The primary advantages of this type of layout is that of its relative privacy and sound-deadening benefits that such a physical room arrangement can provide. The downside to this floorplan layout can be that it is sometimes a little more difficult to implement in home design, especially on narrow lots, since certain floorplan spaces and features only lend themselves to positioning in a relatively small number of locations in home.

For example, a foyer is normally located off front of house…the great room is usually (though not always) positioned in rear center of house to provide views of property….the additional bedrooms are usually located in close-

The combination of all these type items increase complexity of developing a solid split-floorplan house plan design that meet all of livability features of today’s home buyer. Regardless of these type items, split-floorplan layout continues to enjoy exceeding popularity with today’s group of stock homeplan purchasers.

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Generally speaking, a “flex-space” is exactly as its name implies. A flexible-space which can be used for a purpose most needed by individual / family living in house at current time. The room’s function might change over time, due to family’s current needs, but typical uses include an children’s playroom, home study, extra storage, and/or an extra bathroom.

Conversely, a “bonus room” is usually created (by designer’s intent) due to an inherent feature of particular design style. For example, a house with a traditional style might utilize a relatively high-pitched gable over garage area of home. The “unused” space created by gable and relative location of “bonus space” in overall floorplan, can create a usable space that, if appropriately accessible via stairs in floorplan layout, can create a extremely useful livable space, which would ordinarily have been included as part of attic.

This type of space represents a extremely good value in a price per square foot regard, as its relatively inexpensive to additionally build since core structure of space has already been built (the floor via roof of garage, and ceiling via vaulted interior roof of house).

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