House design questions!

[keestan31]

I would prefer #2

[Palmetto]

Built our home in '08-09. We have a dining room, but wouldnt consider it formal. The room could be used as a study, or a 4th bedroom if needed. Wired the room for telephone & TV jsut in case. We have a table that seats 8, and every evening around 7 the TV goes off, & we sit down to eat as a family.

Also have a large kitchen w/island. There is a large L shaped bar that kind of closes the kitchen in, but still leaves a view looking into the living room. Have 8 barstools. When family comes over, some sit at the bar, some sit at the table. Works for us!

[Dejashoot]

I like the sounds of #1 better than #2. The breakfast room would need to be large enough to seat 8 at the table and at least 4 at the bar. We frequently have more than 8 people in our family eat dinner together one night a week or more.

[Saxet Nomad]

We took our floor plan and removed the formal dining and made a smaller office out of it. Made the kitchen bigger as well as the breakfast nook, which is where we have a 4 chair table that we eat at.

[Grayson]

I am a builder and meeting with my designer Tuesday to re-draw an existing plan and draw an entirely new plan. These homes will be built as specs on half acre lots, about 2100 sqft first floor and 700 second floor. Sales price about $265,000.

1. Would you and your wife buy a house with no dining room, but extra large breakfast room?

2. Would you buy a house with a dining room but no breakfast room but an extra large kitchen with oversized island that sat 4-6 barstools?

Both would be open floorplans. Any feedback is great.

Thx

Wow, I wish I could build 2800sf brand new on a half-acre lot for $265.

[JeffJ]

My wife and I have looked at 100+ plans for 3800-4400sq foot houses in the last couple months. A couple of the trends we are seeing that have been confirmed by a good buddy who is a custom builder and his wife who is a RE agent:

1. No breakfast are and a less formal dining room tied to the kitchen.
2. Media rooms
3. Dual master closets
4. Outdoor kitchens with larger covered porches
5. Three car garages

Probably 1/3-1/2 of thes plans had only one eating area. My buddy whose average house is $1M says formal dining rooms are a thing of the past.

[Sticks&Strings]

Being a builder I see both preferences. For me a dining room is a waste. I'd rather have a large breakfast table that would seat 8, and a nice sized breakfast bar. But many people, maily wives, like the formal dining idea. I think my plan will have a room that can be a dining room or study or bedroom. Just a few tweaks could make it transform.

I think a big difference in needs is the stage of life you are in. New couple with young kids, middle aged to high school aged kids, and empty nesters.

So looks like I'll try to make a plan that would be versatile.

[LemmeOut]

Personally I would prefer option 2 as long as there was a back porch on the east side of the hosue to use as a "breakfast room" when the weather is right.

We currently have a seperate dining room from the kitchen but like somebody else said, we don't consider it formal. It is where we eat our fmaily meals wether it us just us or a big group. We push the table against one wall and it opens the whole room up for the kids' birthday party activities as well.

[HandiKap Bowhunter]

I am a builder and meeting with my designer Tuesday to re-draw an existing plan and draw an entirely new plan. These homes will be built as specs on half acre lots, about 2100 sqft first floor and 700 second floor. Sales price about $265,000.

1. Would you and your wife buy a house with no dining room, but extra large breakfast room?

I have this and dont like it. Gets crowded when we have friends and family over.

2. Would you buy a house with a dining room but no breakfast room but an extra large kitchen with oversized island that sat 4-6 barstools?

This is what I would do next time. Bigger Kitchen with a bar and sitting area.

Both would be open floorplans. Any feedback is great.

Thx

[HandiKap Bowhunter]

Being a builder I see both preferences. For me a dining room is a waste. I'd rather have a large breakfast table that would seat 8, and a nice sized breakfast bar. But many people, maily wives, like the formal dining idea. I think my plan will have a room that can be a dining room or study or bedroom. Just a few tweaks could make it transform.

I think a big difference in needs is the stage of life you are in. New couple with young kids, middle aged to high school aged kids, and empty nesters.

So looks like I'll try to make a plan that would be versatile.

Newly Weds with no kids or retired couple with no kids I could see the first one. With us and 2 kids. Then parents/grandparents, sister and BIL, friends coming out we usually end up with 10 plus people at our house atleast 1 weekend a month. I am literaly thinking about adding on to our house a lil as it is.

[Mike D]

If it were up to me on the house we plan to build, there would be no formal dining room. But since I'm getting a nice big man cave, an outdoor kitchen and a shop, Momma's gonna get her formal dining room and pool. I think most of it boils down to the difference of men & women. I would suspect that most women would want them and most men could care less.

I would make the room flexible like Bill mentioned. If the buyer wanted to make another bedroom or other functional room then make it easy to do.


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[Swampa]

I dont care for formal dining rooms.