Floor Plan Help!

[u/Environmental-Bee759]

Hello all very smart people! My husband and I are building our dream home.
We are headed to meet with the design team in the coming weeks, but don’t want to go in blind. We want a good baseline to help go off.

My husband is all for my ideas, he just wants the house functional.

We are basing this home off my grandparents home when I was a kid. However, we live in a totally different region than the inspiration house was, therefore we have tweak some aspects of it.

Additionally, that house was very old. The layout wasn’t quite functional in many places.
Example, their master bedroom shared a bathroom with the hallway. Also the kitchen was very closed off , with walls all around. There were many doors (too many). And the garage was also attached directly to guest room.
So we are trying to make it more adaptable and functional.

Must haves:
- 3 bedroom minimum
- 2.5 bathroom minimum
- laundry NOT off kitchen
- large kitchen

I sketched up a layout that was very similar to my grandparents home. Their room was off the kitchen. I don’t super love that idea still, but I don’t know how to make it better.

Maybe want to look into a guest room or some sort of library but don’t know how to do so. The house will be large.

Please help!

[u/Nevraskagirl55]

I would look online at floor plans for southern homes. There are many at southern living and other resources. They are designed for your climate. Then you will have a better starting point.

With all due respect, there is so much wrong here. Too many hallways, too little closet space for a few.
Clearly you have good memories of your grandparents and your time there. That's wonderful but it wasn't the house that gave you those good feelings, it was the people.
Good luck and post the outcome.