Agree with Bri Bosh. This is not something you can do yourself as there are so many issues that can come up.

I just need help trying to decide how it could be!

No, that's why you hired a professional, so the two of you or the three of you can sit down together and hash out ideas. It's not your job to come up with a plan and then hand it to your architect. Your architect is the professional and will work with you to create a plan that works for you.

What you need to do is sit down and create a wish list of things you want and need, and then work with a licensed architect. Make sure it's an architect and NOT a draftsman. There is a HUGE difference.

Why? If you have an architect, work with him/her and then come here and vet the plan.

I can tell you both your ideas are poorly designed because in both your ideas, the rooms will be dark. Notice the kitchen doesn't have a single window in it?

Notice how in both your versions the closet gets the prime corner spot? Normally you try to have all main rooms have windows on two walls for light. You don't achieve that by putting a closet on the corner.

In both your versions you have to go through the kitchen and pantry hall to get to the office?

in both versions you have to go through that same kitchen and pantry hall to go up a dark staircase that looks like an afterthought?

In both your versions the flow is just I'm sorry to say, poor.

Do yourself a favor in both versions and draw lines in different colors working through a regular day from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed and you'll see what I'm trying to explain.

How in the world will you get anything into the cellar? Forget about the pantry, but look at the top of the stairs. What happens when you need to replace something like the water heater or furnace? Or even a length of pipe? Forget about storing a bicycle down there.

And no architect would ever draw the door to the stairs opening like that; the hinges are on the wrong side! The door blocks the stair when you open it. But even fixing that doesn't fix the access problem to the cellar that I mentioned above.

Seriously--you don't decide how it should be. The architect does, based on broad input from you. He makes the informed decisions, based on experience and knowledge, and then you work from there. Handing him something like this doesn't help him at all.

This is the rendering the architect gave you? Drawn like that? Or is this a CAD version you did?

And are you working with their architect or with one of their draftsmen?

Also try looking for a single person and not a large firm.

Cpartist is right. Just cut your losses. I know that sometimes the feedback here can seem a bit harsh, but I believe that everyone has your best interests in mind. It's better to start over now that than to began the actual work and realize that your plan is flawed.

You working with someone who has no clue what they doing. Very poor design, it needs to be redone, so get someone who has experience or hire an architect.

A draftsman's job is just to draw out what you tell them to draw. Unfortunately, they did deliver. However they delivered what you told them to deliver. That's not what you need. You need someone who is creative and has vision to create something wonderful You need an architect. Cut your losses now and go find an architect.

As others have said,cut your losses now. That "plan" is ridiculous,not really a plan at all. Did you give them some kind of big retainer or are you just wondering what the bill for this effort should be?

In this situation,I would firmly tell her that her skills don't meet your needs,that the scope of the project is beyond her. Don't worry about hurting her flaky feelings. What do you think is a fair price for her efforts so far?

What does your contract with her say?

No contract? Then just pay her for time and trouble (long drive). Her efforts - Your Aggravation/wasted time = nominal amount.

https://www1.salary.com/CAD-Drafter-I-hourly-wages.html

looking at your plans there doesn't seem to be any windows in some of the rooms ?

No contract? Pay her an hourly fee and be done. I would think $1000-2000 would be max.

Frankly Anglo, I think 1/2 of that would be fine. Meaning $500.

Like I said, see if Architectrunnerguy (a licensed architect) would be willing to work with you remotely. You can find him in users here.

You can do a search of users: https://www.houzz.com/users/query/Architectrunnerguy

Why do the garages face front? Why is the porch so shallow that you can’t have someone sit on it and someone walk past them? How does that bedroom on the rear have an egress window now?

What do the actual floor plans look like?

Still no. Find an architect.

Look at the path you need to take to bring laundry from your bedroom to the laundry room.

Look at the fact there are 4 doors in the master bedroom.

Look at how if you both are brushing your teeth at the vanity, you'll be banging into one another.

Something very unappetizing about having laundry in with a bathroom.

Why is the powder room right off the living room with the toilet against the living room wall? Um now imagine having a conversation and someone on the toilet or then flushing said toilet. More noise than guests want to hear.

I'm assuming you're in an area that gets snow? If so, do you really want to enter immediately into the living room without some sort of foyer?

The worst place for a cooktop is on an island.

Upstairs all bedrooms have no sound insulation from one another. This is usually done by having closets between rooms to add passive noise insulation.

In the upstairs bath where are you planning to sort laundry? On the toilet?

Agree about basement having no windows.

I would change the main roof to a gable, it will give you more room and more headroom when you make finished space there.

Something like this

In order to make hip roof work with the finished attic space, the pitch has to be raised in order to gain sufficient headroom and when you do that it makes the roof look like a mushroom cap and throws everything off.

The whole thing will be so dark and depressing. And the facade is an auto shop with an afterthought of a residence tacked on.

Youre asking a lot out of a remodel that migh be much more affordable as a teardown.

I actually like the roof line on her design. It is original to the house itself, so keeps some of its character.