Housing opinion question

Guard Dad said:
I would move it into the space where the small bathroom is so it would be accessible from the hall, and push the bathroom to the outside wall.
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cptlo said:
Just had an idea....I could swap the laundry room (make is smaller since it would open into the hall) and the 2nd bathroom. Only negative is you'd have to through the 2nd bedroom to get to the bathroom.
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Get out of my head!!! :coffeespit:
 
cptlo said:
Just had an idea....I could swap the laundry room (make is smaller since it would open into the hall) and the 2nd bathroom. Only negative is you'd have to through the 2nd bedroom to get to the bathroom.
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Yeah, that could be a problem for guests.
 
Guard Dad said:
So basically a 2 bedroom?

I would go ahead and make it 3 bedroom. If nothing else, for resale, but you never no what might come into your life. You might get a harem.

Also, I personally would not have a house without a basement. For me it's a necessity, but probably won't be for everyone.
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I would add another master, duel masters sell well. To have at least 3 potential bedrooms (an office space, 2 bedrooms,) 2 1/2 bath is often the minimum people are looking for for re-sale... I know this is your forever retirement... what if you needed someone to take care of you if you had a health emergency

There is not much storage space and the cars are living larger than the human.

Don't get me wrong, I always wanted a 3 car garage. Keep the garage 3 car. Our shop was in the basement, but we had to store the ride on lawn mowers under a tarp... three car garage would have solved a lot of problems. When you have land there is a lot of extra out door stuff needed.
 
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Boom....2 master suites, an additional half bath, laundry moved to small room in garage (not entirely sure I like that....haven't decided yet), and additional storage in garage.

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Pilings are for beach houses in our neck of the woods. No basements.....just put the living areas on the 2nd floor.
 
Our home has seven bedrooms.

It just so happens that one of the bedrooms has a kitchen sink and a dishwasher.

Another bedroom has a car parked inside of it and it's door is huge and opens with a remote.

.... and the 7th bedroom is only about four feet x four feet and has a lot of winter coats and rain jackets taking up most of it's space.
 
I'm spending way too much time on minute details of this plan that probably will get shredded by an architect anyway. However, it is kinda fun to mess around with.

Updated version: Moving the door to the master made it possible to eliminate most of the wasted hall space so I could move the laundry back. Makes for a larger master closet too.

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Which way will your roof trusses run, Along the 40 foot wall or the 65? You'll have a problem with main support either way.
 
Paxilpapa said:
Which way will your roof trusses run, Along the 40 foot wall or the 65? You'll have a problem with main support either way.
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The 40 foot wall. When I started drawing it out, I was basing it on a barndominium floorplan so none of the interior walls are load-bearing. Not sure if I'll go that route or not yet so the plan may have to change.

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Another opinion question.....would a two building solution be better and/or cheaper? Something like the plan below (assume patio is covered). Overall square feet is less so concrete cost would presumably be less. Garage could be a cheaper building (no insulation maybe, not as tall, etc.). One advantage is when Biden Harris makes it so we can only buy electric cars, my shiny new Tesla will only burn down the garage when it catches on fire. :D

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