northwest side

north

east

southeast

from above

basement floor plan

garage/foyer

main floor

loft

Sunrise taken in December from my RV on site. Looks southeast over Skagit Bay with a couple islands and the Cascades in the distance.

List of wants and needs to an architect. Show him the site, share your budget and turn him loose. Do not show him your sketch, no need.

Are you trying to save money by ”doing as much as you reasonably can before turning it over to a professional?” The typical response of professionals here is that you’re not. You’re handcuffing the professional instead. Unless you are a trained architect yourself, of course.

It's a beautiful view from the property. Don't waste it by playing with "Legos" and trying to design something yourself. Do justice to the property and use a professional.

" I plan to take it to a professional after I do as much as I can reasonably do."

There are those that may disagree with me, but you are past 'reasonable'.

I can't get my head around what you're showing us here.

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Do you have a design background?

Let the professional do his/her job. You don't need to do it for him/her anymore than you would need to tell your surgeon how to remove your appendix.

Are you realling planning on a master bedroom BELOW the garage? Is the lower floor an Air BnB? With a project like this - that appears to have very specific needs and a great view (likely that comes with building restrictions) you need a local person of design talent.

A 20 ft. span for garage loads will need to be +/- 20" deep for whatever structure is used. Bedrooms require windows to meet code. It might help if you add exterior grades to your SketchUp model. Just draw lines on the exterior and extend lines out making triangular planes that link together. Then add windows and doors to the exterior so concept can be shown. I assume money is no object, because this would be expensive.

It's clear you've put some thought and time into this. I hope you won't feel that's wasted if you don't bring your designs to a professional - look at it as helping to narrow down your wants and needs. As mentioned, bring your list (not sketches) to a pro, and include a desire to take advantage of that gorgeous view!

It's fun to play around with sketches and think about spaces (I do it too), but if you're like me, you don't know what you don't know, and a professional can help turn your thoughts into reality. That site deserves a gorgeous, functional, and professional design!

Are you realling planning on a master bedroom BELOW the garage?

Maybe I did get my head around this -- I thought surely that wasn't the plan.

Seriously, though, a bedroom must have window egress and a closet (not just my opinion).