What do you think of this house layout??
We are designing our home for the woods of Maine. I'd love feedback on our layout design - especially if there are glaring mistakes or obvious opportunities to make it better!
As little background:
The layouts are oriented with south to the top as the lot slopes down yielding views and light. Both porches will be screened - so the living room (with the awkward shaped angle couch) will have light coming from the south and through the screenporch on the southwest (right of the drawing).
We want a guestroom on the first floor that feels private for extended family visits - and it needs to be handicap accessible. Since we want a sauna, we're thinking of putting it in the guest room bathroom.
We recognize the office over oversized but we'll need a wall there to support the fireplace and 'bump up' on the section of the house that is only 1 story. We also will only have a TV in the office rather than the living room so will put a couch in there too.
You enter the house from the west (right of the drawing). The angled 'room' on the northwest of the first floor (bottom right of the drawing will be split between closet and pantry.
Washer/dryer will likely go in the basement, which will have a walk out under the deck to the south as the terrain slopes.
P = screened porch
D = deck
F = fireplace
S = sauna
C = closet
First floor:
Second floor:
3D Views:
3 options - the only change we're really working on at this point is the roofline of the 2 story section (east of the house). There are 3 options in the picture below.
- The one 'closest' has a single slant that would be similar to the 'bump up' on the single story section
- The one in the middle top of the sketchup image has a single slant opposite to the 'bump up' on the single story section
- The one on the right has a normal gabled roof.
Not sure if the 2 floor section (east of the house) should have a gabled roof (potential for solar in the future??) or single pitch like the bump up over the single story section. We've received votes about 50/50 - one concern is that it may look like an addition and the 2 styles don't fit fit together.
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Caroline
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