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Finalizing Plan, any comments?

Chase Dika
10 years ago

Finalizing the plans with our builder, any comments?

Comments (6)

  • Chase Dika
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Main

  • Chase Dika
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Basement

  • Chase Dika
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Rear elev

  • User
    10 years ago

    The elevation is like a crazy quilt. 50 different materials used with no rhyme or reason or organization. It's also got GARAGEhouse syndrome which also really hurts it's appearance badly. It needs a complete overhaul, focusing on simplifying and paring it down quite a bit. Move the garage to the left and tuck it behind the house. Make it a side load if you've got the room. Pick one style, and only 2 materials and stay away from the old man with his pants at his armpits "wainscoting" look. It screams builder cliche fake stone.

    As far as the interior organization, for such a large house, the kitchen is fairly small and poorly laid out. There's a lot of space in hallways that doesn't pull it's weight. The laundry room is nicely located and will be pleasant to use as long as no one is a stay at home. And the master isn't so oversized that it could have it's own zipcode. Congratulations on your restraint in that regard. I'd swap the bath and bedroom locations though, so the bath could serve as a sound buffer between your bedroom and the family room. If someone stays up late watching a movie, someone won't be able to sleep. Not to mention the possibility of children or guests in the family room hearing any activity in the master bedroom.

    Downstairs, is Bedroom 5 the punishment room? It's so far away from the bath and the rest of everything else that it's what it feels like. Swap it with the craft room or mechanical. Something to make it feel like a part of the house. Or else add a bath at that end for a very private guest suite.

  • Chase Dika
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    We have width constraints, so garage can't be moved.
    Yah the wainscoting won't be on final plans.
    Bedroom 5 will be a fitness room, that should of been changed.

    Thanks of your comments.

  • bpath
    10 years ago

    Perhaps you could make the front door overhang a little shallower, in line with the stairs, or make it deeper in line with the bedroom, and remove the middle gable. It might smooth out the front a bit.

    All the windows seem to be different sizes, and don't align along the bottom. It looks a little jagged that way.

    Terrific basement!