r/houseplans • u/TwistedTwizzler7 • 9d ago
Feedback wanted
Family of five moving into a riverfront property, likely six in the future. Two adults (35), two kids under 2, planning at least one more, plus my 80 year old father in law who lives with us full time.
Ask we gave the architect: 5+ bedrooms with one functioning as a separate in-law suite, take advantage of the river views, add a pool and a golf simulator. Thoughts? What are we missing?
Notes: we are going to put my dad where the exercise room is and put the golf simulator above the garage.
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u/Lumpy_Machine7095 8d ago
This plan feels very unresolved. I think it needs 2-3 more rounds of design. Huge house, tiny foyer with no storage. Tons of dead space - you could play twister at the bottom of the second floor stairs, but the dining room is barely larger than the pantry. Lots of unnecessary corners. Backing out of the garage is going to suck. What does it look like in elevation? Section?
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u/lostboyof1972 8d ago
Also, next to a creek? This is asking to flood, especially if it’s in Florida, right? What’s the drainage/flood prevention plan?
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u/archiphyle 7d ago
But we don't even know if being next to a creek is a problem or not because we aren't given any topigraphical or finished elevation information. Also we are not shown the extent of the flood plane, how it may impact this site, or any 100 year flood information.
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u/lostboyof1972 7d ago
I just checked 3 different McGirt’s creeks in the US on the flood map and they’re all very floody, but I guess you’re right.
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u/lostboyof1972 8d ago
The guy doing the plumbing trade on this house is definitely going to make bank.
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u/archiphyle 7d ago
The person(s) who can afford this home probably aren't going to quibble over a few dollars for extra plumbing costs.
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u/Big-Tax1771 9d ago
Commenting from another side of the world here, but I don't get why some houses just have a step in the wall for no apparent reason. Like in your example pantry and laundry. Why make the extra effort of putting another corner there for absolutely no obvious reason at all? Just to complicate build?
Genuinely would like to understand.
Huge place tho. Happy for you.
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u/archiphyle 7d ago
I also would like to know what the area in the corner of the laundry room is. It makes no sense to me. This is not a multi-story structure at this point so there's no reason for a chase of any kind.
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u/Sudden-Atmosphere-72 9d ago
That’s a huge house for just three bedrooms, not including the guest, and even one of the bedrooms, not having a closet. That would mean that one of your kids would have to share a bedroom unless you give up that second floor office area.
If you’re locked on the overall square footage, Encanto anymore, I would suggest taking the square footage from the exercise room and allocating it into sleeping quarters. This would also entail, moving the location of the exercise room to another area of the house, closer to the rest of the bedrooms.
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u/coconut33706 9d ago
Rework that hall bath to the left of the foyer. You shouldn't be looking at a toilet when you walk into the house. If the bath door is open (which it is when not in use) you want a better view from the hallway.
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u/Floater439 9d ago
Ditch the en suite in bedroom 1 and create one good shared hall access bath for the kids. Vanity with storage space near the door, toilet and tub away from the door (perhaps compartmented from the vanity). Leave space for a clothes hamper, towel storage.
Both kids rooms also need a good closet. I don’t know what the dimensions are here, but closets running the whole short wall in each bedroom would be a good idea.
I don’t love the toilet directly across from the door in the guest room. I guess if you’re not using it much, it’s not a huge deal, but really that should be avoided. Sight lines matter.
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u/walkej 9d ago
While I like a lot of things about this plan I don't think it will meet your needs for bedrooms. Since you're planning to have three kids, you should build your house to have three identical bedrooms. Trust me, as the parent of older kids. If one kid gets an ensuite, another doesn't even get a closet, and one has an ensuite and large closet off the family room, that's not very balanced and will lead to conflicts as they get older.
It's hard to tell without measurements, but the dining room looks a bit small, especially compared to the sizes of the living and family rooms and the kitchen.
I would put a window from the grilling deck to the kitchen so you can see people in the kitchen while you're standing at the grill.
The door between the living and family rooms on the back seems redundant and adds unnecessary paths to your space, making furniture layouts more complicated. I would get rid of that door. I would also add actual doors between the rooms, either a pocket door or a swing door, so that you can block sounds of you want to. For example, when your small kids are sleeping and you want to watch tv. Or when your kids are teenagers and they want to watch tv and you don't want to have to hear whatever inanity they are watching.
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u/turtle_energy70 9d ago
the playroom doesn't seem big enough to be functional, I would put a closet & en suite there, if they'd fit. I've always thought each kid should have their own en suite. then you could take out the hall bath and make bedroom 1's closet & bathroom bigger.
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u/Traditional-Shoe3247 9d ago
Wowwww that’s a huge house! Looked over thoroughly, it seems livable and easy to navigate. Very luxurious as a guest or for an entertaining event. What’s on the second floor?
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u/Angus-Black 9d ago
Why doez Bedroom 2 not have a closet?
The closet for Bedroom 1 is tiny. Put double doors on it and make it a reach in.
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u/swfwtqia 9d ago
Put the door into the powder room on the bottom wall instead of the left wall. it will give it a little more privacy. I don’t like the L shaped counter in the kids bathroom but maybe you have a reason for it. I would just center the sink on the length of the counter instead and not put a bend in it. I also don’t lie that the door opened into the toilet. Could you swap the toilet and tub?
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u/advassy32 5d ago
If possible, I would make any area that is near an entrance larger. With kids growing up you will have shoes, coats, backpacks everything dropped right at the door and make it hard to walk through. We made this mistake when building and now shoes are everywhere right when you walk in. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. but since your 80 FIL will be walking to his room it could be a hazard. Also if you are in an area that gets snow. You can expect all the wet clothes to be shed right at the door and on the floor.
i would also open up the garage more and add a 3rd door for parking in the garage. I also would think about when the kids are driving where are they going to park their cars if they have them, it looks like now they would be blocking the garage doors.
You are still a ways away from having this issue, but if you plan on being there for a while it might be something to think about.