The center line of a gable roof is shown on the plan although it should be centered on the house. The smaller spaces at the front and rear could have gable roofs perpendicular to the main roof. If a large ridge beam is installed the living space could have a cathedral ceiling.

LOL, thought someone would catch that. Modular homes don't come in 20' boxes so the price is becoming prohibitive with the extra boxes , shipping and zipping so we are looking at site building in this case. We have been working with a BCIN designer.

If it was my home I'd use continuous scissors trusses in order to have a vaulted and higher ceiling. What is the wall plate height? I'd make it not less than 9-feet.

Ask the BCIN designer.

@MarkBischak We are working with one. We just want to see what the community has for idea's. Then we can put the roofs on the plan and see which final result to go with.

Here are a few ideas so far.

Seems like an overall bad design/layout for a new house. Looks to me like something you'd find in a cobbled together house that's been added onto over time.

Issues in seeing:

Stove too many steps from prep area in kitchen which also doubles as a hallway to the morning room so potential accidents and the annoyance of having people walking through while working in the kitchen.

Kitchen work triangle is less than ideal

1/2 bath with closet in it. Just yuck to me. Plus the location of the half bath is just odd and an after thought and not very private with people gathering in there.

Dining area is also a hallway to get into the kitchen and to the living room and to get from those spaces to the bedrooms. Now I can deal with dining being a pass though area because it is rarely used for that while in use, but it doesn't even seem like it is large enough to work as that in this case.

Master bedroom is un-proportionately large to the rest of the rooms in the house especially since most use it mostly to sleep and you are then confined to the bed, but the 2nd bedroom is really small and often they are used by kids that actually spend time doing things such as playing and home work in the rooms or guests who sleep in there and also want to relax or take a break from visiting.

The living area is going to be odd to arrange furniture for daily use.

The 2nd bedroom is also going to be hard to arrange furniture in.

As for the roof lines gables would be good as you mentioned, but the back portion will need to be pretty tall to fit all under it and have a good slope. Unless the deck is not intended to have a roof over it.

Inside the morning room could have a vaulted ceiling but a bit lopsided with the half bath there. The rest flat due to the room layout not working well in how they are positioned with the axis of how the gable roof would work.

I'd start with reworking the whole house layout and considering the roof and exterior together at a same time. If the designer came up with this layout I'd fire them and go to an architect or a designer who has a good portfolio that makes sense and designs livable houses that clients only wish they'd change minor things in.

To go from a BCIN designer to crowd sourcing design is not a step in the right direction.

@lyfia Thank you for your input, the customer designed the plan. They are empty nesters. The morning room is intended to have a pull out sofa to be the guest area. The 2nd bedroom is their intended storage. A small sitting area in the master bedroom so they can sit to put on their socks etc.

There is actually supposed to be a pocket door from the master into the bathroom which will have a roll in shower.

Inspiration photo:

Dining will be a banquette but we have been trying to decide if the front side of the house should be larger, just trying to downsize from their current size and trying to fit it all in.

I should point out the island will actually have seating at it so it will be deeper to accommodate.

We could certainly move the island in for less steps but there is the possibility of a wheelchair.

Short wall along the living room will be a complete cabinetry unit and have bookcase on left, TV in the middle and desk area on the right, all nicely integrated.

Inspiration photo:

That back porch is to have a roof.

Yeah it is clear it was designed by someone without much design experience. I honestly think they'll eventually be annoyed with how the space functions.

The kitchen is even worse if they expect wheelchair usage. Easy enough to turn around when not in a wheelchair, but harder when you actually are in one and that is if you're strong and healthy otherwise. Just getting to the fridge and to the sink to rinse veggies or such is a chore. Also someone cooking and another going through the work area is a danger. Take carrying a pot of pasta to drain from the stove to the sink and you have people walking in the path.

That shower doesn't look wide enough for wheelchair usage.

How do they plan to access the laundry if in a wheelchair. Too tight in there.

But in the end not my problem.

You can't design, so you source it out to the customer with a Hail Mary for free work from unknowns on the internet? Who are pointing out massive issues that you choose to ignore.

Working with someone with real skills, like a real architect has never occurred to you?

You kinda deserve all the bad press you are generating for yourself here. The internet lives forever in infamy if someone does a web search for Frontenac, Rubi Sulyma, 1014 Freeman Lane, Godfrey, Ontario K0H 1T0, Canada

Get smart and find an architect to partner with, so you can offer a genuine Design Build solution. If that house gets built, you are going to get sued for it posing as accessible. You don't let a dentist do open heart surgery even though both are in the medical field. Just because someone may be disabled doesn't mean they know anything about designing a home to be accessible.

That is not a good plan. And it is not accessible at all. It is shameful that a so called professional posted it as an example of their work. It reflects a badly on them. And it reflects even worse on their ability to pick a design professional with which to work.

no@live_wire_oak - This is not an example of professional work, it is an example of what is in a persons head. Simply looking for idea's and suggestions not insults.

If you were looking for professional opinions on other options, you probably ought to have put this in the "pro to pro" forum. As it stands, it appears as if you're trying to crowd-source your clients design to a bunch of enthusiastic amateurs. And mostly what you're going to get is 1000 repetitions of "What fresh hell is this?!?" Because it's an egregiously poor design to start with.

Yes, I likely should have posted it in pro to pI ro but this is my first post on the forum and I didn't see where to do that. It was not our intention to get free services, just ideas. Lessons learned. We will review the constructive comments and go back to the drawing board.

As a modular home builder you're facing some unfortunate misconceptions about the product. Modular doesn't have to mean bad design and can be a fantastic solution in the right circumstances.

If you want to be a respected innovator of modular construction, get over your defensiveness and partner with a great designer who can gently tell a client where their ideas work and don't work (this plan has the hallmarks of some really weird client input).

You must also learn that good design happens in 3 dimensions. The roof should take shape at the same time as the floor plan. The additional challenge with modular construction is that it must be designed to be efficiently built in a factory, shipped to the site, and finished.

I hope you realize that good design can be as important for your business as your manufacturing process, materials sourcing, transportation cost, marketing and the hundreds of other things you have to think about to successfully run your business.

Best of luck!