This is the house we are thinking of buying..advice wanted.

[FreshTressa]

It acutally has a big back yard, which is rare in new construction.

http://www.centexhomes.com/Seattle/350767_Plan.html

You can click on virtual tour to see the inside. The difference in mine is that instead of a three car garage, that back garage will be a craft type room filled with cabinets that connects to the kitchen.

In addition, the open area upstairs will be floored in for an open bonus room and we will get the fireplace in the master.

See anything weird about it I'm missing before we offer??

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Cute house! I love the FP in the master bedroom!

The first home I built was a Centex home.

 

[ashjohnson80]

My house was built by Centex, it's a really nicely built house with a lot of nice features. The pic looks gorgeous, good luck!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Sure looks nice to me, FT.

 

[rascalmom]

Looks very nice. I like that the living room & family room are divided by the stairway. Ours are adjacent & even though we have plenty of space, the noise from one room can overflow into the other. When my teens have company, I usually end up retreating to our bedroom to watch TV.

My sil lives in Gig Harbor - what part of Washington are you in?

 

[FreshTressa]

We live in Redmond right now, but this house will be in Bothell.

We would love to stay in Redmond, but just can't afford anything larger and we have outgrown our 1680sq foot house.

 

[goofyforlife]

Found a couple concerns from an architectural/functional perspective.

1. I would ask if they can do larger egress type windows on front elevation of bedroom 4.

2. no coat closet in/near front foyer

3. maybe add closets along rear of fam/rm for games/etc. storage

4.if 3 car area connects with kitchen, Does pantry go away?

5. tight stair configuration of you have larger bedroom furniture.

6. In Bedroom 4 - I would square off closet are to have walk-in or larger closet. (you can never have too much; easier to fix now)

Does look like a nice house though......

 

[grlpwrd]

Wow, I remember Bothell actually being affordable.

We have a home in Kirkland ... I think that house looks great. Expensive, but great.

GL to you!

 

[elan]

Looks nice. I love the size of the laundry room upstairs.

Have you given any thought to bumping the kitchen into the stack garage area?

 

[tw1nsmom]

I think it looks great! The only thing that would bother me is that you enter from the garage to the Butler's Pantry. I would rather have a true mud room and no Butler's pantry than have to keep the garage entryway spotless. I like to have an out of the way/generally unseen place where the kids can take off their boots and hang up their coats and book bags.

 

[bananiem]

I've had the same basic plan before. Here are my thoughts:
Are you sure you want the bathroom in the front entryway?
The stairs are great, but the movers and furniture deliverymen will hate you. Do not even attempt to move stuff yourself.
Laundry room upstairs...I've yet to find one person who is happy they did that. Between the washer over flowing and having to run up and down stairs all day (because they spend far more time downstairs during the day) they all wish they'd done it on the main floor.
I love the idea of the craft room, but not if it means I'd lose the pantry. Where will the door be?
Where are the coat closets by the front and back doors? I'd HATE the way you can see the back entry from the dining room. That's where all the backpacks and boots would be. If you go with the craft room, could you make some of it a laundry/closet/mud area and have another wall built to separate it from the craft room? KWIM?

 

[jenks0718]

Very nice house. The price tag is scary, but if you can afford it then enjoy it!

I really think the layout is very nice and I just love new construction anyway!

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Very nice house. The price tag is scary, but if you can afford it then enjoy it!

I really think the layout is very nice and I just love new construction anyway!

I had to go back and look at it! That same house would be less than $200k here in Houston!

 

[KAMLEM]

Very nice house. The price tag is scary, but if you can afford it then enjoy it!

I guess it's all what you're used to seeing. Around here, you'd never get a house that size for such a low price. Is it a manufactured home?

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I guess it's all what you're used to seeing. Around here, you'd never get a house that size for such a low price. Is it a manufactured home?

Wow! I don't mean to highjack this thread, but that just blows me away!

Most of you DISers could sell your homes and buy a HUGE house here! Just for grins, look here: http://realtorshelp.har.com/search/...8365554&class=1&leadid=6&sTYPE=0&backButton=Y

 

[Skatermom23]

Laundry room upstairs...I've yet to find one person who is happy they did that. Between the washer over flowing and having to run up and down stairs all day (because they spend far more time downstairs during the day) they all wish they'd done it on the main floor.

ME, ME, ME!!! I don't know how I survived all these years with a downstairs laundry room! The thought of carting clothing for 2 adults and 2 teens up and down the stairs is awful! My new laundry room also has a basin that the washer sits in with a drainage pipe just in case it does overflow...

 

[Lyn5]

Wow! I don't mean to highjack this thread, but that just blows me away!

Most of you DISers could sell your homes and buy a HUGE house here! Just for grins, look here: http://realtorshelp.har.com/search/...8365554&class=1&leadid=6&sTYPE=0&backButton=Y

check out what the same range will get you here:

ETA: sorry, couldn't link it. try http://www.mauiboard.com/find.mv?task=form and type in MLS#: 316690

 

[FreshTressa]

I think it looks great! The only thing that would bother me is that you enter from the garage to the Butler's Pantry. I would rather have a true mud room and no Butler's pantry than have to keep the garage entryway spotless. I like to have an out of the way/generally unseen place where the kids can take off their boots and hang up their coats and book bags.

Actually, in the model we are getting you enter from the garage into the room off of the kitchen..it is a sort of mud room...It would be a transition area from the garage to the kitchen.

That was another bonus to us about the added room.

 

[Lyn5]

I think the house looks great...have fun

 

[FreshTressa]

ROFL...that house is in the CHEAP area!!!

That house in my current neighborhood would be close to a million.


Most of the things people pointed out are there....

1) I think I'd like an upstairs washer. I spend most of my time in the office, which will be one of the upstairs bedrooms. Right now it is in my garage and I am up down up down carrying clothes. The upstairs laundry. I see what you mean if you spent more time downstairs though. Good idea about installing a drain.

2)There is a coat closet under the stairs.

3)There is still a pantry...it is in the mud room/craft room and is actually much larger.

4) Yes, you can see the back door from the entry....never thought about that, but no one uses our backyard much. I do agree it would be nicer to be more hidden.

5) You could put the kitchen into the craft room, but the kitchen is alread four times my current size...I have no idea how I'd use that much space.

6) I would like larger windows on bedroom four...they do seem small.


Keep them coming...there are always things that I don't think about!