and cannot change anything before closing

We can make changes to the door or even move a wall but we are not finding a great solution

Which is it? You can, or cannot make changes?

I'd change the swing of the closet door too.

We are building a house and cannot change anything before closing.

You are building a house....on your land and on your dollar...there is no closing. You change anything you want to change...it may cost you...

Or is this a production build? Big difference.

Sounds like a production build.

Move the door towards the gathering room. That 1' doesn't give any separation and the true entrance to the bedroom is the cased opening.

But that's not the worst issue. The bathroom door & toilet closet door are the worst offenders and are even shown that way on the plan. That would drive me nuts in a matter of minutes. Doors banging into each other constantly.

I don’t understand the issue. Which door is ”sticking out?” And I’m confused by the toilet at the bottom - does that belong to the Master Suite? Maybe we need to see more of the blueprint.

I do see, though, a lot of trouble moving any large pieces of furniture into the Master Suite. Unless there’s another entry to the suite, which of course we cannot see.

@littlebug zone 5 Missouri OP is standing in the bathroom and seeing the master bedroom door stick out 6" from the wall when open.

I feel like the smacking bathroom doors are more of an issue, unless you are really fastidious about closing doors. I would make both the toilet closet and the WIC doors pockets if you can.

Ah! Got it, anj_p! Obviously I was not thinking of the view from the bathroom.

Too many doors in that itty bitty space, like you said. If we could see more of the bathroom, maybe we could figure out how to do away with some. Especially the door to the toilet room. There’s wasted space in the bathroom devoted to a ”hallway” (the spot from which the top picture was taken).

Note to all-- I am not good with posting and I do not see a way to respond to each post. Yes this is a production build so we will have to make changes after closing. We so agree and will be putting in a pocket door for the WIC. We are planning to take out the door into bathroom as well. If we take that one out one person might wake up the other one still asleep but I think it will still be a way to clear out some of the doors. Thanks to everyone. and open to more suggestions.

Never considered the difficulty in moving furniture in!

You could move the door closer to the gathering room, then build out a bit of wall, to create a corner in the gathering room and more separation for the bedroom. It might disrupt the tray, though.

@Maggie Passel, you can't respond directly to another post. It's a limitation of Houzz. But you can @mention someone like I did with this post. And they'll be notified. Mostly, people read all the posts so you don't need to worry about responding particularly.

It would help if you posted a larger section of your plan. There may be solutions that could be found with more context.

If the solution involves moving a wall, you may want to pay for that change order rather than try to fix it after you move in.

@littlebug zone 5 Missouri Can't put a pocket door on toilet area but will put pocket doors on both WIC and take out the door into the master bath--I think that will clean things up a good deal. bpath that is a very interesting idea to take wall out into the great room--we have ordered most of furniture but are still working with designer to complete the look. Thanks. Added a better floor plan in the original question. and will add here.

I really like moving the closet door down so that all you see from the great room is a wall rather than another door!

Install a self closing hinge on the door and leave. It at that. Will give privacy that way as well

Maggie, not just a wall, but a nice piece of art!

There are probably financial reasons why this can't be done and perhaps construction reasons as well, however... here is a concept that stays inside the same footprint but rationalizes the spaces a bit so you don't have duelling doors all over the place (your mud/pwd/laundry area is as doorsy as your master/ensuite!).

I combined the 2 walk-in closets into 1 ginormous closet. It could easily shrink to allow more en suite space. I flipped the laundry so that the workspace gets the entire length of the room uninterrupted by doors. And I rearranged the storage, HVAC and powder room so that HVAC is accessed from the garage (if you have to go in there, you're probably about to do something messy, so why mess up the house); the storage is a more accessible reach-in; and the powder room is a bit more private. No doors collide.

You really went all out!!! Thanks for the ideas. We can't do most of the changes but are going to take a close look. thanks.

This is a single story house, right? After you close, put a solar tube in your toilet room, and maybe one in the powder room, too. That way you don’t have to turn the light on every time. Maybe even one in the garage hall and the foyer.

It’s a mess of doors. I would move wc door over, so you dont see a partial door when you enter the master suite. You can hand art work on that space , so it’s framed in the wall when you enter. I would delete the door to the master, unless you really want it, but then move it somewhere less cluttered. I’d convert the doors to pocket doors.

You really went all out!!! Thanks for the ideas. We can't do most of the changes but are going to take a close look. thanks.

Maybe you can suggest it to the builder as a cleaner solution that will also save him money.

rockybird I was going to do a pocket door on the WIC already but had not considered moving that doorway. We will definitely do that. I don't see enough wall space to make the WC a pocket door. Am I missing something?

Thank you for all of the comments. After closing we put in a pocket door in the first,smaller closet.. There is so much to get the house in order that we are not going to do anything right now. It is livable.