Blog
January 2025
Top 5 design features in The Jackson floor plan
Open Floor Plan
The Jackson single-family home floor plan features a large, open living space for all family gatherings including cooking, dining, and entertainment. As the central section of the home, it separates the en suite from the other bedrooms and bathrooms, which adds to en suite privacy. The vaulted ceiling trimmed with optional tongue and groove really adds to the experience.
Flex Room
On of the main features of The Jackson floor plan is the flex room. Located at the front of the house, and just off the 2-car garage, the room can easily convert to a working pantry. Configuring the floor plan this way allows for home owners to access the working pantry directly from the garage, where they can easily place groceries and drop off any other items before entering the main living space, which reduces clutter.
The flex room can also be easily converted into an additional bedroom, which would make the floor plan a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home. Or, the flex room can be utilized as a home office. This is a huge advantage as more and more people work from home.
Storage
At every opportunity, we've included and purposefully designed additional storage and cabinets throughout The Jackson floor plan. In one of the secondary bedrooms, we've built in a desk and storage area. In the main living room, we have built in storage cabinets surrounding the entertainment zone. In the kitchen, we've included stacked cabinets for layers of storage. If you decide on the optional working pantry, the entire space is filled with cabinets and storage areas. And in the utility room, cabinets above the washer and dryer are included.
ADA Considerations
The ADA, or Americans with Disabilities Act, became law in 1990. It sets standards for the construction of accessible public facilities. We have intentionally designed features that accommodate people with disabilities or those confined to wheelchairs. Practically speaking, it means we thought about and considered how someone in a wheelchair would enter the home, and made sure we provided wide enough doors and easy access to things they need. We also have included zero entry showers and blocking specified in key locations for future ADA grab bars. We have also included ramps on the front and rear elevations to make egress in and out of the home easier.
Flow, Clutter, & Privacy
In every aspect, we've taken a human-centered design approach. Meaning, we're thinking about how people use the floor plan and how spaces flow from one to the next. One of our primary features is the owner entry. Essentially, owners can pull into the garage, drop their stuff in the utility room, and proceed directly to the en-suite via a connected walk-in closet. This connectedness allows owners to come inside the home and decompress or clean up prior to entering the main living space.
Between this feature and the optional working pantry, we believe clutter can be kept to a minimum by having these "unloading" zones as the catch-all spaces. Additionally, we've separated the bedrooms from the en-suite and do not have any bedrooms that share walls so privacy and sound dampening is maintained.
