Please give me your thoughts on our house plans
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Comments (15)The more I think about it, I'm wondering is it odd to walk from the entry through the breakfast/kitchen to get to the living space? What about switching the living to where the dining is and putting the dining/kitchen in the back. It was suggested above but I dismissed it originally b/c of the bar. But I don't know now. Thoughts? My thought process in this has evolved: 1) Make kitchen/dining one to have it be an eat-in area and make kitchen area bigger. 2) Then I went to flip dining to between the living/kitchen and move kitchen by stairs. Then I thought it might be strange to have people walk through that first?? 3) Flip EVERYTHING and put living by stairs and kitchen/dining where kitchen/living are now. But this blows my original image of having a view of the backyard while sitting in the living room, etc. which leads me to... 4) Our architect can kill me (just kidding...we are still in the first phase) and I can tell him to scrap this and go back to putting the breakfast nook where Mike's Den is and the kitchen next to it and leaving the living room where it is b/c it just WORKS there. There HAS to be a way to keep the MBR where it is and fitting the pantry between it and possibly the laundry or the pocket office between the closet and the hallway. Or even reshaping the MBR closet/bath area to do this? Then the bar and half-bath could go UP by the family room with Mike's Den to the right of them against the stairs? Could that work at all? I'm just so much more comfortable with the whole back being open like that. Plus, it's easier to come in and out with groceries, etc. I still don't know what to do about a drop zone though with kids stuff. That's really my only other issue. I can have him do a coat closet up front. Any feedback would be welcome (again! Ha!) Thanks guys!...See MoreUpdated Site Plan - Please give me your comments
Comments (7)hmlinca- Great plan! Looks like everything is well thought out and planned. A few comments in no particular order or importance....just ideas to ponder: 1. Not sure what type of pool decking you are considering, but you may want to keep your existing patio and use it as a foundation for the type of decking you are considering. This will save some labor and material rather than ripping out your existing patio. We had an existing patio, and when we did stamped concrete for the pool deck, we also have them do a 2" overlay over our existing patio that matches the pool stamped concrete exactly. We were just going to stain the existing patio, but it was actually more money for this due to time and material to make it match the rest of the poured concrete for the pool. We had a wire mesh placed prior to the overlay and have not had any structural problems or cracking for 2 years now. If you are considering stone for decking, your existing patio can be used for a foundation for this as well. All the above is only possible if you have at least 2" distance between the top of your existing patio and your door thresholds. 2. I see you are considering moving the HVAC outdoor units. May want to consider moving the HVAC units further from the pool area and the pool equipment closer to the pool area. Two reasons for this: a) the pool equipment will be quieter than the HVAC equipment, unless you have high end HVAC outdoor units that are made to be ultra-quiet. This is especially true if you are considering 2 speed or variable speed filter pumps which will be running most of the day. Both of these technologies are almost silent when running at low speeds. I see you have multiple pumps. If one of them is a 3HP pump, then I would consider keeping it away from the pool area because these pumps and higher HP pumps are quite loud. The 2HP and below pumps are quieter than HVAC units from my experience. b) The closer the pumps are to the pool, the less friction loss you will see from the piping, so this will keep the hydraulic system more efficient for energy savings. Hope this helps!...See MorePlease give me your feedback on my house plans.
Comments (28)So...I kind of like it. I imagine it looking out over a view, so I like layout at the back. I liked the original guest room door because it wasn't visible from the reset of the house. With so much wide open, I like a hall that makes you wonder what's around the corner, but it's also more private for the guest. Some folks do want two dining spaces. This one is nice and airy-looking, but I would probably multi-task it with a home office, with my filing system of binders hidable behind cabinet doors. I'd like stools at my peninsula, but not for dining. More for perching, coffee with the today show, recipe-studying. I do like the fireplace between spaces. Can't quite tell what is between the fireplace and the window, maybe bookcase? That helps with the separation. I like the powder room turned toward the foyer, and would NOT want it back behind the mudroom. Although, I was doing yard work a lot, it would be convenient especially for washing up. An option could be to have a half bath back there, but have the guest bath available as a company-ready powder room....See MoreShare your thoughts on our initial floor plan
Comments (25)'In the vast majority of times, consumers simply don't know what they don't know. For example, how many "help me with my plan" postings do we see on this forum, without any information about the actual building site? Architects know, from experience, that most strong residential designs begin with a site analysis and plan, and that the building site is a strong ingredient in initial design concepts. Many consumers don't have a clue about this. Time after time we see postings here from consumers saying, "I've just been playing around with these plans for XX years, so that I have something to show the architect about what I'm thinking and what I like..." In the majority of cases, the consumer thinking and experience is so limited and narrow that, as RES said, it's simply a waste of time and money to spend any time at all with the consumer's plans. Really.' SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!??????????? The front of the house has to face the front road where they are unless it's really weird where they live. IF they already own the property, they would have probably already had the Master bedroom facing the best views from the back of the house. Bottom line, they probably have lived in a house for years and have learned what they like and don't like. You don't know the consumer and they don't know you. The consumer has put ALLOT of time making the plans they 'think' they want. You DON"T live their lives. That's why I said to IMPROVE their plans. As a business man, I would think this would would eliminate allot of time that you would 'charge' the client for this info that I'm sure you DON'T want to eliminate profit. I'm all for architects but they need to get in the 'real' world today. You're not selling used cars..................See Moremyhappyspace
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