In broad strokes this is what we're thinking we want:
3br, 2.5ba, main floor master, basement, covered front porch, screened rear porch, around 2000-2400sq-ft.
Looking at the land and bouncing things back and forth between myself and the builder we've come up with some thoughts on how the house should be laid out. The land will slope off from the left to the right. The left side will be towards the east with the morning sun hitting the left rear of the house. We also want to stay within a 28x40 box for the main walls of the house to keep the budget within our desired range.
With that in mind, it makes the most sense to have the garage off of the basement on the right side of the house. I'd prefer it on the main level, but it just makes sense to put it on the right in the basement. Likewise, that puts the dining area on the left rear so that you can have breakfast with some morning sun. That in turn places the master on the right, living room at the front left, and kitchen in the rear middle. The master bath and closets are over the garage and do not have a second floor above.
What we've come up with is a Cape Cod style layout with three dormers on the main roof. This is the fourth iteration of the first floor layout, if you don't include the hand sketches:
The next iteration will have the half bath moved to where the master bath water closet is, then a water closet moved where the "his" closet is. The kitchen is likely not perfected either. That's actually the hardest part because the stairs in the middle really wreck the flow and take up a lot of valuable space. Also need to look at the width of the section over the garage as the original idea was to have 6ft walls coming up to the roof line. That may move things around a bit..... like the doors opening against that outside wall and the vanity adjoining the outside wall.
3br, 2.5ba, main floor master, basement, covered front porch, screened rear porch, around 2000-2400sq-ft.
Looking at the land and bouncing things back and forth between myself and the builder we've come up with some thoughts on how the house should be laid out. The land will slope off from the left to the right. The left side will be towards the east with the morning sun hitting the left rear of the house. We also want to stay within a 28x40 box for the main walls of the house to keep the budget within our desired range.
With that in mind, it makes the most sense to have the garage off of the basement on the right side of the house. I'd prefer it on the main level, but it just makes sense to put it on the right in the basement. Likewise, that puts the dining area on the left rear so that you can have breakfast with some morning sun. That in turn places the master on the right, living room at the front left, and kitchen in the rear middle. The master bath and closets are over the garage and do not have a second floor above.
What we've come up with is a Cape Cod style layout with three dormers on the main roof. This is the fourth iteration of the first floor layout, if you don't include the hand sketches:
The next iteration will have the half bath moved to where the master bath water closet is, then a water closet moved where the "his" closet is. The kitchen is likely not perfected either. That's actually the hardest part because the stairs in the middle really wreck the flow and take up a lot of valuable space. Also need to look at the width of the section over the garage as the original idea was to have 6ft walls coming up to the roof line. That may move things around a bit..... like the doors opening against that outside wall and the vanity adjoining the outside wall.
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