5 acres will be the smallest plot of land in the area as the adjacent properties are 20-100 acre plots. It is indeed quite wooded. In its current 'raw' form you can not see deeper than 20 feet in winter, we had been planning on a winding narrow drive. It is also a rectangular property giving us a good distance from the rarely used road. We are looking at the back of the property (part of the reason to put the pool in front) since we can't control if someone chooses to build up near our property line. We are using an automated cover to meet the fencing requirements. If for some reason we change our mind we will use a removable screen fence (we have one on our current pool) and during the off season (6-7 months) we take it down. The railing on the house side will be steel cable railing and is rather un-obtrusive to a view in my experience. Currently if we are swimming in our current pool (back of house) and someone drives up they often walk back there rather than knocking on door. So being in the front we will at least have no sense of false privacy. As far as closet space, this again is must based on our current use. We have 4 bedroom 3200 square foot house. We use one bedroom for my office (with a lot of empty space around my desk) and the boys have bunk beds in another room. Of the three closets available only one has clothes in it and it is the same size as the closets in my floor plan. We have cubbies for their dresser and use a total of 12 spots for all three boys clothes. As they get bigger and their clothes get bigger I realize they will need more space that is why I have two additional closets which will probably stay empty for the near term. We are planning to finance a large portion of the costs with cash from the sale of our current home and either using a home equity loan on an existing rental we have or selling it as well. (another big driver towards the smaller foot print and more economical square shape and shed roof) Construction method will be along these lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG5POO4EwMQ with exposed metal SIP for the roof and many of the back walls. Currently looking at a budget of around $80 per square foot including pool. Ya I know its not what most would want but I appreciate all the input and as I said we are making changes to the floor plan based on issues brought up on this forum that we didn't see on our own. It is very nice to get other perspectives.

3/4" MDF. Cabinet maker said this is much better than particle board.

I just built option 3, not completely finished. I think wardrobes are typical in Europe but not in US so from the perspective of resale the traditional closet is best. So far we are happy with our choice as we had been considering sliding doors which at the length and height of our closet were priced at about what I paid for the unit. The room is small so it is difficult to get a good picture. We have triple and double height hanging and pullouts for ties/belts/shoes. A not finished piece is a vanity desk and shelves above. This post was edited by 5yearslater on Sun, Jun 2, 13 at 18:28

Akimbo, those 8" cabinets are awesome! I am currently looking into installing an IKEA tall cabinet into my hallway linen closet to make it look like a built-in. We did a custom wardrobe in our old house with IKEA cabinets that turned out great. I love that IKEA's cabinets are so easy to modify (even though they have done everything to discourage it). The 2nd and third photos are the Kitchen we were working on when I asked you about the upper cabinet depth/microwave issue. We ended up using a spacer behind the microwave.