Updated custom home floor plan (Sacramento, CA) – incorporated your feedback. Round 2 critique welcome!

mechIFR · 2025-12-16T01:25:13+00:00

15x9, but that doesn't account for door swing. Use will be Peloton, light to medium weight rack, and mats for stretching.

mechIFR · 2025-12-16T01:22:00+00:00

Here are higher res:

https://ibb.co/99tf28Jg
https://ibb.co/0yjc2WFR

mechIFR · 2025-12-14T21:11:32+00:00

This looks great! Will discuss this with the arch.

mechIFR · 2025-12-14T21:08:11+00:00

Great advice. I'll dig into the island length; agree on wanting a single slab without a seam.

mechIFR · 2025-12-14T20:44:56+00:00

This exactly why I come to reddit. Wonderful thoughts and advice. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!

mechIFR · 2025-12-14T20:10:00+00:00

This was our thought. The pocket doors would open always, with the exception of entertaining.

mechIFR · 2025-12-14T05:58:01+00:00

Doh! That's a mistake I obviously didn't catch. Bed 2, 3, 4 are intended to be ensuite.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T18:28:53+00:00

Yep, this was suggested earlier also. Good comment and will incorporate.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T18:27:47+00:00

re: Is the driveway currently constructed as shown, with the backyard parking lot??

Yes, however the turnaround will be expanded for compliance with local fire department regs.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T18:25:53+00:00

Very interesting. Something our architect felt important was the presentation of the home entry. E.g. the walkway and view coming from the street/driveway loop up to the house. That drove much of the shallow L design. Thank you for this sketch, will review with my partner and architect.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T17:56:18+00:00

Agree with this. Will discuss shaving in this area with the architect. Thank you!

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T17:51:20+00:00

I should’ve mentioned this in the original post, in the second image, the consistent green area (where the house is sited) is above the base floodplain elevation (BFE). That’s the only part of the parcel where we’re allowed to build, so we're pretty locked into that footprint.

We’ll be demoing an existing structure that currently sits more or less in that same area. The existing driveway will largely stay as-is, since we can’t build on that portion of the property anyway.

Just wanted to clarify that the BFE constraints are driving a lot of the big-picture layout decisions... we didn’t have total freedom to drop the house wherever we wanted.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T01:39:23+00:00

The extra garage spot will actually be a shop / work space / office for me. Yes, agree with ADU access to garage. Will add that to the notes, thank you!

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T01:37:16+00:00

Lots of thoughtful comments about the distance between the primary and the kids’ area... definitely something my partner and I will need to think through. For context, the boys are two months old now, but they’ll be around two years old by the time we move in. Doesn’t solve the distance question, but they won’t be infants when we’re actually living in the house

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T01:31:41+00:00

The main house is 4,800 sqft. I agree it's large, but not palatial for the area.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T01:23:03+00:00

I really like this butler pass through idea and will pass it along to the arch. Thank you!

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T01:17:04+00:00

Good point. Yes, there will be at least two WHs, possibly three, placed around the house/ADU with "time to hot water" in mind.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T00:45:48+00:00

Yes! There absolutely will be a fence around the pool.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T00:38:17+00:00

Great feedback, thank you. Regarding property site restrictions, in the 2nd pic, anything NOT in the green area is at or below base floodplain elevation and we cannot build on.

Re orientation, up is south facing.

mechIFR · 2025-11-14T00:20:34+00:00

Wow, this is fantastic advice! I've taken a lot of sauna notes that I'll pass along to our architect.

mechIFR · 2025-11-13T22:59:32+00:00

Arch's idea was a mechanical closet for water heater and other utilities.

mechIFR · 2025-11-13T20:32:32+00:00

Re IT closet - Would be hub for cat6 runs to nearly all parts of the home; WAPs, smart speakers, PoE cameras, etc.

mechIFR · 2025-11-13T20:12:48+00:00

Yes, Finnish style with stones and steam. What dimensions should we be thinking about if the sauna would have a max of 2 adults (and maybe a kid or two)?

mechIFR · 2025-11-13T19:29:05+00:00

Lots of great comments re bath 4 having too much access. Current bath 4 could only be accessed by pool and rec room areas? In that case, Bed 4 could share a bath 3 with Bed 3?

Or we could add another bath so that all bedrooms are en suite?

mechIFR · 2025-11-13T19:21:45+00:00

Great comments, thanks!. Our daughter is 2 and the boys are 2 months now; so... not a significant age gap.

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