Lisa I didn't answer half your questions :-) We would welcome more garage space. One for DH car, one for my car, one for my hot rod (I have dreams) one for the riding lawn mower, and one for hubby's workshop (I already have so many home projects in my head...he will need a workshop). I know one of the houses has a five car garage and that seems to be really appealing to hubby. I don't think we NEED a five car garage but we need at least a two car garage. As for paved or none paved roads...never even thought about it. the point you make about the mud is something to think about which I will be now. I think we will cross the Tequesta house off the list, and the last house also....looks too much like a barn to me. The three main contenders are the log house, the one for $235,000 (I love the porch area) and the one with the five garages.

I have my dream master bedroom now (it could be bigger but otherwise it's fabulous). We just finished a remodel. The space was about 650 sq ft, which we broke up by taking 1/3 of the room for a walk in closet (by that I mean a small room) with built ins and a desk/sewing area. We took over an old linen closet and added a foot to the front of it to house a stackable washer and dryer (you will NEVER regret this!!) We added enough to the master bath to allow a japanese soaking tub and a walk in shower. Both were a big deal to us. I wanted to find a way to work onyx into the room, so we built a cabinet in our bay window which has an onyx top. That is our headboard. (The dog and cats think it's their bed LOL) I wanted room for a sitting area as well and decent storage. In our next house we are going to take one bedroom and turn it into a master closet with builtins as well and an island. In between that and the master we'll do a 2nd floor kitchenette (hot water dispenser for tea, beverage fridge, ice, etc with a small sink). It will be double sided. (the walk way will be inbetween the sides...it's a small bathroom we're removing for this purpose) then the master will be huge. We'll keep the tower as a seating area and replace the old (victorian) fireplace. On the other side of this we'll do the master bath. The stackable in this house will be part of the master closet. Just a hint on stackables in a closet...plan your water shut off valves carefully (close to the door since you won't be able to reach over to shut it off) And if I had to do it over again, I'd have made it one foot bigger to allow for storage of laundry soap and incidentals.

Sounds like you're asking for help designing an entire master suite, including bedroom, bathroom, office, closets, and even mechanicals. You might get more/better responses in the "Building a Home" forum (this is just the "Bathrooms" forum). But you're also going to need to provide more info, including: - a full floor plan of entire house showing how this addition will relate to everything else; e.g. Where is the noisy kitchen? Where is laundry room? Where is other existing plumbing? - in the new addition, where are you open to having Windows, how big can they be, and where don't you want Windows? An elevation, or drawing of exterior of house with the addition, would help - which direction is N,S,E,W for sun issues?. Geographic location? What's your family situation? Etc... - is 14x30 the interior or exterior dimensions? You'll get amazing feedback and help here the more you share.

I like that plan a lot Keywest, except I would probably nix the window in the closet. Another design we are throwing around. Pretty much checks all the boxes. Door location is not ideal but workable. I really like how this one and yours above has everything open and allows for sunlight and a view no matter where you are in the bathroom. (Except on the toilet of course. lol) This design has a large closet door, and equally centered windows which is great. The toilet is right when you walk in, but I think by putting it in back in the alcove, and opening the door away from it like this, it wouldn't be too bad. Our current toilet is literately the first thing in our bathroom and it never bothered me or even occurred to me until you guys mentioned it on one of my plans. Not a deal breaker. This is my dream bathroom. I love the marble, grey vanity, bench, and especially the pony wall between the vanity and shower. What I'm imagining with built-ins above the tub, marble, and large windows. Our furnace is direct vent, and we are really limited on where we can put it due to crawl space issues. Pretty much have to put in in the addition, as per HVAC guy. Putting it inside the closet inside the bathroom on the far side is our best option. CO2 detectors are a must.