Moved the master bath shower to make the closet bigger , and move the water closet to the back of the bathroom . Since I am recently divorced I don’t need the two closets or two vanity sinks . I’m a hairdresser so I had them use the study as a utility room so I could put my hair station in the same room as the washer and dryer and made a storage closet in the hall that I will use as a workout room . i’m Not sure about the design to make the dining room a guest room , I’m afraid it will make the living space look smaller when you walk in . What do you all think ?

Hi, I'm not sure if folks are still active on this thread but wanted to reach out. We are looking at building this plan with some modifications here in the Charlotte, NC area and wanted to see if others had build this plan in the area and discuss some things with you. The prices we are getting to build it are vastly different (between $400K-$600K. We are looking to expand the basement bay windows out to align with the top and to make some of the basement into liveable space (ie: moving closets behind the bathrooms to make each bedroom like a suite. We custom built a Don Gardner plan 10 years ago with all brick, HW floors, Granite, etc for $110 a sq foot, I've heard prices have gone up but not really sure how much. Would love to walk the house as well if someone within 100 miles is building one now. I truly appreciate your help and any input you can provide. Thanks, Meredith P.

OP - I'm no architect, but we did once build a house on a sloping block with views. It was not a simple process because of the slope, I can tell you! It can be complicated putting a two-dimensional floor plan on a three-dimensional slope. So just bear that in mind. We in fact used an architect because there was no way a standardized plan would have worked in our specific location (it really was a very steep slope). Things that had to be taken into account included that doggone slope, and the views of course, but also orientation. The house was planned so that the windows and main rooms - dining, living, kitchen, more or less lined up with the trajectory of the sun, and were bright and well lit throughout the day. The kitchen which faced east, got the morning sun, the rest of the living areas got sun a bit later. Our back deck faced west, which meant blazing late afternoon sun - fortunately, the deck got reasonable shade from the forest behind us, or we'd have fried. The house also took advantage of the sea breezes coming up the slope in the afternoon, so great cross breezes which meant less (actually in our case no) A/C. Just things for you to bear in mind. You want to benefit as much as you can from all aspects of your location, not just the view.

yep, we sure are..in fact in total irony, we went out to the lake to visit our lot today and one of the builders who lives out there who is building a bunch of different custom homes, let us go in and look at a few of them, and this exact plan is one he is currently building (birchwood) with a few small modifications like they added a butlers pantry where the pantry is and the espace is the pantry with access from the hallway. We walked through it and it is a very nice layout, it had nice finishes (granite, very nice kitchen cabinets that went all the way up to the ceiling with the soft close feature, upgraded appliances, hardwood floors, nice trim details everywhere, coffered ceilings in great room, dining room etc. the one he just finished has stacked stone, brick front and stucco I think and it has all the patios that the plan shows above (but no outside fp) and the breakfast room patio was not screened. The only room in the space that had visibility/light issues was the master bedroom, but that wouldn't be important in the overall scheme of things..oh and his cost per sq ft is around $115 heated/cooled space without a lake lot, but we already own our lot so assumably it could be less. Here is a pic of it.