Dual Courtyard
First Floor
Second Floor
Comments:
Square Footage:
Total (w/o Garage & Workspace): ~3800 ft.2
Garage + Workspace/Storage: ~685 ft.2
First floor (w/o Garage & Workspace): ~1800 ft.2
Second floor: ~2000 ft.2
Large foot-print not appropriate for small lots.
Japanese styled front garden and master suite.
Back courtyard could continue Japanese style or could do something a bit more Spanish/European/Mexican.
Downstairs:
Separate entertainment room usable as a guest bedroom, nursery, or toy/play room if desired.
Small vanity for guests.
Comfortable laundry room.
Sizeable kitchen with center-island workspace, bar with comfortable seating for four, a moderate pantry and cupboards, sink with a view and a sink within reaching distance of bar-diners, preferably with a filtered water tap.
Built-in wine rack under the stairs.
Space for a sizeable dining table with a window view or built-in-hutches if desired. Useable as a family/guest gaming table when not formally entertaining. Could also function as a gaming room with enough room for a small pool table or ping-pong.
Inner tea-house adjacent to dining room with entrance to an out-door tea house. Outer tea house has one leg immersed in a small pond of water.
Raised dais conversation/reading area with a wall of windows, which can be removable/hinged if so desired, potentially with screen replacements.
Bench and coat-closet easily accessible from both main and garage entrances.
Two small bridges on entrance walk-way over small stream. One bridge has the main doorway entrance at the end.
A front privacy wall/fence with additional tall screening from bamboo along the wall.
Hanging wisteria (or other hanging vine/flower) entrance under tall and strong trellis.
Sizeable storage or work area in the garage, which could have a 'privacy' wall to screen the view from the garage if desired.
2.5 car garage.
Upstairs:
Master suite has sizeable bathroom with space for a small whirl-pool tub, comfortable for two walk-in shower, private toilet, and separate vanities. Two equal-sized walk-in-closets and a coffee bar with a window (could be frosted).
Two spacious bedrooms with separate WIC and sinks, shared toilet and shower (suggest square shower to maximize space over diamond).
Plenty of office/library space open to the living room below and open to the roof above with thru window panels in the wall leading to the roof to avoid over-exposure of books and computers to the sun.
Upstairs balcony with stairs to courtyard below. If desired, balcony could have columns visible from lower floor to emphasize Spanish courtyard style and/or small roof with upper-floor columns.