Review my floor plan please!

8 years ago

We've received our preliminary floor plans tonight! If feels like it's been years trying to figure out what we want in a house. I think we are headed in the right direction. This plan is loosely based off of my own drawings (I've posted them before).

Here is a little about us.

We are a family of 4 living in South Texas. My two kids a daughter 15 and a son 12. We want a one story home and nothing over 3500 sq ft total (we were aiming at 3000 total but just couldn't get everything we wanted in that range). Our house will be build on 5 acres. The front of the house will face mostly north but to the east a little. I'm a stay at home mom and my husband works swing shifts (law enforcement).

The things that stick out for me are listed

1.The kitchen feels basic. I really wanted an L shaped kitchen but we also wanted access from the garage to the kitchen so the door way into the kitchen cuts off my L.

2. I want more windows in the dining area

3. Slide the door to the pantry down so I can have more counter space.

4. I need either french doors or a slider door off of the living

5. Office doors need to be centered.

6. I want the foyer to feel like a separate room.

7. The front porch needs to be reworked.

8. I don't like that little jog on garage. I think if we take a foot off of the office, we can more everything over and make the wall flush with the rest of the house.

What else do you all see that I can either save square footage without making the house feel smaller or make the house a better design.

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adkbml

8 years ago

A few thoughts:

- The kitchen appears to have a severe shortage of counter and cabinet space. Think about where you would put the microwave, coffee maker, toaster oven, and other assorted items. Where will you prepare food, place hot food out of the oven, etc.

- There is no place for storage of coats, shoes, and other assorted stuff at the garage entrance. Where will the kids drop their school backpacks? Maybe use some of the space under the steps?

- The space marked AC has no access - if there is an AC unit in there it will need a door somewhere.

- Can the safe room pull double duty as a closet?

- The closet doors in the kids bedrooms look small (it will be tough to get things out of the corner. Maybe switch to larger bypass doors?

- Not sure exactly what is on the end in the same row of cabinets where the stove is, but watch that if it has doors, the wall will restrict the doors opening fully.

- Is there a benefit for the double doors into the master bathroom?

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keywest230
8 years ago
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Here's what I see:

- move the pantry to the other end of those rooms behind the kitchen, and put its door in that hallway. Pantry will now be closer to garage, where you enter with groceries, and this will give you more wall space in the kitchen.

- move the master bathroom to where the master bed is now. Give it a window to the back. It's plumbing will now be closer to the kitchen = cost savings.

- move the master bed to the back right corner where the safe room is now. Give it Windows on two walls.

- the safe room and closets get moved to where the master bathroom is now, between the garage and the new master bed location

- in the kid bedrooms, put the closets between the bedrooms and adjacent office and great room as noise buffers. Reposition the shared bathroom where the closets are now. This should also these bedrooms to get Windows on two walls

- extra garage space and covered outdoor living space is less expensive than indoor conditioned space, and you will never regret adding more to either

YMMV
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Thanks for the responses everyone! Let's see if I can address them all: There's a lot of focus on my guest bedroom area. My intent for that space is really to "flex" with us as our family ages, like you said, @lavender_lass. For now, I see it being used as an extra room- play room, or whatever with a bed or pull out couch for the infrequent times we do have adult over night guests. It can also be used as a BR if someone breaks their leg or has surgery or something. Then, as we age, it will become our Master bedroom. The Guest bath is large because we needed one that is wheelchair accessible. We have 3 friends and family members in w/c now, so it was drawn with them in mind. (And any future handicaps in ourselves.) So currently, it will be used as the bathroom that every guest uses when they visit. I didn't want it to open right on to the family room, cuz I think that's a little tacky! :) I don't like the door being where it is to the "guest suite" or flex space or whatever you want to call it. I was thinking about moving the door down, like you suggested, @kirkhall. Since you mentioned it, I'm thinking that's probably a really good idea! @fotomatt- just curious what you meant about the small look/sq footage? Didn't know if you meant that I haven't used the space well, or if I did use it well! Does the exterior elevation look wrong? I was actually worried that I have too much sqft. Just wondering- I won't bite, I promise! :) @andi_k- good point! And actually, after looking at those pics again, they don't seem to have alot of usable counter space, either. I might have to rethink my vision for that room. Adding a little footage to the mudroom might be on the agenda. I need to check and see if it will jive with the upstairs. So....what do you think about my front windows, then? Should I cut them down to 2 casements w/ transoms? That would give me a little more room to play with in the mudroom, but would that ruin my exterior look? So many good things to think about! I appreciate them all!
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The posted image is a bit small for me to see any details on. But if others are also having problems viewing the image, I found that if I clicked on the image it would open up in a new tab and then I could click "CTRL +++" and get a much larger (albeit somewhat fuzzy) image to study. At least this works if you using Firefox as your browser and are on a PC. Not being a computer nerd, I don't know if it will work if you use a different browser or are on a MAC. Okay - on to comments.... First of all, I would caution you to be aware of the fact that the more complex the exterior of your home is (i.e., the more corners it has) the more it will cost per square foot to build it. I'm not saying that you should plan on building a simple rectangle - just that you should be aware that "corners" cost extra money because they result in more complex roofs and foundations, and require more framing and more exterior materials per sq ft of interior space. 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If the idea is to separate the mud room from the rest of the house, I would much rather see a door that could be shut when needed and left open the rest of the time than steps that must always be dealt with. If you should ever find yourself in a wheelchair or even on crutches, having several steps at all entrances to your home will make your life miserable. Speaking of which, given the size of your planned home and the fact that all bedrooms will be on the second floor, have you considered installing a home elevator or at least making provisions for the later installation of one? I know you're young but if you live in the house long enough, you eventually won't be! And, if/when you decide to sell it, having an elevator would make your home marketable to older people with bad knees like me. I love the great big pantry but don't like that, in order to reach the pantry when coming in from the garage, one must go thru the mudroom, up those additional three steps, and then clear thru the kitchen to the dining nook and make another right turn. I'd want my pantry to be located close to the garage so I wouldn't have to carry heavy bags of groceries all that distance. Any chance of maybe moving that staircase that is between the pantry and mudroom (and that I assume goes down to a basement) to the other side of the pantry? That would allow you to have a door between mudroom and pantry making grocery unloading a whole lot easier. I understand the extra doorway that goes from mudroom directly outdoors. But instead of two doors exiting the mudroom - one to garage and one directly outside, have you considered having a man-door to the left of the two front garage doors? 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Wow MrsPete thats a lot to think about! I was not expecting to have to request so many changes to this plan. Considering we hired a professional designer to do the plan. I will do my best to address all the issues mentioned. Again thanks for everyone who has chimed in.. Great point on the double entry doors. I did not even think about turning the lights on. It looks like the master bathroom has double entry doors too. I am not sure I want to shut two doors every time I go in the bathroom. So if we flip the washer and dryer to the kitchen wall and make it come off the mudroom. What about the door entry from the mudroom ? Looks like the washer and dryer would hang out some past the doors edge. But I think this may be ok if they are placed on down the wall verses right beside the door. With the fridge I actually like it where it is for the most part. I like that when you look back towards the kitchen from great room, you dont really see the fridge. But this is also one thing I told the wife she could make the call on the layout of the kitchen. Also as far as all the plumbing goes I will be running everything. I have done a few houses that are rental properties and have all the tools to run pex and the drains. Ok, so maybe we need to make plans to eliminate a bathroom and add on for the pool area. When you say you would build one nice bath between the two bedrooms and having into opening into the hallway for a guest bath, do you mean the bath will have 3 entry doors, 2 from bedrooms and 1 in hallway? It seems like this would also put it really close to the half bath. Also what are the thoughts on a jack and jill? On the closets this is one thing I requested. I want some space for myself!! Otherwise the wife will take it over! I thought the divider wall would actually give you a little more room to hang things also. I do like the idea of putting the shower in the corner and moving the toilet. But at the same time I like the privacy of it being on the outside wall away from everything else. With the windows in the closets I am not sure what to do on this. I do agree its not the best scenario. I also do not know if I want a large window in the toilet room. I know the designer said he had a very difficult time making the windows work on the front of the house. We do plan to make changes to the doors leading out to the porch. I am concerned about furniture placement with all those doors. Also if your looking outside from the great room who wants to see the backs of outdoor furniture? I am kinda at a loss on how that will look. You all have been a great help so far, I am sure we will get this all worked up and build pics will be coming before you know it. I will also try to attach some pics that I gave the designer for ideas on what the wife and I liked. We basically gave him some pictures and he had us fill out a 3 page questionnaire.
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sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
keywest230

Here's what I see:

- move the pantry to the other end of those rooms behind the kitchen, and put its door in that hallway. Pantry will now be closer to garage, where you enter with groceries, and this will give you more wall space in the kitchen.

** I can't move the pantry down to the back hallway because there is suppose to be an A/C closet there. We don't want the units in the attic. I know it ideal to have it there but I have nowhere else to put the ac unit.

- move the master bathroom to where the master bed is now. Give it a window to the back. It's plumbing will now be closer to the kitchen = cost savings.

** I'll look into moving around the master bedroom area.

- move the master bed to the back right corner where the safe room is now. Give it Windows on two walls.

- the safe room and closets get moved to where the master bathroom is now, between the garage and the new master bed location

- in the kid bedrooms, put the closets between the bedrooms and adjacent office and great room as noise buffers. Reposition the shared bathroom where the closets are now. This should also these bedrooms to get Windows on two walls

** I don't know if that will work. But I'll look into it.

- extra garage space and covered outdoor living space is less expensive than indoor conditioned space, and you will never regret adding more to either

** Unfortunately this isn't true in our case. Our builder is charging us by the total square footage. So a patio will cost the same as a bedroom.

YMMV
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
adkbml

A few thoughts:

- The kitchen appears to have a severe shortage of counter and cabinet space. Think about where you would put the microwave, coffee maker, toaster oven, and other assorted items. Where will you prepare food, place hot food out of the oven, etc.

** I agreee! I'm not loving the kitchen at all. I'm not sure what else I can do with it.

- There is no place for storage of coats, shoes, and other assorted stuff at the garage entrance. Where will the kids drop their school backpacks? Maybe use some of the space under the steps?

** Storage for coats,shoes and backpacks belong in the kids bedroom, hanging in their closet.

- The space marked AC has no access - if there is an AC unit in there it will need a door somewhere.

** I saw that too and it's to big of a space. LOL

- Can the safe room pull double duty as a closet?

** No double duty for that room. It will be holding my husbands gun safes and other work related stuff. The smaller closet at the bottom of the bedroom is for his everyday off duty clothes. I am not sharing a closet with him. We are doing that now and his stuff overflows to my side. I want my own space. LOL

- The closet doors in the kids bedrooms look small (it will be tough to get things out of the corner. Maybe switch to larger bypass doors?

** what are bypass doors? We'll end up with shelves on the ends for extra storage. Those doors should be larger. I'll address that with the designer

- Not sure exactly what is on the end in the same row of cabinets where the stove is, but watch that if it has doors, the wall will restrict the doors opening fully.

** Thats a double oven. I actually want it on the other side of the cabinet run.

- Is there a benefit for the double doors into the master bathroom?

** not really?

Thanks for the help and ideas. That kitchen is becoming a sore spot now..... I've gotta think this one out.
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Mark Bischak, Architect
8 years ago
Rethink the stairs.
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
Mark where would you put them?
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Mark Bischak, Architect
8 years ago
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Safe rooms are safer when they are difficult to detect and not published.
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
it's not that type of safe room. Its a room for our guns and hubbys work equipment.
cpartist
8 years ago
Regarding the AC unit next to the bedroom. Are you sure you want to hear that noise all night long as it cycles on and off? Reconfigure your kitchen and put it where your fridge is now, or put it in the storage area in the garage. In fact your fridge is in a ridiculous place especially since it's the hallway to your bedroom and the garage.

** Unfortunately this isn't true in our case. Our builder is charging us by the total square footage. So a patio will cost the same as a bedroom.

If your builder is telling you that your patio and garage cost the same as the kitchen and bath space, he's feeding you a line of bull pucky. There is no way the two are equal to build.
cpartist
8 years ago
Are you working with an architect?
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
cpartist

Regarding the AC unit next to the bedroom. Are you sure you want to hear that noise all night long as it cycles on and off? Reconfigure your kitchen and put it where your fridge is now, or put it in the storage area in the garage. In fact your fridge is in a ridiculous place especially since it's the hallway to your bedroom and the garage.

** The ac unit will act as white noise for us. In our house now it's next to our master bedroom door and we actually don't hear it. We're pretty hard sleepers. We'll also have a ceiling fan on at all times.

** Unfortunately this isn't true in our case. Our builder is charging us by the total square footage. So a patio will cost the same as a bedroom.

If your builder is telling you that your patio and garage cost the same as the kitchen and bath space, he's feeding you a line of bull pucky. There is no way the two are equal to build.

Oh I know they don't cost the same to build but our builder is charging us a flat fee to build our house and his fee is charged by the square foot. Actually a lot of builders down here do it this way. One builder we spoke with wants to charge us 75.00 per sq ft total, another one 65.00 and the cheapest one 55.00 (we are not going with the cheapest one). It's a way for them to pad their profit margin.

It's a designer, who is working under an architect. So mostly a designer.
cpartist
8 years ago
And what does the elevations look like?
mushcreek
8 years ago
If the WIC off of the MBR is only 6' wide, that's not enough to hang clothes on both sides. You need 7' minimum to do that. I also agree with moving the MBR to the corner and having windows on two walls. To me, the whole design could use more windows.

The kitchen is really, really limited. That's one of the downsides to such an open plan.
keywest230
8 years ago
Builder price per sqft at this stage should only be an approximate guideline. Ask a builder this:. "If I build a house in which 10% of the sq footage is garage space, and I build another house with 20% garage space, will the final cost per sq ft be less for house B?" If he doesn't agree, look for another builder.
millworkman
8 years ago
Per sq ft price is a guide, not a way to quote a house build, as not all square feet are equal.
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
Can we please move away from the cost of the house? That was not in my original question. I was actually looking for feedback on the floor plan. And I really thank those that have given me that feedback. I'm still looking for away to save my kitchen. I have a meeting with my designer tomorrow afternoon.
keywest230
8 years ago
Can the AC closet go underneath the staircase?

Are you willing to consider rotating the island so that you're facing the dining area instead of the living room?
ascorsonelli
8 years ago
I like this one much more than your original plan ;)

I think the j&j bathroom is great! Wish I had done two toilets instead of putting one in the shared tub area.

Can you not essentially swap (and shift a little) the pantry and A/C room? I imagine that's what @keywest320 meant. Then it's REALLY acting as a white noise machine (closer to head of bed) and you get the easy garage-to-pantry access.

Probably a moot point if you're reconfiguring the MBR/MBA though. (And you should..... you'll want windows on two sides. I'm kicking myself for not doing it.)
keywest230
8 years ago
more ideas:
keywest230
8 years ago
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one more:

note: if you really want A/C closet near your master bed, I'm sure a designer can figure out how to re-locate it there in a re-arranged master suite.

eta: make the foyer narrower (smaller) to save more sqft or to make the office wider (bigger). remove the part of the front porch next to the powder room to save sqft.

eta: I'm not trying to suggest where kitchen appliances should go - that was just a quick cut and paste job. Agree with jaimeeap: The kitchen forum will help you perfect that!
jaimeeap
8 years ago
Although I understand you wanting the direct access from the garage to kitchen, in this case, I think I would connect the walls and create the "L" shape anyway. It's not that much more space to have to walk with groceries and your pantry is already far away. Then, you also get the benefit of having that hallway act as a buffer from all the traffic constantly in the kitchen (and in this plan, in front of the fridge!). I bet the kitchen forum could give you lots of great feedback on the kitchen. I love the Jack and Jill that has a toilet in each...great idea. If there is anyway to even add hooks against the wall with the stairs, do so. Do you really want all the coats, shoes, backpacks, sports equipment, etc, etc tracked through the house into bedroom closets? I doubt they will end up there realistically.
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Mark Bischak, Architect
8 years ago
Regarding the stairs, it appears there is no room for a landing at the bottom of the stairs; the stair seems to terminate at the garage foundation wall.

It looks like the designer lacks experience and the architect is not doing a sufficient review of the design.
htwo82
8 years ago
"We want a one story home"

For the life of me, I can't figure out why you even HAVE stairs?? It's a one story house? Are you building an entire staircase to go into the attic? Is it finished space? Put a nice set of drop down stairs in your garage and you've just saved a ton of space inside.
cpartist
8 years ago
Your prime real estate in your master suite is taken up with the safe room, an area that should be bringing light into your master bedroom. I honestly think you're not there yet. Plus no one else mentioned this but from your master bedroom you have FIVE doors, one of which is a double door into a bathroom? Do you really want to give that much importance to the bathroom?

What seems to have happened is the designer (also known as the draftsman) is doing the work and the architect is not doing squat. You need an architect and not a draftsman.

Have you even seen an elevation yet?
bry911
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Can the AC closet go underneath the staircase -

No, while anything is possible if you want to spend enough or for your house to be bad enough, you generally shouldn't put ACs under stairs. By necessity, AC units typically need access to the ceiling, so unless you love exposed ductwork blocking your stairs, it is usually a bad idea.

Many builders in this area price home builds the same way, at a flat price per square foot for all under roof areas. Even cost plus bids here are usually cost plus an amount per square foot. There are good things about it, for example, there is less reason to lowball the allowances or push higher finishes.

I do agree with others that the bedroom wing needs reworking, I assume the stairs are going to bonus space over the garage so I am ok with them. The closet is also a real problem, go 7' wide or reach in, 6' wide closets are a waste and you will hate them.
chisue
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I've never seen a bid like this. What's the square footage of conditioned interior here? (I was puzzled about why my 2900 sq ft (interior) house seemed bigger!)

Can the 'safe room' go in the garage; maybe something smaller inside the house?
adkbml
8 years ago
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Regarding the sq. footage, if you look at the image in the original post, it looks like it is 2546.

Back to the initial request, if you are trying to squeeze out every possible square foot, maybe take the time to lay out furniture on the plan to see where you may have an issue or opportunity. For instance, that is a lot of space in the bedroom, which would make sense if you have a big bedroom set of furniture. These days it seems like people are opting for more walk-in closets with storage systems that take the place of needing to have any dressers in the bedroom (possibly some bookcases and a flat-screen TV).

Regarding the garage size, check the width/length of the vehicles you plan on parking in there and assure you still have space for other things you want to store. I've seen some recommendations to shrink garage size, but then you need to account for space somewhere else. If you have a truck or large SUV, you might also be constrained.
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
I wanted to thank everyone for their input. I would have gotten to all the post yesterday but we had a horse emergency that took me away. I'll get caught up on everyone's post tonight and hopefully I can reply and answer questions tomorrow.
sabrinatx
Original Author
8 years ago
Sorry I left you all hanging. We met with your designer and builder last night. My husband decided he wanted a smaller house to save money. After trying to get our house plans down to 3000 total we decided to ditch this plan and start all over again! What a headache but I'm happy with the decision!

While we were looking at some of his plans, and I was looking at some I had saved on my laptop. The designer stopped me and said I have the CAD for that plan. So funny because I really loved the plan but my husband didn't! We've decided to build the L'Attesa di Vita house plan. Its 2091 square feet. The designer is going to make it a bit larger at 2250 and make some changes to it. I'll post the plan when we get them back! Should be Sunday or Monday. I'm so excited because I really loved that plan and am so glad my husband gave in!!!

Thanks everyone for putting up with me!
adkbml
8 years ago
The L'Attesa di Vita is a very nice looking plan. I am glad you are not settling for something you are not fully happy with. Note you may not really be saving much over your design above. Your original floor plan shows a total living square footage of approximately 2500, new floor plan you reference is 2250 which is only 250 difference (the "safe" room, smaller pantry, smaller bedrooms, smaller closets, smaller dining room). The porch areas noted in the new plan and the more intricate details of the build may cause you to jump above the general cost estimate original plan.

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