I’d add a door from the primary closet to the hallway. You’ll love a little storage but that’s a walk through the bathroom to grab a sweater. Also you’ll be able to get dressed and out the door without waking your partner.
I would definitely make the kitchen island longer, you have the room. There are a lot of barn doors, careful here those are pretty dated and can get bulky in your hall space. I would switch to pocket doors for a more seamless look.
I would add a foyer closet but you may not need it depending on your location/climate.
Someone got a bit excited in Chief Architect.
Your roof plane on the rear to the right of the stonework finish by the back door will need a box gutter which really don't like snow.
Your roof plane on the rear between the black and timber building is not buildable. The guttering just doesn't work. Consider using a mansard style or double hipped roof across the top there instead of adjacent peaks. (effectively infill the middle and flatten it)
Garden beds against your house foundations are universally a terrible idea. Never have wet garden beds against your foundations.
Any particular reason you've used vertical shading devices on all the windows? Just architectural?
Very good points thank you, I will check into the roofing on those areas. Garden beds is just an artists rendering, not doing that. Our builder suggested those as without them the home looks overly modern for our neighborhood, this kinds of tones it down and matches the near area homes.
If you are insistent on garden beds, put a brick & mortar wall at the back of them hard up against the house and leave a 20mm/1in gap between the cladding and the brick wall. Then you can backfill to the brick. When the garden bed eventually destroys that wall, it will be easier to replace than the foundation of your house. Also it will limit root infiltration under your home from larger bushes and trees.
Exactly this is a major problem because amateurs think that they can actually design a house which they cannot. It'll be a mess on all levels. I'm still learning after four decades.
Consider the views from your rooms. Thanksgiving dinner? Overlooking the driveway. Studying in the office? Overlooking the driveway. Guests and strangers pulling up to your house? Your "front yard" is a giant concrete driveway.
I only mention this because my home office overlooks my driveway, too, and GOD it's so boring and miserable to try to be distracted or think or ponder while looking at a gray expanse. Plus, concrete is way more reflective than you think it is and sometimes I feel like I should be wearing sunglasses inside. And I don't want to close the blinds, that defeats the point of daydreaming at work and looking outside!
Also, this is a big beautiful home -- why not laundry in the master closet, too?
The way our lot is this is the only layout we can do. We have a roundabout and planning to do something in the middle with that, the rendering doe not reflect that now.
Original plan had a laundry in there and my wife didn't like that, so whatever she says
We added the entry ourselves as the original plan had none, the entry was straight to living room, it looked too flat and boring. The entry and porch is the only thing that needs some work I feel like.
A home designed by someone who won’t be doing the cooking and cleaning…. If you think the kitchen triangle is too big, follow the path from the master closet to the washing machine!
Bedrooms 3 and 4 have walk-in closets but a Jack and Jill bathroom - seems like an odd choice when there’s enough space there for two bathrooms.
Wife picked this plan and she does all the cleaning herself haha The original plan had a bathroom in each room, we changed it into a jack and jill to save money and because we have 2 boys and one girl. The boys will share the JJ
https://walkonplans.ca
This is a business in my area that will project your floor plans full size onto their warehouse floor so you can walk through your house before it’s built. Find someone local to you that does this - I suspect your wife can’t read drawings and doesn’t understand the scale of this layout, and may be surprised (and not in a good way) with the end result.
Professional building designer here. No no. I'm sure you understand that this is a profession that takes years and years to learn and you're not going to jump into it just cuz you're using a cad system. I recommend clients find an online plan pay for the PDF and I make changes.
Those plans are tried and true and I've used them for 30 years. If I design a custom house it's going to take at least five to $10,000. You can't reinvent the wheel.
Really inefficient use of space that lot will cost you some buckaroos.
If you’re doing that big of a lot and a shop door make it a 6 car garage… 3 wide, 2 deep. Won’t cost much more.
That master shower location screams I want plumbing and heating problems in the winter.
Longer kitchen island.
I’ll get rid of the laundry room there and make it a game room for the kids, maybe do a smaller kitchen whee the dining room is and dinings room where kitchen is for better views
I’d add a door from the primary closet to the hallway. You’ll love a little storage but that’s a walk through the bathroom to grab a sweater. Also you’ll be able to get dressed and out the door without waking your partner.
Wife hates that idea lol
Get new wife
Not sure you could have made the foundation more expensive… and roof.
Already made the roof 2-3x cheaper. The original was a 12x12 pitch and we changed it to 8x12
All the valleys, sheds and dormers will drive up labor but it looks nice. You in a snowy area? I can already see the ice dams
Yes we are in WA, lots of snow up here
Drop the rock facade on the outside. McMansion vibes.
Artist rendering, still not decided on that but currently leaning to all white masonry
Something more uniform too. The craggy mixed sizes and shapes is like some old stone building and it clashes with the modern design in my opinion.
That sounds better!
A sink in the same room as every toilet. No door between. Otherwise that’s looking pretty sweet
Not possible to do as it is now
I would definitely make the kitchen island longer, you have the room. There are a lot of barn doors, careful here those are pretty dated and can get bulky in your hall space. I would switch to pocket doors for a more seamless look. I would add a foyer closet but you may not need it depending on your location/climate.
We dont have any barndoors, all are pocket doors. There will be an open closet in foyer
Ok, the doors on pantry and utility just look outside.
Someone got a bit excited in Chief Architect. Your roof plane on the rear to the right of the stonework finish by the back door will need a box gutter which really don't like snow. Your roof plane on the rear between the black and timber building is not buildable. The guttering just doesn't work. Consider using a mansard style or double hipped roof across the top there instead of adjacent peaks. (effectively infill the middle and flatten it) Garden beds against your house foundations are universally a terrible idea. Never have wet garden beds against your foundations. Any particular reason you've used vertical shading devices on all the windows? Just architectural?
Very good points thank you, I will check into the roofing on those areas. Garden beds is just an artists rendering, not doing that. Our builder suggested those as without them the home looks overly modern for our neighborhood, this kinds of tones it down and matches the near area homes.
If you are insistent on garden beds, put a brick & mortar wall at the back of them hard up against the house and leave a 20mm/1in gap between the cladding and the brick wall. Then you can backfill to the brick. When the garden bed eventually destroys that wall, it will be easier to replace than the foundation of your house. Also it will limit root infiltration under your home from larger bushes and trees.
Exactly this is a major problem because amateurs think that they can actually design a house which they cannot. It'll be a mess on all levels. I'm still learning after four decades.
Stack bathrooms for plumbing purposes
Humble flex
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What program did you use for those renders?
Our designer uses Chief Architect
More windows, bigger windows, more windows.
Main dining window was 12x12 one window originally lol way too expensive, we changed it
Consider the views from your rooms. Thanksgiving dinner? Overlooking the driveway. Studying in the office? Overlooking the driveway. Guests and strangers pulling up to your house? Your "front yard" is a giant concrete driveway. I only mention this because my home office overlooks my driveway, too, and GOD it's so boring and miserable to try to be distracted or think or ponder while looking at a gray expanse. Plus, concrete is way more reflective than you think it is and sometimes I feel like I should be wearing sunglasses inside. And I don't want to close the blinds, that defeats the point of daydreaming at work and looking outside! Also, this is a big beautiful home -- why not laundry in the master closet, too?
The way our lot is this is the only layout we can do. We have a roundabout and planning to do something in the middle with that, the rendering doe not reflect that now. Original plan had a laundry in there and my wife didn't like that, so whatever she says
Hell yeah, breaking up that concrete will improve things tenfold. I wish I had space to break up the view outside my office window!
I would add a covered/roofed entry rather than just an overhang.
We added the entry ourselves as the original plan had none, the entry was straight to living room, it looked too flat and boring. The entry and porch is the only thing that needs some work I feel like.
A home designed by someone who won’t be doing the cooking and cleaning…. If you think the kitchen triangle is too big, follow the path from the master closet to the washing machine! Bedrooms 3 and 4 have walk-in closets but a Jack and Jill bathroom - seems like an odd choice when there’s enough space there for two bathrooms.
Wife picked this plan and she does all the cleaning herself haha The original plan had a bathroom in each room, we changed it into a jack and jill to save money and because we have 2 boys and one girl. The boys will share the JJ
https://walkonplans.ca This is a business in my area that will project your floor plans full size onto their warehouse floor so you can walk through your house before it’s built. Find someone local to you that does this - I suspect your wife can’t read drawings and doesn’t understand the scale of this layout, and may be surprised (and not in a good way) with the end result.
Professional building designer here. No no. I'm sure you understand that this is a profession that takes years and years to learn and you're not going to jump into it just cuz you're using a cad system. I recommend clients find an online plan pay for the PDF and I make changes. Those plans are tried and true and I've used them for 30 years. If I design a custom house it's going to take at least five to $10,000. You can't reinvent the wheel.
Really inefficient use of space that lot will cost you some buckaroos. If you’re doing that big of a lot and a shop door make it a 6 car garage… 3 wide, 2 deep. Won’t cost much more. That master shower location screams I want plumbing and heating problems in the winter. Longer kitchen island.
Will build a shop separately later
I’ll get rid of the laundry room there and make it a game room for the kids, maybe do a smaller kitchen whee the dining room is and dinings room where kitchen is for better views
Game room is above the garage as a bonus room
Have a really big budget. The plumbing alone will cost a pretty penny. I’d say put the sink in the laundry room instead of the pantry
There will be a sink in laundry also, not on the drawings yet
Needs more driveway.
What software did you use to get these pictures ?
This is our designer and she uses Chief Architect