A
covered porch shelters the entrance to this house, which,
in turn, may lie beyond an optional courtyard. The foyer is
deep rather than wide, but gains a sense of additional spaciousness
from the broad window opening to the dining room at one side.
To the other side runs a shallow hallway with a door to the
two‑car garage. Widening first to a hub space with hallways
to the great room on one side and the master suite on the
other, the foyer leads directly to the living room at the
rear of the house. Sliding doors access the patio (covered
optional), providing an option where the windows are shown
in the model; and a door to the side leads to the kitchen’s
breakfast nook.
A
door grants entry from the hub‑hallway on the opposite
side of the kitchen. The kitchen offers a spacious work area,
separated from the family room by a large island that holds
the sink and provides breakfast‑bar seating. A roomy
pantry–more room than closet–is just a few steps away from
the kitchen’s work area.
Common
to all models is the kitchen design that features a cooktop,
with cupboard space below it, and a microwave and oven built
separately into the wall cabinets.
The
microwave, installed above the oven, is at a convenient height
for the shorter (younger) family members and even someone
in a wheelchair. And with the microwave not hanging over the
burners (electric; gas optional), the cooking area becomes
more spacious–and better lit. The hood features a slide‑out
vent.
The
display model shows a fireplace and media niches built into
the wall facing the kitchen. This is an optional feature,
and also comes in another interesting option: to locate these
features, instead, on the wall facing the back yard and the
sliding door to the patio.
From
the family room, a long hallway leads to the secondary bedrooms
and bathroom. It first passes what Maracay has labeled a “garden
room,” or what functions as a laundry room. But it’s more
than a laundry room. This is a large room, with cupboards
and countertop extending across one long wall. The opposite
wall also features cupboards and countertop, with a break
in the middle for the washer and dryer. A door at the further
side opens to the outside.
Across
the hall a few steps farther lies the powder room, before
the hallway continues onward to a
cluster of three bedrooms and their shared two‑sink
bath. The hallway ends at the door to the
one‑car garage. (There is no door here, however, if
either the casita or second master option has been taken.)
Maracay
offers variety in this area as well. The interior bedroom
may instead be built out as a retreat–a secondary family room
away from the bustle of activity. And an outside door may
be built in this space (whether retreat or bedroom) that would
open to the front courtyard.
If
the homebuyer goes for the basement option, the house loses
bedroom number two–the bedroom adjacent to the garden room.
This space becomes the stairwell, but the “lost” bedroom may
easily be built into one end of the basement.
Other
options in the Del Mar are enclosing the dining room a bit
more to make it a den, and adding an extension to the master
bath that not only increases the closet space but allows room
for a snail shower instead of a shower stall. The extended
bathroom design also features a circular foyer into the bathroom
from the bedroom.
Maracay
offers similar variety of floor plans in the other seven models.
