A neighbor, Matt Dudek, stopped by Wheeler House earlier today. He was thinking that he would want access to a bathroom from the common space and that it was OK to access BR3/Study to get to washer/dryer. On left is Dudek Plan. On right is KG Plan. Erin has already voted in favor of Dudek Plan. Votes and comments are needed at this time. Thanks for help.
NEW: Tim Hock said, "Neither, or both actually. If I were going to live here, I would want the hall bath per the new plan, but keep the Jack and Jill 2 door set up, per the first plan. Yes, this means you have a bathroom with 3 doors, so the jack & jill baths need to have the door swing changed so they swing into the bedrooms, not the bathroom, (i'd do that anyway) and then I would move the washer and dryer, and stack them somewhere else. Where you may wonder. Well, I'm not sure... Does the front bedroom even have a closet on the first plan?? Can you stick them in the attic skuttle on the bedroom/study, sacrificing half that closet or something? I'm not sure, maybe put them in the hall bath? along with the 3 doors? That sounds like a cluster f*&$, but it might work. I don't know, I can't tell from a plan, I can only tell from being in the house. Just move the w/d, and give me a bathroom with 3 doors."
Based on Tim's wonderful input, please see new plan showing all three layouts. Looking forward to comments. Thanks in advance.
I vote for the Dudek plan.
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ReplyDeleteI also vote for the Dudek plan. I think it's a bit weird to have the washer and dryer so prominent in that middle bedroom. Could you turn one of the smaller closets so that one faces into the dining area, make it slightly larger and put a stackable in unit like the Petty home? Just an idea. If that's not possible, I still think this version is better.
ReplyDelete3 doors seems excessive for a small bathroom and modest house. I don't think everyone needs emergency access to the w/c. Why not compromise with two doors? This would give at lease one bedroom the feeling of bathroom privacy and waste less space. That's my 2 cents.
ReplyDeleteSorry Ken. I know you love your Jack and Jill bathroom but I think the Dudek plan is the best. The plan with three doors for the bathroom seems a little silly and you loose all that closet space for the middle bedroom. If it helps your ego you can just call it the Gasch plan Ver. 2.0. Don't give Matt any credit. What do those planners know anyway?
ReplyDeleteWould it maybe make sense to have a stackable W/D in the space that is designated as the small closet behind the door for the master suite? If you did that I would have that door face the dining area at the end of the long hallway run. That way you gain that closet space back in the middle bedroom. But I guess you sacrifice closet in the master suite.
Just a thought. If you ask for too many opinions you'll just end up with a camel, which, as we know, is just a horse designed by a committee.
Camel's are awesome. And so are committees. A horse could never survive where a camel can.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah Ken. I don't need any credit. It's good enough that you know I came up with the solution.