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6 years ago

Hello, my husband and I are looking at building a modular home in MI. We're having a hard time figuring out exactly what floor plan we like, and yes, we know it'll depend on what's available as a modular. Every floor plan as a modular that we have looked at needs tweaking though, but when we start to do it everything gets messed up! Hoping someone can help with some advice.

We know that we want the following things:

1. Open floor plan – we have two children with disabilities and they use walkers and/or wheelchairs to get around. Every door opening needs to be at least 36 in. wide.

2. 4 bedrooms, master, and three kids bedrooms. We’d like the kids rooms to be at least 12x12, without the closets being in the rooms.

3. Preferably 3 bathrooms, one in the master, one for guests and our daughter, one of the bathrooms needs to be fully accessible, tiled shower with no transition, something they can roll into and has enough room for one of us to help them while in there. We’d like it big enough for a table for one to lay on, they have incontinence issues and where diapers. This may be a jack and jill set up.

4. A large mudroom room for the shoes and different accessories we have such as summer clip on fans for the wheelchairs to winter covers, shoes for wearing with leg braces and those to wear without, etc.

5. A ramp preferably in the mudroom as well, but if not then in the garage, this is a must.

6. We’d like the entrance to open into the living room/kitchen/dining area with a separate family room for the kids.

7. A good master suite, large shower and walk in closets, we need a retreat area.

8. A large pantry would be nice as well.

Here are some examples of floor plans we liked so far it seems the family and living rooms aren't separate enough, third bathroom isn't big enough, hallway on the last one is too hard to navigate in wheelchair, kids bedrooms still seem small on most of them, laundry room or mudroom aren't big enough except on the last one, etc.

https://homenation.com/home/wayrest/

https://www.palmharbor.com/model-center/plantcity/stock/stock-134296-2-9-TDX4686T/#photos-videos

https://www.palmharbor.com/model-center/oklahomacity/floorplan/fp-05-tx-evolution-SCWD76X3/#floor-plans

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2285579/one-story-5-bedroom-house-plans-on-any-websites

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