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Floor Plan Feedback

8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

I'm looking to get a custom single-module manufactured home which has dimension restrictions of 16'x74' for highway transport. The floorplan is oriented north-south (street side would be north, yard side would be south) and the shape of the house would be a shed roof with the high side facing south.

It's for a family of three with occasional family guests. There is a wood stove alcove with side shelf built-ins. The bedroom nearest to the entrance is a side-opening Murphy double-bed that is a desk when put away. The second bathroom has a loft bed with a desk underneath (IKEA Stuva). The master has a pony wall night stand/head board with small built-in shelves,

I've re-configured this floor plan quite a bit and ended up with this (below) but I'm still not 100% satisfied. Particularly with the couch layout (IKEA Vallentuna - open to using something else).

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated as well as experiences from people that live/have lived in long narrow houses.


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  • 8 years ago

    We lived in a 12x60 mobile home for many years.

    Looking at your plan I would suggest that you reduce to one bathroom, especially since the full bath is not an ensuite. Your occasional guests don't mind if there is a shower in the room where they take care of business, and with only three full-time occupants two toilets is superfluous. That space can be given to more important uses. I would recommend a tub/shower combo, thinking of resale when young families will want a tub to bathe little kids.

    The entire wall with powder room, utility room, and laundry room should be condensed into one laundry closet with no toilet and maybe a utility sink.

    Rather than the Murphy bed bedroom, I would consider having a second living area with a sleeper sofa, armchair, and a desk if you need one. That will be useful for your child to have guests over.

    The woodstove is not a focal point. The furniture shouldn't revolve around it. Settle where you will put the tv and arrange the living room around that.

    You're losing too much wall space for furniture placement with sliding doors. Each of those doors requires an open pathway.

    Although lots of people love open concept homes, it's my opinion that long narrow homes quickly become bowling allies when they are open. So I would provide seperation between kitchen and living room.

    One half of the front side of the house has no windows. The one window to the right of the front door looks into a bathroom. That facade won't be pretty to say the least.

    Can the woodstove be moved? All in all I think the best arrangement puts a bedroom at each end of the house, with the guest bedroom/den/office near the child's room and the bathroom near the master bedroom. The front door would have a small entrance with a closet and lead directly into the living room with woodstove then into the kitchen. So looking at the plan from left to right I would have child's room, den, utility, kitchen with back door, living room with front door, bathroom, master bedroom. Or mirrored, depending on the lot and your preferences; I like eastern sun in my bedroom :) Hallway across the back of the house, balanced windows on the front.




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