It’s a bathroom. Move it up so no one gets the hiney view, but you keep the light. And do a trim panel treatment on the exterior.

honestly id use the same window just shift it up all the way. will this be in your shower? our shower window is about 5' from the floor, i love looking up at the sky but not having my *person* exposed at all. make sense?

ha, sophie and i typed the same thing-ish at the same time-ish.

Agree with Sophie and ninigret.

It’s up quite high now (about 5’). In fact I had them lower it 9” because you couldn’t see out of the window and it created a weird blank space underneath it on the exterior and looked like a prison cell window on the interior.

The shower isn’t in this area, the toilet is off to the left and linen closet is on the right. No “hiney view” since the house sits 650 ft up on a hill out in the country...lol. The view is a very nice panorama of ponds, a 100 year old barn and State Forrest.

I would go for a larger window for sure.

Another vote for moving it up.

Clerestory windows are a traditional element to light a room and keep privacy. That isn’t technically a clerestory, but it can act as one. And allow you additional storage in the interior.

Is there an elevation drawing? I wouldn't make a decision without seeing both options on elevation drawings. I would also draw it as one awning window 33x33 or 33 high x 28 wide with 4 panes for a more traditional appearance and only one window to buy.

I'll toss this into the mix: How long would it take to order said window and will it be there by the time they have to put up siding/brick? Can you delay construction if you have to wait for delivery? How long a delay can you tolerate?

If those things aren't a problem, I'd enlarge it.

IMO, horizontally proportioned windows appear strange and out of place in a large gable area. Better would be a pair of vertically proportioned windows.

As long as you are considering a horizontally proportioned window, at any height, it will appear odd to my eye...

How far off the floor is the bottom of the window?

Bigger! Do it now while you can! If it struck you as off, then you'll be wishing you got it right. That view is so gorgeous! Take advantage of as much as you can!

I'm with Carolina Kitchen & Bath - get the larger window if you can. Having seen the elevation, making it higher still wouldn't look right, and will look even odder from the interior. I'm assuming that the elevation is more recent than the 3D rendering, since you say it's already been moved higher and on the 3D rendering the window sill is just above the top of the porch roof. Better to fix it now than regret it later, when it would cost way more to change!

The window sits now at about 4 1/2 ft. I can, at this point, still order taller windows without causing a delay. I'm definitely leaning towards biting the bullet and ordering larger windows. If the tallest that can be is 33" how wide should they be?

Yes....I would go larger...you won’t regret it and you have such a gorgeous view!

How much overall width do you have there now (without changing the framing/header?) You likely want to stick to the same proportions - not size, but proportions - of the single windows you have in the lower storey if you are going to go for 2 windows instead of one, and you need to consider the space between them. Best thing is to draw it out... Same as if you think you want one taller single window - draw it on paper to see what it looks like proportionally. (Got a scanner? Put a small white piece of paper over the window on the drawing, scan the drawing and then you have a blank slate to try things out)