Would you like a single story home with basement, or a 2 story home with basement?

This looks like it has most of the things on your list...The only things wrong are it has a dining room that looks into the great room and there's not an official mud room but that could easily be made into a mud room.

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/house-plan-70506MK.asp

Hire an architect to get exactly what you want.

Thanks lisa-yes a ranch is preferable. I like your plan--never seen an office off the master like that, might make a nice sitting area. Definitely don't want the formal dining area, would prefer an informal nook off the kitchen, but maybe I can have a few plans I like and ask the builder to mix them together.

"Hire an architect to get exactly what you want."

What a novel idea. Send the money to cpartist.

Try Garrell Associates the Amicalola Cottage. It sounds like it will closely meet your needs. Such as, one main living area with a screened porch, large deck, view of the woods from the front door and the entire main floor, master in the back, side entry garage (some variations have a three car garage, mud room, large laundry room,etc.

You may want to check out the entire series, Nantahala, Tranquility, etc. has many variations of number of bedrooms, size, etc.

http://www.garrellassociates.com/floorplans/amicalola-cottage-house-plan-0

We built a version of this model, the Achasta Cottage and had an architect modify it slightly to meet our needs.

Most of the plan shops have an "advanced search" function that lets you plug in your requirements. Here's an example:

http://www.eplans.com/house-plans/epl/catalogsearch/advanced/

^^^ That's a funky plan! And looks easy to move the garage to the right and backwards (in line with master bath / closet) and keep side entry!

Here's the plan with the garage moved over. (no clue what the elevations look like now).

Here's a plan that has most of your wish list. Hope this helps :)

That last plan looks like it would cost over $400,000.

Cost would depend so greatly on location and finishes that I would not venture a guess on the subject.