The organization of spaces is well thought out. I like the fact all three bedrooms have their own bath. The pantry and the laundry room are both too narrow to be very functional. The bath would work better with a single door. Consider flipping the tub and water closet so the door to the bathroom has a wall to lay against.

The upper level appears to be about 2' smaller than the main level. This will not save any $. You could expand the upper level to line up with the lower level or adjust them both to line up.

I would get rid of the double doors associated with the MBR and bath. also the set entering the pantry. Agree with above, I don't really see 44x100 from this plan.

I agree with getting rid of the double doors at the bathroom. You need a place for the light switch and possibly somewhere to hang towels. Curious about the gym being the first room as you enter. I know my workouts usually produce an unpleasant odor and I would hate for people to smell my workout aroma when entering my home :-)

I don't see any space for the upstairs plumbing through the downstairs/walls? HVAC? Why is a storage closet occupying a great corner space upstairs? Agree this doesn't appear to be 44x100.

Congrats on your upcoming new construction! Exciting!

My feedback (along with what's stated above): The pantry appears to be too narrow to open that freezer and location takes up an entire wall that could be windows in the kitchen. The mudroom placement means the family has to walk through part of the kitchen to get to the rest of the house - makes in front of the fridge a high traffic area. Another thing to think about is how would you arrange the furniture in your MBR (especially since 3 walls have doors/windows)

The side door routes you right through the working part of the kitchen, or the bathroom. "Rotate" and reconfigure the kitchen and pantry to give the pantry some width and give the kitchen a window to the side yard/driveway. Create a small hall so the mudroom can also lead to the foyer, and have the powder room open off of that. And swap the library and gym, maybe have a door from the gym to the mudroom.

I agree with the others - the pantry and laundry room are too narrow. I’d consider adding a shower to the downstairs bathroom. If you ever wanted to convert the library or gym into a guest room, they’d have a shower to use. It’d be good for the gym too. Is the upstairs storage room useable being so narrow? And it’s taking up space that the master bedroom could use for windows and more light. Do you have elevations? Do you mind walking through bathroom to get to closet?

There's no provision for natural lighting on the second floor hall. A window seat with storage underneath and windows on the wall would add some character and light.

What's labelled "dining room" is barely a breakfast nook.

As mentioned by others, the storage alley off the laundry room takes up too much wall space and is of a near useless size.

In addition to what's already been said....

Consider orientation. The best natural light comes from the South, with the North being the coldest part of the house, and the West being the hottest. Living spaces are usually better facing South.

Regarding the double doors in the master suite, the light switches could very easily be placed just around the corner from where the bedroom doors open; and either (1) the swing of the bath doors could be reversed so that they open into the bedroom, with a switch near the tub (if it's allowed by code) or (2) the light switch can be placed on the bedroom side of the wall, so that you flip it before entering the bathroom.

I know most folks here don't like double doors because of light switch placement, but I've lived with double doors and I've never been bothered by the switch being just outside of the door swing, so that you don't have to reach behind the door (or partially close it) to flip the switch. I'm also small enough to fit through a fairly narrow door if only one side is open, so I don't find double doors inconvenient to use.

Dummy doorknobs, on the other hand, I can't stand -- and both of the double doors I have in my current house have dummy knobs. Ugh. ;-)

I think this house is ill suited for such a long narrow lot. It does nothing to work with the landscape.

I have a problem when the foyer/hallway is larger than the dining room and some of the other rooms.

The pantry is only 4' wide which means there is no way you can fit a freezer in the space. At a minimum the freezer takes up 25" which means the walkway in front of the freezer would only be 23" wide.

The stairway sticking out into the foyer/hallway is just not good.

The storage closet in the gym is only 4' wide with a door that's only 2' wide.

Why is there a double door from the garage into the mudroom? Is that such an important room that it needs double doors? Doors that will also let in fumes from the garage?

The mudroom leads through the kitchen area. It can be better.

Why does the gym have double doors entering it? Is it that special a place? Also ho will you turn the lights on if both doors are opened?

Going up the stairs and then seeing closets at the landing doesn't have a sense of arriving at the next spot. Why not have the staircase landing on an outside wall so it can have a window in the landing?

And then when you arrive upstairs, what do you see? A linen closet.

The upstairs hallway will be dark. Moving the stairs to an outside wall and adding the stairwell window will help somewhat.

The laundry room is only 5' wide which means you can't have tall shelves on the opposite wall from the washer/dryer. A full sized washer/dryer sticks out into a room 29" which only leaves you 31" of space to walk and pull laundry out. Barely enough room if you don't have to bend over.

As others noted, why is a storage closet getting prime real estate on a corner where instead the master bedroom could be? Instead of the master having cross breezes and light from two sides, it only has windows on one wall.

With double doors into the bedroom, how will you turn on the lights?

Same with walking into the master bathroom.

The 2 upstairs bathrooms seem to have 30" between tub and vanity. It's doable but it will look and feel very tight.

What's the idea with the desks in closets in the upstairs bedrooms?

Lots of wasted space.

CPArtist, I wonder if the draftsman was confused and put doors on the desks instead of on the bedroom closets? And btw, I had a nook desk like that in the second home my folks built, and it just didn't work for me. I have never been able to work in a carrel or a corner. OTOH, DH can work ONLY that way. So, figure out what your kids need and design for that.

Hire an architect instead of trying to force an inbred sickly puppy mill plan to be something it isn’t. Nothing matches.

In all fairness to stock plans, this doesn't even look like that. The window placement downstairs - ie entire walls of windows on 3 sides and the corner storage upstairs would not be done on a stock plan (I hope).

I am guessing OP is gone. You guys were too mean again....

Perhaps there needs to be an FAQ for posting plans. The kitchen forum has something.

I have to agree with David Cary. Stock plans tend to go by a certain formula which makes them wrong for similar reasons. This one has some unique reasons.