Not really. The main floor layout is the complex part because there are so many things involved. The upstairs is basically 24x44 split in half for two beds with a shared bathroom. Basement is 28x40 with a 28x24 garage.Guess we need to see the entire floor plan to make informed suggestions
Yes:did i miss the indoor firing range?
I'm actually thinking that the "storage or bonus" will actually be "his" in terms of my home office. Secluded enough that I don't have to keep it neat as it's unlikely that visitors will go in there. May also have a window at that end so that I can shoot out of it when I get bored surfing JU while "working".
It's a 28ft wide basement with a roof angle of 12:12 which effectively makes the roof width 30ft and the floor width with 6' sides 16' wide. To widen that you either have walls that are shorter under the roofline, you widen the basement, and/or you move the roof out or up.
Noted.
It looks, from your description, that the basement had nothing to do with the right side of the house. I have no idea how you can't make that 15'4" wall longer.Not really. The main floor layout is the complex part because there are so many things involved. The upstairs is basically 24x44 split in half for two beds with a shared bathroom. Basement is 28x40 with a 28x24 garage.
A side elevation sketch shows what I'm looking at:It looks, from your description, that the basement had nothing to do with the right side of the house. I have no idea how you can't make that 15'4" wall longer.
That's a fairly drastic change and not something I can sketch quickly. It also brings in a number of design considerations. The problems of which include:Humor me...shift the staircase 4' left. Move master area to living/dining. Put kitchen over garage. Turn current master into dining. Living room is where kitchen/pantry/mudroom were. Put laundry into the huge "hers" closet.
Yes. Ours is 8'x16' and it is full.6x10 = screwed on closet space? Builder says to drywall a room in the basement for the office. Probably will just make that whole bonus/storage as closet.
I didn't notice the door going to the basement stairs. 8'10" is plenty for a typical dining room table, the problem is the door. Take it out. If the basement is going to be finished, open that fawker up. Treat it like stairs from the 1st floor to the second. If you are not going to finish the basement for now, still open it up and just put the door at the bottom of the stairs. If you don't do something with that kitchen, such as move it to the corner, you are going to hate the lack of cabinet space.I don't think you can really dine in an area with a 8'10" width and a 32" door opening into it. Effectively that's like 5' wide for dining space... table... chairs... everything.
Basement will be unfinished, initially, save for possibly an office area for me. Not sure how I can get rid of steps to the basement. Definitely don't have room to put another staircase elsewhere. Might be able to move basement door to hallway though.....I didn't notice the door going to the basement stairs. 8'10" is plenty for a typical dining room table, the problem is the door. Take it out. If the basement is going to be finished, open that fawker up. Treat it like stairs from the 1st floor to the second. If you are not going to finish the basement for now, still open it up and just put the door at the bottom of the stairs. If you don't do something with that kitchen, such as move it to the corner, you are going to hate the lack of cabinet space.
We explicitly do not want a formal living room or formal dining room. More of an open concept with an eat-in kitchen and family room.Hate all the plans. Kitchen is too small, huge room off master is an odd room, no formal living room, small vanity in master bath.
These are good places for kids and rabbits to hop around.We explicitly do not want a formal living room or formal dining room. More of an open concept with an eat-in kitchen and family room.
Understand. The basement has future potential for that and we don't want a giant house again. Very firm on not wanting formal dining & living spaces and the extra square footage associated with them.These are good places for kids and rabbits to hop around.
The 28x40 exterior and the center wall between the living & dining room and along the half bath. Probably the left wall of the master bedroom too. Over the garage, I'm not entirely sure since it will be roof load with no floor above.Give me your CAD file. Which walls are structural?
Like I said, the kitchen is the part I'm least happy with and the part I'm trying to figure out still. It's a work in progress.Cliff has a good point, your kitchen is small and it doesn't flow well. I don't see the open concept aspect. Usually that entails eating and entertaining all in view of the kitchen. You have walls, stairs and a hall in the way. Your kitchen is pretty much a galley kitchen.
I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand, I agree completely and it might be easier to do that. On the other hand, bouncing things back and forth with the builder helps make the design more budget friendly and speeds things along. Adding a third person to the conversation makes it exponentially more complex and time consuming.Hire a designer who does this for a living. It's worth a grand or two.