Choosing a Floor Plan

Once we decided we wanted to build with Ryan Homes, choosing a floor plan was actually one of the easier parts of the process.  There were certain aspects of the layout that we knew we wanted, and not all floor plans offered.  Ryan Homes builds for modern living, so all of the floor plans available to us to choose from had kitchens that opened to the family room, which many people look for.

Naples Reverse Floor Plan

Surprisingly, not all of the floor plans with a formal dining room had the dining room connected to the kitchen, so we made sure to choose one that had a connecting hallway.  We are also really excited about our Morning Room (or Sunroom).  It can be used as a breakfast area or as an extension of the family room.  The "study" downstairs shown above is actually a formal living room that we chose to upgrade to a study.  The upgrade closes in the study from the dining room and adds two french doors.

Naples Reverse Floor Plan

Upstairs, we have an open loft and 4 bedrooms.  We loved the size of our master bedroom and that the his/hers closets are completely separate.  The master is also big enough to have a separate seating/reading area.  There are really no "upgrade" options to the floor plan itself besides closing the living room into a study (which we did) and upgrading the master bath to have a garden soaking tub and separate shower with seat.  One thing we were able to approve not pictured above is reversing the way the door opens to both the laundry room and the "his" closet.  The house is built to have those doors open into the room, and we thought it was an inefficient use of space to have the door open into those rooms.  The laundry room door would have essentially needed to be closed or held open to do laundry.  But, we got those two doors reversed and are very happy.

The "reverse" floor plan just means our floor plan is a mirror image of the regular floor plan.  The lot dictates which side your driveway must be on due to drainage (something like that, ha)!  The furnished model in our community is NOT a reverse floor plan, so things might feel a little backwards once we first move in, because we know the model like the back of our hands.

After choosing the floor plan we had to decide the rest of the upgraded options.  More to come!