(Pre) Preliminary Plans DONE!

The final plan choice is done and I received Preliminary Plans from Lexar Homes. These are brand spankin’ new, so they are not on their website yet, but they will be part of the John Paul Collection soon. Lexar has two categories of plans: Signature and John Paul (special architect). It’s like Toyota vs Lexus or Honda vs Acura or Nissan vs Infinity…you get the idea. The Signature versions allow you to add things ala carte whereas the John Paul collection is pre-packaged with many upgrades. The price reflects these upgrades and you cannot make changes to the plans since they have the architect’s signature on them (Ego much?).

Ready to see the plan? It’s pretty perfect! The entire thing will be flipped:

This plan checks off so many boxes:

1. Living area towards FRONT of the house (you have no idea how hard it is to find this) to take advantage of the VIEW
2. Entry to garage on a different side of the house as the “front” door
3. Master on 1st floor
4. Nice size rooms
5. 3 Bedrooms plus bonus room (this one is Loft area, which will work)
6. 5 piece Master bath
7. Farmhouse look w/open floor plan

Some of the modifications I will add are:

1. 3rd bay on the garage for a shop/building/crafting space and extend depth by 2 ft
2. Man door on back of garage
3. Solid wall between loft and stairs (since this will be the media space, hoping that will cut down the noise between there and downstairs)
4. Stub in electrical/water/power for that little closet by the master for a future washer/dryer when I get tired of taking my laundry upstairs
5. Stub in water to garage for utility/dog wash/boot wash station
6. LP gas for range (I really love cooking with gas, don’t think I can go back to electric stove)
7. Electrical outlets under eaves for xmas lights, add outlets in garage (1 per wall is standard)
8. Panel ready for a generator
9. 5 Head ductless HVAC (waiting on quote, this is really important to me so I may have to cut somewhere else)
10. Network//speaker (low voltage) wiring – I’ll do this myself over a weekend when the electrician says “go”

Pulled all the docs needed for the building permit and will start to organize that this weekend. I found someone who will review them and let me know if they look good or if I need to make changes.