Please answer and share any opinions. Most are choices, some are yes or no questions.
1. Floor plan: open/semi-open, or separate rooms? Separate. I like some connection (our first floor makes a circle), but I don't like feeling like the entire first floor is, essentially, the kitchen.
2. Master bedroom: upstairs or downstairs? Ours is upstairs, I'd prefer downstairs.
3. Downstairs bedroom/guest room? In the poolhouse. Mwahaha.
4. Basement: walkout or none? (regular or daylight basement not an option) Teeny dugout murder basement for storage and laundry only.
5. Formal living and/or dining room? Neither.
6. Bedrooms: hardwood or carpet? Hardwood.
7. Screened porch vs. sunroom We have a sunroom, I want both. My husband is eaten ALIVE by all bugs, so he is dying for a screened porch.
8. Interior door options: barn door or pocket? Pocket.
9. Two-story foyer and/or family room? Ew, no. I hate that. Sorry for all those I have now offended.
10. Jack and Jill bath? I would like that for the kids, but, alas, we do not have one.
11. Full bathroom downstairs? (assume no other bedroom downstairs) Weird.
12. Kitchen: island or peninsula? Island.
13. Ceiling height: 9 or 10 feet? 10+
14. Windows: double-hung or single-hung? Double preferred. That's what she said.
Please answer and share any opinions. Most are choices, some are yes or no questions.
1. Floor plan: open/semi-open, or separate rooms? Open kitchen to family room; other rooms separate
2. Master bedroom: upstairs or downstairs? Upstairs
3. Downstairs bedroom/guest room? No
4. Basement: walkout or none? (regular or daylight basement not an option) Walkout (we have a walkout, and it would be really hard to move to a house without one)
5. Formal living and/or dining room? NO
6. Bedrooms: hardwood or carpet? Hardwood
7. Screened porch vs. sunroom What's the difference? If a sunroom adds to square footage, sunroom
8. Interior door options: barn door or pocket? POCKET!
9. Two-story foyer and/or family room? No, not in Michigan winters. Keep the heat near me, please
10. Jack and Jill bath? Indifferent
11. Full bathroom downstairs? (assume no other bedroom downstairs) Not necessary
12. Kitchen: island or peninsula? Island
13. Ceiling height: 9 or 10 feet? Doesn't matter, but would like at least 9' ceilings in the basement
14. Windows: double-hung or single-hung? indifferent
Post by schitzengiggles on Jul 16, 2014 14:29:31 GMT -5
1. Floor plan: open/semi-open, or separate rooms? Open/Semi-open
2. Master bedroom: upstairs or downstairs? Upstairs
3. Downstairs bedroom/guest room? Yes
4. Basement: walkout or none? (regular or daylight basement not an option) Walkout
5. Formal living and/or dining room? Yes to both
6. Bedrooms: hardwood or carpet? Carpet
7. Screened porch vs. sunroom Hard choice for me but I will go with sunroom
8. Interior door options: barn door or pocket? Pocket
9. Two-story foyer and/or family room? Not for me. I do love the look but hate the idea of the wasted space, having the clean up there, and all the $ wasted in heating/cooling.
10. Jack and Jill bath? Doesn't matter
11. Full bathroom downstairs? (assume no other bedroom downstairs) No need for full if there is no bedroom. 1/2 would suffice.
12. Kitchen: Island
13. Ceiling height: 9 or 10 feet? 10 feet, I love high ceilings!
I appreciate the answers! I'm a definite no on two-story spaces and master downstairs. I'm indifferent at best to Jack and Jill baths too. I think I'm just bitter at the idea my kids could have their own bathroom. Lol. Everything else is up for debate.
Does anyone have and dislike their walkout basement? I really don't like all the stairs off the deck and not being able to walk directly from the first floor to the back yard. Everyone I ask seems to think it's a must have though.
I appreciate the answers! I'm a definite no on two-story spaces and master downstairs. I'm indifferent at best to Jack and Jill baths too. I think I'm just bitter at the idea my kids could have their own bathroom. Lol. Everything else is up for debate.
Does anyone have and dislike their walkout basement? I really don't like all the stairs off the deck and not being able to walk directly from the first floor the back yard. Everyone I ask seems to think it's a must have though.
I do not have a walkout basement. Our kitchen door goes out two steps down to the patio (which is at ground level, duh). I LOVE IT. I grew up with the deck one story up over the walk out basement and not only did we never use the unfinished walk out basement, but the deck was all closed in and the yard was chopped up. Whereas, I think my yard feels more expansive because it's all together on one level.
The downside is that my house is old and doesn't have an upstairs laundry area, so my washer and dryer are in my creepy murder basement with a giant paint spill on the floor that looks like dried blood (it's paint, I checked).
Please answer and share any opinions. Most are choices, some are yes or no questions.
1. Floor plan: open/semi-open, or separate rooms? Semi-open with some separation. Our house is open and I don't love it.
2. Master bedroom: upstairs or downstairs? Upstairs
3. Downstairs bedroom/guest room? Ours is upstairs (all bedrooms are upstairs), but downstairs would be ok.
4. Basement: walkout or none? (regular or daylight basement not an option) None
5. Formal living and/or dining room? Formal dining room. I don't have one right now and want one.
6. Bedrooms: hardwood or carpet? I like carpet in bedrooms. More cozy.
7. Screened porch vs. sunroom Screened porch.
8. Interior door options: barn door or pocket? Pocket
9. Two-story foyer and/or family room? No. I guess I don't see the point?
10. Jack and Jill bath? YES.
11. Full bathroom downstairs? (assume no other bedroom downstairs) I like our half bath downstairs. If there are no bedrooms, I don't see a reason to have a full bath.
12. Kitchen: island or peninsula? I like both, but island better.
Also, I'm not liking the trend of including downstairs guest rooms in new houses. This was confirmed this weekend when I got stuck in the downstairs room on the family vacation. It's weird being right in the middle of all the action, especially if you go to bed early or sleep in.
Post by fuckyourcouch on Jul 16, 2014 15:06:40 GMT -5
Please answer and share any opinions. Most are choices, some are yes or no questions.
1. Floor plan: open/semi-open, or separate rooms? semi open or open.
2. Master bedroom: upstairs or downstairs? upstairs
3. Downstairs bedroom/guest room? upstairs
4. Basement: walkout or none? (regular or daylight basement not an option) if a regular is not an option, walkout. I would rather have something than not at all.
5. Formal living and/or dining room? No. Wouldn't use it anyway.
6. Bedrooms: hardwood or carpet? carpet is nice and soft and not cold, but I have turrible allergies. We did do carpet in the house we just built.
7. Screened porch vs. sunroom Screened porch
8. Interior door options: barn door or pocket? i like both.
9. Two-story foyer and/or family room? we did both.
10. Jack and Jill bath? We did this for the 2 spare bedrooms.
11. Full bathroom downstairs? (assume no other bedroom downstairs) Powder. There is only an office downstairs. We had a full in our old house and it was kind of weird.
12. Kitchen: island or peninsula? island
13. Ceiling height: 9 or 10 feet? I don't really notice a difference between these. Ours are 10.
Also, I'm not liking the trend of including downstairs guest rooms in new houses. This was confirmed this weekend when I got stuck in the downstairs room on the family vacation. It's weird being right in the middle of all the action, especially if you go to bed early or sleep in.
This is why you want one. Guests will leave before they annoy you.
3. no downstairs bedroom, but i would want an office downstairs.
4. walkout basement as opposed to none but i don't like either choice. i don't want a house so high in the back. i like low (as in 2-3 steps) decks and patios.
5. no formal living or dining. dining area, yes.
6. hardwood everywhere.
7. screened porch
8. pocket doors.
9. neither.
10. no jack & jill. everytime i see those i think that it's a guarantee to walk in on someone.
Please answer and share any opinions. Most are choices, some are yes or no questions.
1. Floor plan: open/semi-open, or separate rooms? We just went from open to separate. I think I like the separate, it's cozier and it will be easier to heat in the winter. The "so easy to entertain" is kind of BS bc in my Experience guests just end up underfoot in the kitchen anyway.
2. Master bedroom: upstairs or downstairs? Um. This is the first house I've had with an upstairs. I don't care.
3. Downstairs bedroom/guest room? Nah it's nice to be away from noise of living areas.
4. Basement: walkout or none? (regular or daylight basement not an option) Walkout, definitely. So nice to get stuff in and out of storage.
5. Formal living and/or dining room? Formal living is unnecessary. I love formal dining rooms.
6. Bedrooms: hardwood or carpet? Carpet. Quieter and cozier.
7. Screened porch vs. sunroom Um I like screen porches that have actual windows. So you can use them longer.
8. Interior door options: barn door or pocket? Pocket. Classic detail.
9. Two-story foyer and/or family room? Family room. Useful and unpretentious.
10. Jack and Jill bath? Sure.
11. Full bathroom downstairs? (assume no other bedroom downstairs) yes we love ours.
12. Kitchen: island or peninsula? I'm digging the kitchen table again. Lots of nostalgia there and it's so kid friendly
13. Ceiling height: 9 or 10 feet? 10! For taller Christmas trees.