Share your thoughts on our initial floor plan
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Comments (22)Overall, I like it. A few thoughts: Your garage is angled. Is that a necessity? Angles cost more and deliver little value for that cost. I like the master bedroom and bath. They're good-sized, but not over-done, as so many are. Others have said this, but if you're going to work from home from this office, I'd rather see the doors open up into the foyer. That would mean you wouldn't have to let clients any farther into your house than necessary. Along that same line, you're going to have to provide a restroom for clients, so a half-bath is necessary for you. However, they'd have to walk through your living room and past your kitchen (and a personal desk, where any type of personal information might be left) to get to the half-bath by your garage entrance. While I usually like "back door" baths, I'm not sure it's the best choice for your circumstances. I don't see an obvious solution. I would have no concerns about the children's bedrooms being on a different level, nor do I think you'll have any problem because the main floor only has one bedroom. Downstairs I think you have some redundant spaces. A family room AND a den AND a playroom AND a study. Do you have plans for all of these? Downstairs the single bedroom seems to have the better bathroom, while the two bedrooms are sharing the smaller /no tub bathroom. Could the playroom become another bedroom so that these two could share the better bathroom, leaving the farther bedroom to have the smaller bathroom to itself? Or, could the adjacent closet become part of a larger bathroom for the two twin bedrooms, leaving some of those large, redundant spaces to become storage? Or, do you really need two bathrooms downstairs? Bathrooms are the single most expensive rooms in a house -- if you have a nice big one, especially if it's a "divided bath" with the sink in an outer room, can three children share it?...See Moreyour thoughts please - unusual floor plan
Comments (14)I like it, but I'm not sure I'd want it for myself. Its unusual angle makes me think it was designed for a specific lot with unique needs. Things I'm thinking: - With that large V-shaped front porch, it'd be lovely for a vacation area, but I can't see it fitting into a typical suburban lot. - Where is the front door? I think it could be confusing for guests. On the same subject, you have so many exterior doors, and that's a difficult option -- doors are more expensive than windows, less energy efficient, and easier to break into. I think I'd turn some of these into same-sized windows. - The floorplan is angled, but the pictures seem to be "straight" with the breezeway in the middle. This is reminiscent of old, old Southern farmhouses called DogTrot houses. - I like the metal roof shown on the house in the pictures. Seems to fit the house well. - This house has a great deal of exterior wall and lots of jigs and jogs, both of which make this an expensive house. - I like the kitchen /dining layout, but I think you need more space between the island and the table -- I think I'd reduce the width of the island to fix this. I think they did reduce the width of the island in the house in the pictures. - The tower is really neat looking and essential to "the look" of the house, but you have to access it by cutting through the laundry room -- weird. - I think that smallest bedroom is okay ... only because it also has a small bed alcove on the edge, leaving the whole room available for other purposes. However, this is limiting: You cannot ever use anything except a twin bed, and it's kind of oddly tucked around "behind" the closet. If you intend to always use this as a den or office, it's ideal. You could make up the bed as a sofa and still have plenty of space left for a sofa or desk. However, the room is not at all flexible. - The second guest bedroom also has odd dimensions. I think I'd simplify the whole bedroom wing....See MoreFeedback on initial floor plan for remodel
Comments (17)Traci, the little boxes are placeholders for shelving or a divider. The thought is to give a little more privacy to the master suite, as right now you can see into it right when you enter through the front door. Mama goose, thanks for the feedback! I had been thinking about the fridge placement restricting the opening of the door if we keep the divider wall. I like the idea about the DW. We're definitely planning on a trash-pullout. GreenDesigns, we have a realistic budget to work with, and will adjust plans as needed to accommodate our budget. There are multiple reasons we don't want to do a tear down, including how wasteful that would be when the structure of the house is in excellent shape....See MoreThoughts on our floor plan
Comments (23)Notwithstanding critiques of the whole plan, I'm concentrating on the kitchen. I would m/l flip the plan to put the clean-up area in the back and the DR in the front. And I agree with emilyam about the prep sink on the island--I'd put it on the left, leaving landing space, but far enough that there's a nice prep space to the right, and also a nice drop zone for groceries to be loaded to the fridge and pantry. Perimeter line-up stays m/l as is, so fridge is convenient to living areas. I made the island shorter, but that puts it far enough from the clean-up zone that you could have seats on the third side. There is a pinch-point at the corner, but if it's at least 36" that should be sufficient for traffic. ETA, the corner of the great room could be moved over in line with the entry wall, but that might change the roof line, and one porch section would be wider, and the other more narrow. Also, since flipping the plan complicates the entry from the garage, that could be adjusted, but all those changes might not be worth it just to get the clean-up zone in the back of the house, and better access to the pantry....See MoreAFritzler
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