Your way certainly insulates the primary bedroom from any noise in the rest of the house. The bath looks cramped, though. Can you make it one foot wider? It looks like you have it drawn as 5'. How many people live in this house? Maybe the noise isolation would be a real plus. My primary bedroom opens from the kitchen eating area like the architect's version you show. It's a little odd, but we are empty nesters and it doesn't bother us. Having a first floor bedroom when you're over the hill is such a plus. This is a coveted floorplan in my development.

I prefer Option A. Do you really want to wander through a closet and an office then through dining to get your morning coffee? The architect has given you a vestibule so it's not a straight view into bedroom and a good sold door will dampen noise.

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IMO use an invisible door in the DR that is the simple and best .I guess my question is how often is the privacy issue going to be an issue and for sure that red plan is just awkward You could do a whole wall of really interesting finnis like slats on the dr wall and incoporate the invisible door perfectly without even a door knob to show

Your version isn't good. Having to walk through an office and a closet to get to the master bedroom is not a good design.

Option A is very common here in FL, where many homes have a first floor master.

Agree with what’s been said - A has nicer flow, I would not want to get dressed in what’s basically a hallway

Thank you all for your feedback. I'll add that it's just my wife and I that would access this space. I saw value in not having the office inside of the bedroom in case I'm in bed and she is working.

Can you add a high quality pocket door to the office in plan A? If you sleep in the evenings and your wife is working, is it loud or mainly light disruption? thinking she is not on Zoom calls then but perhaps I am wrong?

All, thank you for your feedback. It appears option A is the favorite, though I still don't see why the other option is that bad. It also moves the pantry in line with the fridge instead of the opposite side of the room. Regardless, thank you all. Very helpful feedback.

Option B is very strange, and I would guess any jurisdiction would not even allow an egress through 2 accessory spaces. It should be disregarded.

Option K(arenseb) is headed in the right direction and much improved over Option A.

Though, not sure if the general concept of Option A has exhausted all opportunities. Like whether the roof with this appendage massing may be a bit strange. Or whether you can stretch the plumbing into the addition. Whether you can capitulate on some of the driveway to improve the massing/roof/adjacencies.

Here's another vote for Option K.

Thank you. Does anyone think it's odd to enter the bedroom through the dining area?

It depends on layout. If there is a shared circulation route around the Dining, then a bedroom entrance off of that can be acceptable. Moreso if there is a "hallway" as Option K moved toward.

Not enough info or context here, but I would be doing a bunch more schemes and revisiting programming requirements, because the proposed addition doesn't appear very successful. The Master Bedroom is disproportionately larger than it should be compared to the existing 2BR house, and the Master Bath is inefficient and wastes space. Using brick on the addition, even whether moving the Kitchen has any advantages. Whether introducing a backhouse entry would be beneficial. It's easy to do on paper.

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Hi, thank you for the comment 3 on the tree. Correct, not enough info is shared. This is a 4 bedroom house, with 2 bedrooms on the second floor. A total of 2000 sf. Basement below. Attached is a perspective of the addition.

If you're still unsure, one middle-ground option might be to add a pocketdoor between the office and closet for flexibility, or design the office with dual-use furniture (like a Murphy bed or fold-down desk) to make the walkthrough less obvious.

The roofs aren't optimal. The plan shows the covered patio right next to the Master addition, so two gable roofs parallel (the rendering shows the the gable roofs separated).

I would think about removing the appendage next to driveway, and moving the Office upstairs with a new dormer bumpout in line with existing. The cost should be about a wash. Then, a simple shed roof over the Master addition and covered patio. All improvements in siding, I can't imagine the dormer has brick only on front.