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House Plan on the Drawing Board - Plan #1347

Conceptual Plan- 1347

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Conceptual Design #1347 has living spaces that echo the Peyton Plan #1289, while the master and secondary bedrooms are grouped together around a laundry room for optimum traffic flow. Sun tunnels bring natural light into the laundry room and bathrooms. The cathedral great room is open to the kitchen and the single dining space with tray ceiling and plenty of rear views. A screened porch by the kitchen features a summer kitchen, fireplace, and skylights. A powder room, mud room, and walk-in pantry are grouped together and conveniently located adjacent to the garage, kitchen, and great room.

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Great idea to have a walk-through laundry room in the bedroom wing. Looks very efficient (step saving). Also, I LOVE the single dining area. I always feel like separate breakfast and formal dining areas is a waste of space. The screened porch off the kitchen with what appears to be a Summer kitchen is a very nice touch. Ample sized bedrooms and a properly sized garage make this yet another winner from DAG!

Written By: Matthew

I would also like to see the bathrooms become suites rather than have entrances from the main part of the home. A shared, Jack & Jill bath with double sinks would be another nice alternative. I would also like if the house could be squared off in the front left corner to possibly allow for another secondary bedroom to have a walk-in closet. I would prefer the screened porch off of the back of the house as well. I would also like to see the powder room to door open from the front entry rather than the mudroom. A double door entry into the master bedroom would be an added luxury. Overall, I really love this plan and hope it comes to fruition. Hoping to build in a year.

Written By: Robbin

I really like houseplan 1289 as well as this one. Here are the things I would love to see changed:

1) make 2 of the bedrooms share a jack and jill bath (with 2 sinks)
2) the laundry room is in an awkward place, and with 2 doors, there is not much place to put dirty clothes. I would love a larger laundry room!

I love that you added a mudroom area, created a walk-in pantry, and added a half bath for guests. I also love having one larger walk-in closet in the master!

I think if you could change the two things above, I might actually purchase this plan.

Thanks!

Written By: Terra

I love this plan! I like the large dining area and the placement of the utility room. Always love when the extra bedrooms have walk-in closet!

Written By: kelly

Very nice plan. Don’t see the need to have two doors into the bathrooms of the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms. Why not just keep them private? There is a 1/2 bath for the normal household guests. Perhaps the one closest to the study/4th bedroom could be accessed by both rooms.

Written By: Trish Kane

Would like to see a smaller plan of this...about 2000 sq. ft. for empty nesters (as this is what we need)...but these are things I would change or add:

*Only a Master bedroom, ONE other bedroom and a study on the main floor.

*Do not like the entry into the Master Bedroom from the living room because you have to cross the living area most of the time. I find this is the case with some of your plans that would be really great if they didn’t do that.

* Would like to see a stairway that not only goes to the basement level but also to a bonus room over the garage...could they be tied in together some how?

* Like the idea of the stairs to the basement near the kitchen as people usually take food from the kitchen downstairs...(conveniently located)...and it also cuts the expense of having to put in an expensive looking stairway.

Written By: Sandra Schlesinger

This plan is approximately 2500 Sq. Ft.

Written By: DAG

Where would I put the computers in this plan? (we have seven.) I like to be able to talk to my spouse in the kitchen while I’m working/playing on the computer.

Written By: Kim Cooper

Love this house plan! It is exactly what my family has been looking for!!! Please let me know once it is more developed? We are looking to start building in about 2-3 years. Thank you!

Lora

Written By: Lora Niazov

Could you tell me how many square feet in this design? Thanks.

Written By: Paula Godwin

The square footage on this plan hits in my sweet spot. I have looked through thousands of plans on your site and others, weighing my needs/wants against financial realities, and the 2,400-2,700 square foot range is always where I end up. I really like that you guys are continuing to release more plans with a single largish dining area, as I think this fits how more people actually live these days. Realizing that lots of plans don’t have this, I am personally unhappy with any plan that does not have the kitchen with at least one side on an outside wall for windows and light. To this end, I would make the screen porch area the kitchen and make the kitchen area the dining area. I would bump out the current dining area and make it the screen porch. This would mean the entry from the garage, mudroom, pantry and stairway locations would have to be rethought, and my thoughts are that the garage could be brought forward several feet to help with this. With these changes in mind, I think the entire right section of the plan could lose 3-5 ft. horizontally.

I would stretch the section of the house that runs from the back porch to the family room to the study by 3 ft. across. This is to make more room for furniture in the family room where all seating would have to float and also to make the study slightly larger so that it could serve as a more viable 2nd living area. I would stretch the plan vertically 2 ft. on a line that runs from the guest br closet on the left wall of the plan through the foyer, half bath, pantry, and garage. This is because I dislike homes where the main living area is completely open to the front door and would place a short wall immediately in front of the front door. I only see one linen closet in the plan, so at least one more of these would be nice.

Written By: Andrea Odom Mullin

I love this plan! With three young children, I like that all the bedrooms are together, rather than on opposite sides of the house. I also really love the kitchen/dining area. A formal dining room is wasted space for me, but this layout is fantastic! Well done!!

Written By: Melissa

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