Inching Forward...I think

Jerry, one of the builders we're considering going with (if we end up building) took us to see another house over the weekend. It was cool. I liked a lot of it, though there were some parts we'd definitely do differently. The couple who lives there don't have kids (like us) so a lot of it was more oriented to their lifestyle, which means it fit ours fairly well too. It was built on a really cool piece of land, which sloped down to make way for a walk out basement, but also sloped left to right, which allowed them to have the exit off the screened porch at ground level. Very cool. Nice great room. I still think we want more separation than this, but their does flow well and is very inviting. I think I want to use their staircase idea (assuming ours only goes down, not both ways as on the original drawings). I like the jog in the hallway to get around it. It's the little things sometimes.