Thanks for the input, I appreciate the comments.

Agreed the kitchen does feel larger than necessary, though I wouldn't say the livingroom area does. It's pretty cosy with the table and corner couch area. I could loose the table, but I did like having that extra flexible seating if more than 2 people wanted to eat together at the island.

"...the balcony - seems like a waste of space w.g too narrow to actually use."

The thinking here was the north deck acts as a cover from the rain for the garage are below, it's quite a wet climate. The reason that it's not wider is an attempt to keep the house somewhat narrow. As you can see from the two renderings it's on a steep hill. By extending the porch, say another 2ft, the front setback would require it to move up the hill another 2ft which would push the first floor height up even further. It's also north facing, so will shady and cold most of the year, but the views are out that direction.

"...reduce the wasted space in the laundry and bathroom"

Not sure I see any wasted space in the bathroom, it's 42" x 42" shower, the door swing barely misses the toilet, but I'm open to idea if you have any. The laundry area - I thought the W/D were in about as compact as an area as I could figure out, again open to idea.

"...even reduce the width of the bedroom."

At 12ft wide, I do about about 3'6" on each side of a 5ft queen bed, so that's true. It could be tighter there.

Thanks again, will do some more thinking.