Vintage Point

[Caspin]

I would say I am mediocre when it comes to floor plans. I think the first thing to establish is where you are going to place the stairs, since that will then dictate where the internal walls and doors can be.

I would be tempted to put the kitchen toward the back of the ground floor, allowing the possibility of a back door or french door out into the garden area or at least a nice view from the sink via a window. That would then leave the larger space towards the front of the house as living space.

The stairs could possibly run up the wall either on the left hand side or against the wall with the garage. Or you could use spiral stairs to take up less floor space (I think everyone should have spiral stairs now, as I heard that some where added with the latest patch - although I haven't patched yet so can't confirm that).

Upstairs I'd probably make the small area at the back into a bathroom, since bathrooms don't need to be too large. Depending how it goes with the stairs, it looks like you could either have two smallish bedrooms, or one big bedroom plus a study, or a standard double room with something like a nursery.