Five bedrooms and a very small living space coupled with a breakfast room of a small size seems to be crowding the family. There are only two of us and the combo kitchen,-living-breakfast room would be too small for our activities. Maybe I am missing something?

How does it set on your site?

What surrounds your site?

At what latitude is your site?

What did you "sent in already" to, draftsman or architect or builder or . . . ?

Other than the house's roof, are there any mountains in the area?

In a neighborhood, all totally flat. This is draftsman first go and awaiting preliminary Hoa approval

We currently only eat at our too-small island. This island is 6x9 to seat six, and yes I agree the breakfast area is small but anticipating not using it often (since we don’t use our current dining room at all). The living room seems small? That surprises me but thankful for insight!

I think once you lay out furniture in the rooms, clothes in the closets, and show door swings you may want to make some spaces larger and reconfigure some. The plan has a lot of things I try to avoid.

The kids’s bedrooms between the garage and kitchen, well, you may never see those kids! How old are your children? If teens, they can live between the garage, bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, nothing more.

My DH moved his office home a few years ago. He took over an upstairs bedroom. I wish we had a bonus room over the garage, or something else more separated. It makes it hard to make noise like vacuuming, cleaning closets, playing, playing video games, running the blender, some meal prep . . . You get the idea. You might want to reconsider the office location.

The kids have their rooms, your DH has the study, do YOU need a space? Does the family need an “away” space?

Do you need storage for cleaning tools, household repair tools, arts and crafts, seasonal decor, special entertaining/cooking needs, bbq stuff, travel, kids’ stuff when home from college, etc?

What part of the country/climate are you in? Do you need a guest closet?

I usually like the long side of the island parallel to the range/cooktop, but in this case something about the placement is bothering me. Maybe it's how it extends past the pantry, or maybe it's the tiny breakfast nook, and the sheer size of the island. It's definitely the DW in the middle of the prep path, which could be remedied by switching the DW to the right, and storing dishes across the aisle. But that solution leaves only 24", or so, for prep to the left of the sink, unless you move the DW all the way to the end (using a return panel). (Plan on left.)

You could turn the island and modify the pantry door to provide a larger breakfast nook. At 6', you'd still have space for two seats on the short end, with the DW to the left of the sink, and you could prep with a view to the large windows at the back. I like that orientation for the island, but I'm guessing you'll have traffic from the garage entry and mudroom cutting through the aisle. They will be cutting through your prep triangle, in either plan, though. (Plan on right--I adjusted the wing walls.)

What will go on the breakfast nook wall? Cabinetry? Buffet counter?

Doesn't look bad. It really doesn't. Of course I say that without any knowledge of climate, location or orientation. A few things......

-Anyone coming in from the garage or the two bedrooms there have to go through the "working area" part of the kitchen to go anywhere else in the house.

- The great room (I think that's what it is, can't read the drawing too well), has circulation openings on all four sides as well in two of the corners (corners are valuable).

-Maybe move the bath to between the two bedrooms and create a mudroom there and incorporate the pantry there while you're at it. Right now it looks like the dialog was this: "Where's the pantry?"...."Oh geez, I forgot the pantry!"....and three minutes later "TADAAA!! There, we have a pantry!!!". And if a mudroom is where the bath is now, it would work well with a door going to the outside.

Anyway, just a few thoughts but not a bad start. The best of luck with your build. Exciting times!

This is one of those plans where a car backs out across the entrance to the house. I would call that a first round loser.. Check out this site.

For a one-story house, why is the roof so high?

Will there be steps from the garage into the house? If so, when a car is parked will the steps be in the way of parking or of people and stuff moving around the car, or block the doors from opening?

Where will you keep the trash/recycling cans that is accessible from the house and easy to take outside?

While the laundry room is convenient to the master, most of the laundry will be coming from the kids and kitchen, and will be traveling through the kitchen and the middle of the living room. Just a consideration.

Have you laid out furniture in the living room?

Have you laid out where you will store everyday things in the kitchen? Dishes, cookware, etc? Will they be convenient for putting away as well as for getting out?

Which direction will you typically approach the house from? If usually from the right, you will see nothing but the long, long wall of house until you pull in. If usually from the left, you, and your guests, will have a nicer view of the house as it comes into view.