Floorplan review please
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Comments (27)I recently joined GW and while searching past threads for feedback on ranch floor plans I came across several of your posts. I see you have uploaded two different ranch floor plans to âÂÂmy clippingsâ and was wondering which one you decided to go with and why? Have you started building and if so, did you find keeping all the jig-jags in the floor plan to be expensive? Both of your submitted plans have some of the things IâÂÂve been looking for in a home design. My husband and I are in the beginning stages of working with our architect and I donâÂÂt think he quiet understands my vision yet. My specific list of must haves that went into the design of this first draft follows: A split bedroom ranch floor plan with 10 foot ceilings and 8 foot door openings totaling a maximum of 3500 sq. feet. A formal entryway foyer. The master bedroom will be on the right side of the home. I would like a layout that allows for moving from the master bedroom to the master bathroom to the closet and then laundry room. I would prefer not to pass through the entire bathroom just to get to the closet. The guest bedrooms would be on the left side of the home with each having their own bathroom. The garage and kitchen would need to be on the left side of the home. I would like a 3 car garage and would be open to a 2 and 1 configuration. I would like a friend entrance located somewhere around the garage on the front or side of the home. We are looking to have a screened in porch on the backside of the breakfast area. The elevation of the home will be craftsman with a covered front porch and door. By the way, how do you get people to respond to your questions? I posted requesting feedback on my ranch plan and had a few give their point of view. When I typed in my response to them, they never answered back. Is it that once you post, they only visit your question once and tend not to return? Thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you soon. Switchback...See MoreFloorplan Review Please...
Comments (26)12.5x10 would be a good-sized dining room ... if you didn't have two doors in that dining room! Do you have a printout of this plan? Draw in a table and chairs. An average table would probably be 6' long, so that leaves you 3' on each end. That's 3' for a chair to be placed AND for the only door to your back yard to be placed. Imagine scooting through that area carrying a platter of meat bound for the grill. It's not enough space. Incidentally, the main rooms in my house are arranged in a straight line: Family room, breakfast room, kitchen. My breakfast area is 16.5 x 10 with a desk and a walking path on one side, meaning that the actual eating area is about 10x10 (and our table is 42" round). It would work fine IF, IF, IF we didn't have the back door right by the table. It's the door that ruins the works. When someone doesn't tuck a chair in all the way, it prevents us from reaching the door (and moving that chair to reach the door is a constant irritation). If we want to open the door allll the way to get some air into the room, we have to move a chair all the way to the other side of the table. In our case, it would be better if we had a slider instead of French doors. Of course walking into this master bedroom in a model is no problem! It won't be a problem in everyday life either. What will be an issue is getting furniture into the room....See MoreFlorida Floorplan Review Please :)
Comments (14)Master suite needs a complete overhaul. You don't want to traipse through your MBR between MBA and closet. MBR is much too large; no dressers needed when you dress in a fitted closet, and people seldom use the MBR as a sitting room. I want laundry appliances far, far away from my MBR. MBA has wasted space in the center; I'd put toilet room exterior, with a window, and shower interior, with no window. In a J&J bathroom, I'd only segregate a tub or shower. Individuals tend to want privacy with both toilet and sink. Only a couple or very small children will share a vanity with two sinks. You only need one child-bathing tub per household. Yes to enlarged family entrance. Picture the traffic jam there. Picture your toddlers as they near adult proportions. (Picture future buyers of a 4-5 BR home.) A half-bath at this entrance -- and near the kitchen -- is a must for me. Look at having one large 'back hall' that can house your 'pantry'. The only pocket doors in our house are on our master closets. They are usually left open since they open into the short hallway between our MBR and MBA. I see so many plans that have no 'slop sink' in a back hall. Where will you bathe a dog, clean off muddy boots, dump the mop bucket, etc.?...See MoreFloorplan review please
Comments (31)Thanks Mark, this is what I’ve been doing after receiving each iteration (see sketches I included above) because without it I have a hard time spotting problem areas Such as B and H and the area marked G where the corner of the stairs are. The early hand drawn sketches did have more of that in them. I don’t know why we have moved away from the hand drawn ones except I guess to be paid as part of the contract. I tried to get us to move back to the hand drawn ones to speed things up as I figured it would make changes easier, but .... Your hand drawn kitchen, dining, living looks like it is something that could work well for us and the kitchen is close except we would not have a nook and want a separate clean-up area from the prep area. Do you mind telling me what the dimensions are as it would help me to know the size that is needed. We have a 9ft long dining table we need to fit....See Morebpath
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