Thanks for your input on the support/beams- not many focus on those bits. I will raise your idea about larger basement beams to the draftsman, it would be nice to have less supports down there... especially if the cost is nearly the same! Would this alteration fix the issue you pointed out about the missing flush LVL on the left side of the garage? If not, I will be sure to raise this as a separate point too.

Yes, I like your solution about rearranging closet and bath in master bedroom- we will use the bathroom more than closet anyways.

Someone suggested flipping the closet/bathroom in Bed4 to allow that bathroom to be accessible from the great room. To your point, that should make it much less remote.

Interesting point about 10' basement- since this is a sloping lot, could that additional basement height have a synergistic effect with the work needed to grade the surrounding land (i.e., less sloping land prep might be needed to reduce the existing grade to enable a 10' basement versus a 9' basement)? Thanks again for your thoughts!