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Preliminary Plan - First timer looking for ideas

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

Hey All, my wife and I are new to house building and we are getting underway. I wanted to start bouncing ideas off of those that have been in this spot before.

A little about us, wife, myself, a 2 yr old, and plans to have another in the future. Lot is on an outside corner in a subdivision, pie shaped, about 1/2 acre. We have a dog and plans for a fenced in back yard. We are hoping our home looks as "custom" a ranch home can look. I think I can best describe our ideas as custom craftsman exterior with modern rustic interior goals, if that makes sense...

We are just editing the plans now. Goal was to be under 2000 SqFt main level and builder said we had to sacrifice office to do it, so stairs have replaced the originally planned office. Anyways, I have attach the current plan. We have already made some edits, but wants to take the plan to you all and get some ideas. I have already suggested the vault-line switch to perpendicular and run from entry straight through to grand windows on the back side of the home. (I think this will look pretty cool but open to opinions)

Thank you all so much for listening and looking. I look forward to sharing this experience with you all.


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Comments (13)

  • 5 years ago

    Too small to make much of anything out on the plan.

  • 5 years ago

    I now realize this photo is no good, came in a PDF and I am trying to figure out a better way to get you all the file.

  • 5 years ago

    how does the house sit on the lot?

    Which direction is north?

    I have a craftsman house on a corner 9100 square foot lot.

  • 5 years ago

    Hope this photo is a little bit better. Circled our lot up there on the top. I also uploaded a PDF version of house plan for better viewing. Right now builder has house facing the street almost straight south. The back of the lot is a tree line. Other thing worth noting is lot has community mailbox on front left side, so my driveway is somewhat prohibited from that area.




  • 5 years ago

    Is there an upstairs, basement, or both?

  • 5 years ago

    Full basement, to be finished, no upstairs. I am really willing to change anything at this point. Kind of just taking what houses in the area look like and trying to put some touch on it to make it look custom, but like I said I have no clue what I am doing...

  • 5 years ago

    Look forward to your photo...can’t see the plan.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    If this is a new large subdivision, isn't there a group of builders to choose from, and they each have maybe 3 or 4 plans each to then choose? Or one builder?

    Can't zoom in much on your attachments, but your plan is very basic. It does not address the site at all, and sounds like is just plopped on with no regard to adjacent house footprints or sun facing. The massing should take advantage of the pie shape, and try to arrange functions so your outdoor living areas are not exclusively north facing.

    The "craftsman exterior" you desire will basically be like frosting on a cake, there is nothing "craftsman" in the plan layout.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    From what I can see of your plan I like most of it. I might try to get the master bedroom itself on the outer corner. so you can have more windows. Put the bath and closet to the interior. Closet especially. No need to waste exterior wall space on a closet.


    also I would omit the corner pantry

  • 5 years ago

    "Kind of just taking what houses in the area look like and trying to put some touch on it to make it look custom,"


    Can you hire an architect to design you a true custom home that will suit the property and your family as opposed to trying to play Tetris?


  • 5 years ago

    I like your floor plan. To address the missing office, have you thought of maybe pushing out your covered porch a bit? You might be able to fit a small office just inside the front door. Or hard to see which way your stairs run, but if you change direction, you might be able to fit powder room over top, and use some space for office off the kitchen with some of the powder room space?

  • 5 years ago

    I think it’s cute. Lots of good things about it. I’m assuming when you said you want it to look custom the reality is that it isn’t custom and you want to make some changes to a plan that exists to make it yours? If you were doing a proper custom home you would be able to design and plan for the lot and your needs. Is that happening here?

    Since you will have a basement why not put the office down trite?

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    Consider the concept of shifting the garage, laundry, powder, kitchen, and dining block back. My bubble diagram shows the plan flipped (moving the mailboxes) but it would not have to be. Food for thought.