Is the study off of the stairway landing? The garage is tight if you have large vehicles. Somehow, the plan seems maze like.

what attracted you to this plan?

My first thought is that this plan has a lot of shading, so hopefully you're building in a warm climate. We get all four seasons where I live. I'd want to make sure to get some nice southern sun into the main spaces during the winter.

I like how private the entrance is to the master, but don't like the doorways on three sides to the master bedroom.

I would extend the whole left side 3-5' to make the garage deeper and give a bit more room to bedrooms 2 and 3 and their closets and bathrooms.

I like the pantry size but would prefer it to be directly accessible to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, I'd prefer one larger island (like 4x6 or so?) rather than the island/bar plus small island in middle.

There's a lot of money going into non-livable space -- porches, double-height room, stairs to access a 'bonus room' where there is no toilet. The front porch is too narrow for much more than a row of rockers and will be heavy maintenance. Do you want to shade your interiors back and front?

The actual living space feels cramped. There's a big foyer, but not enough room to turn around at the family entrance.

The side-entry garage requires a wide lot for its driveway. Is that a 'back door' with a path through the 'shop' and garage into the house?

(I'm pretty sure we've seen this plan before.)

I have seen this plan before and the exterior is pretty, but once inside, for my living tastes, a lot of modifications would have to take place, many of which have been listed above. There are probably better plans out there and any plan just about you can have the facade changed to what you like.

Prior discussion of this plan

Good catch Oaktown.

I agree with all that was said so far. It is not my preference to have to go through the kitchen to get in and out of the garage. I would reconfigure that completely. Also, the kitchen seems crammed with the small island in the middle. Is the size of the laundry going to work for you? Do you need a mud room/area?

When designing a home, the first thing that is considered is the site (the sun's path, prevailing wind direction, soil type, terrain, vegetation, water, views, vistas, existing and future neighboring structures, utilities, roadways, . . . the list goes on). Without such information many comments would be futile, much like starting to read a book from somewhere in the middle.

I find most often canned plans a waste of time. By the time you gather all the comments and evaluate them and implement them into a set of construction drawings, you would have been better off hiring an architect from the start to help design a home for you.