get through design review in this community. By contrast, a spec builder will never add more to a house than they know they need to get the price they want from their target buyer. In some markets this means there will be more "delightful" features and details - because that market demands it (e.g. wine caves, theatres and pool houses are common in spec builds in Atherton, California). But this is pretty unusual. You can thread the needle here a bit but only if you have a good support team that offers transparency. The builder charges a fixed fee and does not mark-up anything. He explains that I will pay what he pays and that he’s 100% transparent on all pricing that he receives. I don't know how detail-oriented you are, but I am pretty obsessive about it, and have generally found that most people aren't. I’ve explained to my builder and the designer that I want, where appropriate, the be involved in every decision and, yes, I’m obsessive about detail and I want to know where money is being spent. Most builders/designers are calibrated to the broad middle. Through working on projects like this I came to the realization that no one would care about my project as much as I did, I’ve learned that lesson the hard way on my last house. and because it was a passion for me I'd devote hours of my own time to finessing things I'd have to pay $$$ for others to do, and still maybe not get something I liked. QUESTION: Would you provide examples of tasks that you’d handle that you’d otherwise need to pay others to do? Spend time on Houzz looking at pictures and decompose the aesthetics. I see so many questions posted on photos on this site asking who the manufacturer of a cabinet is, when (obviously) it's custom work not some mass-produced slab. And custom work that's the result of various processes/techniques brought together skillfully, sometimes in non-obvious ways. If this is a passion for you, spend time learning about these details, which will help you find the right tradespeople and get better transparency in cost. I’ve started to do this and look at spaces that feel good but are hard to understand why they feel that. So, I look at each element, flooring, trim, cabinets, color, texture, etc. Covid has give me the time to focus on this project....See Morefeedback on the floor plan
Comments (51)Hi @Rookie Mom, please consider this alternate plan for the second floor. I kept the two bumps out in the façade so as not to drastically change the elevations the builder may have included in their construction package and to highlight the front portico entrance. This floor plan features a standard master with its own full bath room, and walk in closets and reach in closets. The rest of the floor has two full baths to be used by the three secondary bedrooms, a reading nook in what could be bedroom #3 or a play room, and no open foyer. The open foyer featured in your original plan and pictured in your other post about the railing selections looks attractive but it is also a cumbersome echo chamber that requires more upkeep (harder to dust, paint, change light bulbs etc.) I hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of further service. Cheers!...See MoreFloor Plan Feedback Appreciated
Comments (24)A couple thoughts: - You have quite a few unnecessary bumps around the perimeter; these will drive up the price of the house (and complicate the roof line) without adding anything to the function. - I don't get the point of the messy kitchen. I mean, I understand the concept, but this one seems too many steps away from the "real kitchen" for efficiency, and it's right by the front door. It's also very far from the dining room. - I'd move the master bath door to the left ... this would move the door further from a sleeper's head and would place you a few steps closer to the closet. - The great room won't have a lot of space once you allow walking aisles on both sides. - Where will the TV be placed? - Is the screened in porch the largest room in the house? - With all the friends and relatives you mentioned, is that dining room big enough?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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