Good advise. Need a lake lot, I have one for sale..

Hire an architect.

Have lake property just want to create a plan similar to the one I saw here.

Question -if you see ideas on Houzz is it hard to make contact with the person who did the designs? I really like several of the ideas and would like to change my house plan to what I have found. I have a designer or architect. Just want to tweet the design. I have an acre on Kerr Lake,Va Thanks

If you find photos you like on Houzz the easiest thing to do is use the green Save button to save it to an idea book. You can then share your idea book with your architect. I have idea books for various rooms and it is easy to share online with a pro you are working with or you can pull it up on your iPad if having a face to face meeting. If you click on an individual Houzz photo and scroll down there is also another green box to Ask a Question and frequently it will get answered.