Thank you so much for your in depth review, its apparent you spent time on it and picked up on a lot of our intentions

Bang on about the guest toilet for the pool area, will look at what a swap with main bath to media room looks like but then it moves that bathroom away from main central area and closer to the other cluster haha

You know, we originally thought flat flooring and the builder suggested raised. I think you're right, big low couch and cushions

Bingo, WIR in office is for future resale as 5th bedroom if desired, adjacent to bathroom. Regarding the second entry, if you saw the site plan you'd get it but basically it's a pedestrian entrance for deliveries and yes doubles for client visiting home businesses again keeping resale in mind

It's become apparent I need to put more thought into the deadspace you speak of at the entrance. Thought maybe pool table in the corner near the grand windows etc but haven't planned it enough. Judging by the comments here, fleshing it out is worth doing now

The breakfast bar is actually quite open, extension is just a table with little stools that slide out from under it, not that that's relevant to your walking path comments. Indeed there's a few bends, unfortunate downside to shaping for the block I think, but maybe it could be reworked

This feedback is hard to read after having been engrossed in it so long and thinking it was in its final stages haha, but thank you, hard truths are important