First - most are going to tell you to hire a local architect, so I am just getting that part out of the way now.

A couple of ideas on your plans - you could flip the plumbing wall in the bathroom by the garage to the opposite wall and add a door from the laundry. You will sacrifice the linen closet. If you can get away with a smaller master closet you could steal of that sq. ft. for the secondary bedroom closet and use the closet space to separate out the toilet. You might not be able to get a toilet room, but you could probably get enough space to put in a glass surround.

The red lights are probably the easiest thing, that is just electrical and you could get a switch that sits in the door jamb to be the indicator so it doesn't matter if someone forgets to turn the red light on.

Finally, you could probably add a second door from the garage into the more formal entry on the left so that the garage isn't out of commission when the decontaminated space is being used.

Why are you married to this plan?

Give up bedroom 2 this is IMO the only way to make that happen then give BR#3 a bathroom since right now that is a long trip to the bathroom. IMO decontaminating should take place at work with the dirty clothes coming in and going into the wash immediately so no need for a huge isse with this whole Covid thing. All nurses I know shower and change into clean clotehs before they leave work , wash their clothes at home in a very hot wash.

Install 2 pocket doors to the existing bath. In this case, you could add an access door from the garage to the front entry.

Good answers above.

Since you did not ask for comments on the overall layout I will not comment on that . . . but however sleeps in bedroom #3 will think it is a lousy layout.

I'd include an "occupied" light that would shine a Hue light red on either side of the entrance doors to show that it's in use

It's not hard to wire a signal light outside the door that will be on whenever the light inside the room is on. The building I work in has these, merely for convenience when closing the building without leaving unnecessary lights on. There are small lights and cover plates that fit a standard box.

Just spitballing here -- what about a secondary bathroom and washer/dryer (or at least the washing machine) in the garage, for whatever plan you choose?

@cpartist, I’m definitely not married to this plan. I’m open to better 3-2 or 3-2.5 plan ideas.

That plan is new construction in the general area I’m interested in.

@Patricia Colwell Consulting, agree that I’d want bedroom 3 to have a bath, at least a powder. It will probably be used as an office, but still...

re: Why we want to do this... What you described re: changing clothes and showering at the hospital is an ideal scenario. It does not change what we need or want.

@er612, I like your pocket door idea near the walkway... One problem this makes me anticipate in any case (pocket or regular door): when someone is in the bathroom they are likely to want to lock both doors. They will forget to UNLOCK one of the doors on their way out.

@Mark Bischak, agree if a person were to use bedroom #3 as a bedroom they would be not happy. You’ve convinced me I need to find another plan.

Separate from this topic, I have a strong preference for plans that don’t require walking past the laundry room.

@beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally, Really Like that idea... a completely garage located (it would need heat / AC) bathroom with a shower, toilet, sink, linen closet, and washing machine.

With this plan I’d still want at least a 1/2 bath for Bedroom 3,

I should look for a 3-3 (or 3-4 !) plan where bath #2 is fully dedicated to the 2 bedrooms, and the 3’rd could be added to open to the garage.

Challenge is - Community plan garages don’t have much leeway in garage depth... It seems changing room walls is a lot easier than changing the overall footprint of the house. I wouldn’t mind stealing room from whatever is near the garage though...

Have you considered finding a local architect to design a home with you that meets your needs and fits your site? Why spend the time to find one when you can create one.

Agree with Mark.

First thank you for the work you do!

Problems I see right off the bat:

Your kitchen will be dark with no natural light.

Additionally the layout is poor with the pantry breaking up counter space and your not having enough prep space. Most prepping is done next to the sink. Bare minimum for prepping is 30" and that's frankly inadequate. It looks like you only have 24" on either side of the sink.

How will the hood over the stove vent?

Actual usable living room space is NOT 15' x 15' because you need passage space between island and living room and ideally if you have seating at the island counter, you need 60" between the island and furniture in living room. Based on the drawing it appears you'd have about 42". Actual usable space for a sofa as shown would be closer to 10'-11' from the wall. (In reality, the dining room gives you the true space for the living room too.)

Are you ok carrying food to the dining room every single night you eat? (Trust me, eating at a counter gets old after a while.)

If you and a partner are on different wake schedules, think how having the master bath across the room from the master closet will impact your waking and sleeping schedules.

Hanging clothes can't turn corners in closets. Lots of wasted space in the center of that closet.

Bedroom 2 will be seen from the dining room anytime they need to use the facilities. So much for privacy.

Bedroom 2 is too small for even a full sized bed at 9' 3". A full sized bed is 54" wide. So 9'3" is = 111". 111" - 54" = 57". You need 3' of walking space on either side of the bed. So the drawing they have is way off. And there's be absolutely no way to open the smaller closet door.

I assume you won't use bedroom 3 as a bedroom because if you do, it means they'll have to walk through the dining room to get to the bathroom.

Your entry from the garage is a narrow dark passage where you also have your laundry room and no, I see no way to create a decontamination room.

I see very little storage. Where for example would you store you brooms, vacuum, etc?