How does it relate to the site? Please post a site plan showing the property lines, house location, driveways, walkways, outbuildings, outdoor living spaces, and any other features.

The lot is in the final stages of being surveyed, so I don’t have a final plot map. We are buying it from a friend. Basically, it’s at the end of a cul-de-sac and is a pie shape that widens out quickly. We plan on doing a side entry garage. It is wooded and 10 acres.

Here is a rough idea from the auditors website. We would be buying and building on the wooded portion.

If you have 10 acres you can probably do better than a fully attached garage, for one. Consider engaging an architect, unless you don't have a preference for how your home is laid out. Not sure why that would be the case, but you never know. There are so many possibilities for you to make a unique home that a stock plan won't provide. I'm sure a lot of people buy stock plans and are happy - but we went through a fully custom design and ended up with things that were perfect for us that we'd never find in a stock plan, and didn't even consider before we started the process.

The master bath and closet don't work at all. I'd completely redo it. Hanging clothes require 2 ft and they are making it look like you can fit them on every wall, but you can't.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!!

In master bedroom is the bed going against the range wall? So no sleeping in when one spouse has to cook an early breakfast for the kids? Or if you have teens and they decide to cook a snack at 2 am!

All the bedrooms could use another window on a second wall.

Get rid of angles in dining room.

You will probably not be able to fit a very large table in the nook, since you have to leave space for the door swing and you start encroaching on kitchen space if you move the table down.

Agree with the dining room wall angles. You don't have a wall in the entry to place a chest or table with a lamp against, so re-jigger that if you'd like to have those things. You will be able to see any mess in the secondary bedroom when you're in the kitchen if the door is open. Your grill location is many steps away from your kitchen. The private terrace off your master bedroom is a nice feature.

I second the motion to engaging an [local] architect.

The best houses have windows on 2 walls of all bedrooms, This house doesn't.

The best houses have windows on at least 2 walls of all public rooms. This house doesn't.

The best houses are only 1-2 rooms deep. This house is 4-5 rooms wide and 2-4 rooms deep (enclosed porches and lanais count). This house doesn't follow that.

The best houses usually are I, U, T, H, or L shaped. This house isn't.

The best houses have simple roofs. This house has a fat roof that is also going to be quite complicated.

The best houses that are on 10 acres do not need the garage stuck on the front of the house.

The best houses don't have walk in closets only 6' wide with hanging on both sides because you need 2' minimum for hanging and 3' for aisle space in a closet. This house doesn't have it.

The best houses don't put closets on exterior walls.

The best houses have kitchens with windows IN the kitchen so there's enough light.

What we're trying to say is you can do a heck of a lot better than this bloated plan that is not well done.

Everything. That plan doesn’t fit that lot. And it’s dark.