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Sugaree
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I'm kind of just dreaming and kind of trying to figure out if there's a way to make this work, but what you think of this house?

https://www.houseplans.net/floorplans/940100003/small-plan-1421-square-feet-3-bedrooms-2-bathrooms

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I hate the idea of walking through the bathroom to get to the closets. No.
And why would the whole upstairs be a "bonus room"? Why not put the master suite up there?
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I agree with you about the closet thing.

Honestly, the older I get the less I want to deal with anything being upstairs. We're staying at my parents' house right now and our rooms are upstairs, which is actually labeled as bonus space on their plans. It's a pain in the ass. I'm okay with having the upstairs being bonus space.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:23 PM
I hate the idea of walking through the bathroom to get to the closets. No.
And why would the whole upstairs be a "bonus room"? Why not put the master suite up there?
Not her but I know I'd rather have my master suite on the main level due to ease as I got older. I love that about our house now. All the main stuff is on one level.

I also am not a fan of walking through bathrooms to get to a closet. What if someone was using the bathroom and you needed to get to the closet?
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Gills
Apr 12 2018, 02:23 PM
I hate the idea of walking through the bathroom to get to the closets. No.
And why would the whole upstairs be a "bonus room"? Why not put the master suite up there?
This and this.

What if someone is taking a shit and you need to get into the closet?

Also, the renderings of the interior make me claustrophobic.
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Another thing I wouldnt be a fan of but I can see why it is where it is because of the lanai is the master suite right off the living room.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:27 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:23 PM
I hate the idea of walking through the bathroom to get to the closets. No.
And why would the whole upstairs be a "bonus room"? Why not put the master suite up there?
This and this.

What if someone is taking a shit and you need to get into the closet?

Also, the renderings of the interior make me claustrophobic.
OMG me too!
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Would you have all 3 levels completed?
It looks functional.

Unlike Gills, I don't mind having to go through the master bath to get to the closet. I honestly thought I'd hate it but it works (for us). Get out of shower, hop to closet!! We also have 4 bathrooms for 4 people, so besides getting ready in the morning, the master bath is usually not occupied. If DH or I are on the main level, we use the other main level bathroom to potty.
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What does "bonus space" mean- what would the room actually be used for? Storage? Guest room?
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I guess most people don't like the master bath/closet situation. Weird. :$
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Apr 12 2018, 02:29 PM
What does "bonus space" mean- what would the room actually be used for? Storage? Guest room?
Play room for kids? Just another space for people to hang out if they don't want to be in the living room?
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Apr 12 2018, 02:28 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:27 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:23 PM
I hate the idea of walking through the bathroom to get to the closets. No.
And why would the whole upstairs be a "bonus room"? Why not put the master suite up there?
This and this.

What if someone is taking a shit and you need to get into the closet?

Also, the renderings of the interior make me claustrophobic.
OMG me too!



Really, 1500 square feet isn't a lot. Those rooms have to be tiny.


momof3inmn
Apr 12 2018, 02:28 PM
Would you have all 3 levels completed?
It looks functional.

Unlike Gills, I don't mind having to go through the master bath to get to the closet. I honestly thought I'd hate it but it works (for us). Get out of shower, hop to closet!! We also have 4 bathrooms for 4 people, so besides getting ready in the morning, the master bath is usually not occupied. If DH or I are on the main level, we use the other main level bathroom to potty.



I have no problem with the idea of going through the closet to go to the bathroom - I had that layout and liked it - but not the bathroon then closet. No.
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Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
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1,421 sq. ft is just the main level. If all 3 levels are finished it's 2,900 sq. ft. Which is why I asked if they would have all 3 levels completed.
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I'm thinking that we'd definitely have the main and second floors. Basement would depend on whether or not we could actually get one dug affordably through the bedrock. It would definitely not be as big as shown. Maybe just the gameroom and mechanical room portions. I don't see the need for two extra bedrooms/bathrooms downstairs.

Cactus - bonus space would be a playroom for us and maybe DS' bedroom when he gets older.
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We live in 1600 square feet now, so it wouldn't be that much different than what we're used to.
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MNGal
Apr 12 2018, 02:32 PM
Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
My whole condo is 800sf. Putting all those tiny rooms into 1500 sounds like a terrible idea and looks like it from the drawings/photos.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:35 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:32 PM
Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
My whole condo is 800sf. Putting all those tiny rooms into 1500 sounds like a terrible idea and looks like it from the drawings/photos.
Oh yeah I agree. I was just letting Sugree know that my 1200 place doesn't feel tiny when I'm in it. Though pictures could make it look that way. :D

ETA: So I was just trying to say (badly) that a small house can be ok, if it is laid out right. I suck at words today.
Edited by MNGal, Apr 12 2018, 02:39 PM.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:36 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:35 PM
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Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
My whole condo is 800sf. Putting all those tiny rooms into 1500 sounds like a terrible idea and looks like it from the drawings/photos.
Oh yeah I agree. I was just letting Sugree know that my 1200 place doesn't feel tiny when I'm in it. Though pictures could make it look that way. :D
I was a bit concerned looking at the pictures. I'm not usually a fan of the open floorplan concept, but it's almost mandatory in this case.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:38 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:36 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:32 PM
Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
My whole condo is 800sf. Putting all those tiny rooms into 1500 sounds like a terrible idea and looks like it from the drawings/photos.
Oh yeah I agree. I was just letting Sugree know that my 1200 place doesn't feel tiny when I'm in it. Though pictures could make it look that way. :D
I was a bit concerned looking at the pictures. I'm not usually a fan of the open floorplan concept, but it's almost mandatory in this case.
Yes. that is what I mean. An more open floor plan will help. Less walls.
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This is pretty close to the square footage of our house (also 3 bdr, but we have 2.5 baths).

Generally, I like it. It's very cute from the outside. The tradeoff of having to walk through the bathroom to get to the closet is having walls in the master bedroom that aren't interrupted by closet doors, which I like because it makes furniture and art placement easier. I think the kitchen looks small and is not an ideal layout for someone who does a lot of cooking. YMMV. I am also not sure about dedicating so much space to a dining room, although you could use the space differently (but then where would you put your table?).

I think I would miss having a half bath that could be kept nicer for guests, and the functionality of the bonus rooms is reduced by not having a bathroom up there. They'd work nicely for storage, a home gym, etc, but that's a lot of space to dedicate to that sort of thing.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:39 PM
This is pretty close to the square footage of our house (also 3 bdr, but we have 2.5 baths).

Generally, I like it. It's very cute from the outside. The tradeoff of having to walk through the bathroom to get to the closet is having walls in the master bedroom that aren't interrupted by closet doors, which I like because it makes furniture and art placement easier. I think the kitchen looks small and is not an ideal layout for someone who does a lot of cooking. YMMV. I am also not sure about dedicating so much space to a dining room, although you could use the space differently (but then where would you put your table?).

I think I would miss having a half bath that could be kept nicer for guests, and the functionality of the bonus rooms is reduced by not having a bathroom up there. They'd work nicely for storage, a home gym, etc, but that's a lot of space to dedicate to that sort of thing.
You bring up a good point about the bathrooms. It would be nice to have one upstairs. And I'd like to have some more counterspace in the kitchen.


Maybe I should keep looking...
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MNGal
Apr 12 2018, 02:32 PM
Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
My old condo was a 3 stories and 1400 square feet, it wasn't claustrophobic at all. The two bedrooms were actually pretty large.
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I actually really like it. I prefer a small (to today’s standards) floorplan. My dream is to own a B&B in the mountains and with a few modifications this plan could make a nice B&B!
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Apr 12 2018, 02:48 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:32 PM
Our main floor of our house is around 1200. It doesn't feel claustrophobic.
My old condo was a 3 stories and 1400 square feet, it wasn't claustrophobic at all. The two bedrooms were actually pretty large.
I think it helps at our house that the living room and kitchen are opened to each other and that you can literally walk in a circle around our house. Everything just flows. Our master bedroom is a decent size. The bathroom is kind small because it's a rectangle but we don't get up at the same time in the morning so it's fine for one person.

There is another full bath off living room in the same hall where DD15's room is. That is the guest/girls bathroom.

The laundry room/mud room is off that hallway and also it goes through to the front door and then back into the kitchen.

DD15's room is small but she doesn't spend a lot of time in there and if she does, she is on her bed anyway. DD20's room is the half story upstairs. No bathroom but we did put in a closet. She likes it. It's her cave. LOL.

The basement only has one finished room and it's my treadmill, computer, kids go downstairs and watch that on the tv there with your friends, random stuff storage room. LOL. The rest of the basement isn't finished but we keep our chest freezer there and the cat feeding area and kitty litter area. Also MNguy strung up clothes wire so I can hang stuff up to dry down there year round which is awesome for things like jeans.

If you get more than 6 people in the house, it does start to feel small but just the 4 of us it's perfect.
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This is not our house, but it's the same floorplan.

https://www.redfin.com/WA/Kenmore/8008-NE-183rd-St-98028/home/22458813

It is the absolute perfect size. However, there are only two of us and we each have taken ownership of one of the smaller bedrooms.
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Sugaree, besides approx. 1,400 sq. ft., what are your other requirements? I like to floor plan search :)
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3 bedroom, (at least) 2 bath, 1400-1600 sqft though that's not a number set in stone yet, a fireplace, a utility room/mudroom.

I like the craftsman/bungalow style. I love stone, but if this materializes I'm sure that I'll be looking at some kind of stone veneer.
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That kitchen makes me claustrophobic. I’d swap it and the dining room - I don’t need a formal dining space...

As for the bathroom/closet issue - we are buying a house that has the master-bathroom-closet combo - BUT the toilet area is separated and has it’s own exhaust and door. I leave the house before DH is out of bed, so I get hair and makeup done in the bathroom and get dressed in the closet. It works for us. Our current house has the closet alongside the bathroom, with a toilet room at the end. My counter and sinks are currently across from the closet doors.
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Apr 12 2018, 02:31 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 02:29 PM
What does "bonus space" mean- what would the room actually be used for? Storage? Guest room?
Play room for kids? Just another space for people to hang out if they don't want to be in the living room?
Yup, I spent part of my childhood in a house where the upstairs was only a bonus room. I could have been made into a bedroom as there was also a full bathroom up there, but no closet was built. It was my mom's sewing area, our computer and our playroom. I often had my sleepovers up there.
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I like this one. I did slab foundation in my filter.
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Cute! And I'm pretty sure there's an America's Best around here.
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That is super cute, but I agree that it does seem like it would be really tight inside.

Also, when that roof needs to be replaced, it would probably cost a lot more than a regular roof with all those bits and parts coming up off of it.
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We don't have many basements here. Is it common for the basement footage to be left out of the living space footage?
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Apr 12 2018, 04:58 PM
We don't have many basements here. Is it common for the basement footage to be left out of the living space footage?
It is. Technically, any space below ground level is not considered "living space".
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I'm not sure about the living room/kitchen combo. Wold there be enough space for a living room area that isn't on top of the kitchen?
I'm not crazy about open spaces; I feel that cleaning up after dinner would interfere with people in the living room trying to watch TV or enjoy the fire.
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There should be a door from the closet to the utility room. My mom's current house has the washer and dryer in her closet. She was skeptical at first, but she loves it.
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I don’t like it at all.

Check out this one: http://www.homeplans.com/house-plans/hp/homepw78172.html?from=search
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Apr 12 2018, 04:16 PM
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I like this one. I did slab foundation in my filter.
My cousin's house is laid out like this, with the addition of a basement family room.
They have two kids and really love it.

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Apr 12 2018, 07:29 PM
I don’t like it at all.

Check out this one: http://www.homeplans.com/house-plans/hp/homepw78172.html?from=search
Oh, I like this with the screen porch and all.
I wonder if you could run water/drink from the utility room into that closet in the garage and put anot her utility sink there.
Much easier to clean tools, wash muddy hands, etc than using the hose.

Edited by artisticlicense, Apr 12 2018, 07:39 PM.
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Apr 12 2018, 05:14 PM
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We don't have many basements here. Is it common for the basement footage to be left out of the living space footage?
It is. Technically, any space below ground level is not considered "living space".
Depends on where you are.
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We don't have many basements here. Is it common for the basement footage to be left out of the living space footage?
It is. Technically, any space below ground level is not considered "living space".
Depends on where you are.
Learned something new...

Here, pretty much everything is counted in living space - but basements of any type are not common.


It boggles my mind - we can have in ground storm shelters of many sizes - my parents' is 12ft X12 ft - but no basement of corresponding size. We DO have lots of different soil types, though, so that may make a difference.
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Here in NY, basement space doesn’t count.
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We don't have many basements here. Is it common for the basement footage to be left out of the living space footage?
It is. Technically, any space below ground level is not considered "living space".
Depends on where you are.
Right. Sped was asking if it's common, which it is, but not constant.
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Basements don’t count here in Edmonton either.
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Apr 12 2018, 09:09 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 04:58 PM
We don't have many basements here. Is it common for the basement footage to be left out of the living space footage?
It is. Technically, any space below ground level is not considered "living space".
Depends on where you are.
Right. Sped was asking if it's common, which it is, but not constant.
I misread.
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Apr 12 2018, 09:06 PM
Here in NY, basement space doesn’t count.
BBL will have to confirm, but I believe basemen space counts IF there's a separate exit. The floor plan shows a door and lanai at the basement level, so there'd have to be some light toward the back.

I'm probably in the minority, but i hate the exterior. It's fussy verging on pretentious. Honestly, it reminds me of something you'd find at Disney.
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I like it ok. I would have an eat in kitchen, leave the living room and the formal dining would be a gaming/computer area. For me the bonus room would be turned into a bedroom with 3/4 bath for a kid.

We have five people (DH and I plus my Mom and our boys ages 16 & 20) living in 1100 sq ft. Add in three dogs. Right now it is 2 bed 1 bath but we're converting the backroom to 2 more bedrooms. I'd love to add a half bath in here somewhere. The worst thing is the teeny tiny kitchen. It's kind of claustrophobic some days.
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Apr 12 2018, 09:35 PM
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Apr 12 2018, 09:06 PM
Here in NY, basement space doesn’t count.
BBL will have to confirm, but I believe basemen space counts IF there's a separate exit. The floor plan shows a door and lanai at the basement level, so there'd have to be some light toward the back.

I'm probably in the minority, but i hate the exterior. It's fussy verging on pretentious. Honestly, it reminds me of something you'd find at Disney.
I recently learned that FNMA guidelines (industry standard) only count finished and above grade square footage in the gross living area. There are some places that make exceptions for raised ranches that meet other specifications.

DH and I are still trying to determine how much of our basement will be underground.
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don't like closets that are reached by the bathroom as it leaves much opportunity for mold/mildew on boots, shoes and clothing

also don't like that laundry is no where near bedrooms where the clothing would be...
haul the laundry through the house to clean... haul it back to put away when clean...

and I get that married folks might want privacy "separate" from the other bedrooms, but those of you with kids know what a bad thing that can be - kids get sick, scared, etc. and you're completely across the house...
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