Background - Family of 6 building a house in northwest North Carolina on 24 acres, though the “homesite” is more like 3-4. Our land adjoins a subdivision at an empty culd e sac. We own the last lot on the culd e sac and have right of way to our property, but our driveway will have to come in from the left. The land slopes such that the house will be on a full walk out basement with a basement garage door on the right side. We will have decent mountain views from the backyard once the trees are cleared this week. The back of the house faces south/southeast, but can’t face fully south due to the way it would turn the house away from the street. Though we have plenty of space, the land starts to slope very sharply into a valley after a certain point, so given all our constraints with driveway and slope, we felt the “snout house” would work well for our needs. I purchased a Garrell Associates plan that I thought was near perfect until I started tweaking it and I ended up flipping it over and redrawing most of it, trying to keep the basic footprint. I wanted open concept, with the kitchen nice and close to the great room, which is 2 story even though I have it I dictated as “family room” on the second story. The kitchen layout is odd I know, but it’s what I have now and I really enjoy it. The original plan was 3054 sq ft and I’ve added and chipped away a little here and there and I think it comes to approx 3200 which I am comfortable with. Constructive criticism and input would be much appreciated!