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This 5,922-square-foot contemporary Florida-style house puts two bedrooms downstairs and four upstairs, with large shared rooms on both levels. The outdoor space stands out: covered dining and sitting areas below, then balconies and a sun deck above. For a six-bedroom house, there are unusually good options for gathering with others or finding somewhere quieter.
Specifications:
- 5,922 Heated S.F.
- 6 Beds
- 7.5 Baths
- 2 Stories
- 3 Cars
The Floor Plans:
Entry and Foyer
The entry sits beside the driveway, beneath the house’s flat rooflines. White stucco, wood panels, stone columns and black-framed windows give the front some variety without a lot of decoration. You arrive at the side of the main living space rather than walking straight into the middle of a furniture arrangement.
Inside, the foyer runs along the edge of the great room and dining room. That provides useful separation, even though these spaces are open to one another. Someone answering the front door can greet visitors without crossing between the television and the sofa or interrupting a meal at the dining table.
I like an entry that gives you a choice of directions, and this one does. The study is close by, the living rooms open to your left, and the stairs sit farther along the foyer. Guests can find the main gathering space without passing through a bedroom hallway.
There is storage near the stair area for things that otherwise collect near the front door. The everyday arrival route from the garage is different and passes through the laundry room. The study and powder room sit just off this front stretch, separate from that everyday route into the house.
Study and Powder Room
At about 13 by 13 feet, the study is a full room rather than a desk tucked into a passage. It sits beside the entry, away from the kitchen work area. That location suits someone who takes calls, receives an occasional visitor or wants a room that can close off from household activity.
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The furnished arrangement uses a desk with two chairs opposite it. There is enough width for that face-to-face setup without making the room feel like a miniature conference room. A desk against a wall would leave more room for bookshelves or a comfortable reading chair.
I would choose this room for work before borrowing an upstairs bedroom. You can reach it quickly from the front door, and work stays out of the sleeping rooms. The trade-off is its position beside the foyer, where arrivals and departures will be more noticeable than in the upstairs bedrooms.
The nearby powder room has a toilet and one sink, with access from the hall rather than through the study or a bedroom. That keeps casual visitors out of the private bathrooms. From these smaller rooms at the front, you turn into the much larger great room.
Great Room
The great room measures about 23 by 21 feet and occupies the center of the downstairs living area. It opens toward the dining room on one side and the covered lanai on the other. You can see where people are gathering without having every activity happen in one undivided rectangle.
A sofa grouping fits within the room while walking routes stay along its edges. That matters in a house with six bedrooms, because there may be several people moving between the kitchen, bedrooms and outdoors at once. The main route does not need to run directly through the conversation area.
I like that the great room is broad without swallowing the dining room. Each space has enough shape to suit its own furniture, so it is clear where one room ends and another begins. You can watch television here while someone sets the table nearby, though those activities will still share sound.
The rear glass connects the room to the poolside seating areas and brings daylight deep into the downstairs living space. This is the main gathering room, but the upstairs loft gives a second group a sizeable place to settle. The dining room sits beside this downstairs gathering space.
Dining Room
The dining room is about 20 by 13 feet, positioned between the great room and kitchen. Its long shape works with a rectangular table, and the furnished arrangement shows seating for eight. There is room to host a full meal here, rather than squeezing a table into a breakfast corner.
Food has a short trip from the kitchen, while guests coming from the great room do not have to walk around the cooking side. That placement is useful for holiday meals. You can carry serving dishes to the table without threading through the main seating group.
The room also sits beside the route to outdoor dining, so the household can spread across two tables when needed. Those tables serve different purposes rather than competing for the same corner. One gives you an indoor meal away from the weather, and the other keeps lunch close to the pool.
A table with some visual weight would suit the proportions better than a tiny round set. Lighting centered over the table would help mark the dining area within the open room, especially after dark. Beyond it, the kitchen has enough room for an unusual two-island arrangement.
Kitchen
The kitchen measures about 25 by 16 feet, with the range along the outside wall and two islands in front of it. One island holds the sink, while the other has seating along its dining-room side. That separates the place where you wash and prepare food from the place where people sit.
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Two islands are not automatically better than one. Here, they give kitchen visitors a clear stopping point before they reach the working side. I like that separation in a house this size, where a few people asking for drinks can otherwise get in the way of dinner preparation.
The sink island provides a central preparation surface, with the range only a short turn away. The second island can hold breakfast, homework or dishes waiting to go to the table. Someone can sit there and talk without occupying the counter where another person is handling food.
Cabinet materials, island finishes and lighting deserve attention because there is so much cabinetry in view. A durable work surface belongs on the preparation island; the seating island can do more to set the room’s style. Beside the kitchen, the pantry and laundry room keep less public household tasks out of the main rooms.
Pantry and Laundry Room
The pantry is enclosed beside the kitchen, close to the route from the garage. Groceries can come in through the service side of the house without crossing the dining room first. That matters more in daily use than having a pantry door positioned where visitors will notice it.
Shelving wraps around the pantry’s interior, with room for packaged food and serving supplies beyond the main kitchen cabinets. The enclosed storage also helps keep bulky items out of sight. I would rather have this storage than another stretch of display shelving in an already large kitchen.
The laundry room sits directly below the pantry along the same service route. It has space for the washer and dryer, a sink and counter, with a separate storage area alongside it. Laundry and groceries arrive in the same part of the house, but they do not have to share one room.
This is the only laundry room in the house, and it is downstairs. That works well for the primary bedroom and pool towels, while the four upstairs bedrooms have a longer trip with baskets. The garage connects to these rooms, so unloading and household chores happen on the same side of the house.
Garage and Storage
The three-car garage measures about 41 by 21 feet. Its width gives the house a large parking and storage area, but the front-to-back depth is worth noticing too. A garage can sound enormous and still need careful space choices when long vehicles, bicycles and cabinets all move in.
The interior connection brings you toward the pantry and laundry room rather than into the great room. That keeps shopping bags, wet shoes and laundry baskets on a sensible route. You can unload the car without turning the main entertaining rooms into a temporary spot to set everything down.
There is separate storage near the laundry room and another storage space beside the downstairs stair area. Some belongings can stay close to household chores, while others belong near the main walking route. Neither requires taking over one of the six bedrooms with shelves and boxes.
Garage outlets, lighting and any future vehicle-charging wiring are sensible construction choices here. Builders can arrange those around the likely parking positions before the walls are finished, rather than leaving cords to cross usable space later. The outdoor kitchen provides another place to handle food beyond these service rooms.
Outdoor Dining, Outdoor Kitchen and Pool Bathroom
The outdoor dining area is about 22 by 19 feet, beside the indoor kitchen and facing the pool. There is room for a table without squeezing it into a narrow strip against a door. You can serve a meal outside while keeping the indoor kitchen within a short walk.
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The outdoor kitchen runs along the outer edge of this covered area. It includes a sink and counter space, so drinks and some food preparation can stay outdoors. Its position also leaves the middle of the dining area open rather than splitting the table from the poolside activity.
I like the pool bathroom even more than the extra cooking space. It sits at the end of the outdoor area and includes a sink, toilet and shower. Swimmers have a nearby bathroom without walking through the kitchen, and an outdoor gathering does not send every guest toward the bedroom halls.
That gives the house three downstairs bathroom options outside the primary bathroom: the powder room, the second bedroom’s bathroom and this pool bathroom. They serve different routes through the house, so their locations matter as much as the bathroom count. The covered lanais continue along the pool toward the main living room.
The Main Level Floor Plan
The larger covered lanai measures about 14 by 23 feet and sits outside the great room. Its shape works as an outdoor sitting room, with enough length for a group of chairs or a sofa arrangement. The pool lies alongside it, so conversation and swimming can stay close together.
This space is separate from outdoor dining, which helps when people use the backyard differently. A meal can stay on the table while another group sits closer to the great room. You do not have to rearrange the same patch of patio every time the activity changes.
A second, smaller covered lanai sits outside the primary bedroom, connected to the larger outdoor stretch. It gives that bedroom its own place to step outside without requiring a walk through the kitchen. The covered spaces are divided by location, even though they share the same poolside setting.
Covered seating is more useful day to day than an exposed deck in a climate with strong sun and sudden rain. The house also has exposed outdoor space upstairs, so there is a choice of settings. At this end of the downstairs lanai, the primary bedroom has its own door.
Primary Bedroom and Walk-in Closets
The primary bedroom measures about 21 by 18 feet and sits at the opposite end of the house from the garage and kitchen. You have room for a large bed and a separate chair without using the route to the bathroom as furniture space. Its poolside position gives it direct access to the smaller covered lanai.
I think the downstairs location is one of the strongest choices in this house. Everyday living can stay on one level for the owners, even though most of the other bedrooms are upstairs. It also puts some distance between this room and the noisier work around the garage.
Two walk-in closet areas sit between the bedroom and primary bathroom. That arrangement puts clothing storage within the suite rather than along a public hallway. Separate hanging and shelving zones can help two people keep different routines without sharing every inch of the same closet wall.
The suite is large, but other private bedrooms sit outside it. Another bedroom is nearby downstairs, while four more have their own upstairs grouping for guests and family. The primary bathroom sits beyond the closets, separate from the hall that leads to the other downstairs bedroom.
Primary Bathroom
The primary bathroom occupies the far end of the suite, beyond the closet areas. A tub sits in the middle, with separate vanity positions on either side. That arrangement lets two people use the sinks at once without standing shoulder to shoulder along one counter.
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A broad shower occupies the back of the bathroom, and the toilet has its own enclosed compartment closer to the closets. The fixtures have distinct places rather than being packed along one wall. Two people getting ready can divide their activities without either needing to leave the bathroom.
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The central tub is a good choice for someone who actually takes baths. For a household that rarely uses one, it remains a large fixture occupying prime floor space. I would value the separated sinks and toilet compartment more, because those are likely to get use every morning.
Construction decisions about shower controls, ventilation and lighting will affect daily use of this room for years. Useful task lighting belongs at both sinks, while the tub and shower need their own lighting approach. Back outside the suite, the second downstairs bedroom provides a smaller room for someone who needs to stay on this level.
Bedroom Two and Bathroom Two
Bedroom two is about 13 by 13 feet and sits near the study and powder room. It is noticeably smaller than the primary bedroom, but its square shape gives you reasonable choices for a bed and other furniture. It does not have to double as a hallway to another room.
Its walk-in closet sits beside the entrance, keeping the main bedroom floor available for furniture. The bathroom is tucked along the bedroom’s other side and includes a sink, toilet and shower. A guest staying here has bathing space close by rather than relying on the pool bathroom.
This is the other bedroom that avoids the stairs. It could suit a visiting parent, an adult family member or someone who wants a downstairs room without taking the primary suite. Having two bedrooms on the entry level gives the household options that a single downstairs suite would not.
Its proximity to the front rooms puts it at the more active end of the bedroom hallway. That is a reasonable trade for easy access to the study, foyer and shared living rooms. The remaining four bedrooms sit upstairs around a second gathering room.
Loft, Covered Balconies and Sun Deck
The stairs go up from beside the foyer to a loft and four bedrooms. The loft measures about 22 by 19 feet, nearly matching the downstairs great room in its main proportions. It is large enough to serve as a second living room, rather than a widened landing with a spare chair.
I like this room for a household whose members keep different hours. A film, game or conversation can continue upstairs while someone uses the downstairs living rooms for something else. Sound can still travel through the halls, but the two gathering places do not share the same furniture group.
Covered balconies open from both sides of the loft area, with the larger outdoor stretch running along the pool side. That long balcony also reaches the bedrooms at either end. The rear elevation’s metal railings and broad glass doors connect this level to the backyard below.
An uncovered sun deck sits beside the lower end of the poolside balcony. Shade and open sky are available on the same floor, so the outdoor rooms provide different places to sit. At the far end of the loft, bedrooms five and six form the first upstairs pair.
The Second Level Floor Plan
Bedrooms Five and Six and Their Bathrooms
Bedrooms five and six occupy the end of the upper floor beyond the loft. Bedroom five is about 15 by 13 feet, while bedroom six is about 15 by 17 feet. They share a similar arrangement, but bedroom six has more depth for a chair or additional furniture.
There are two walk-in closets and two bathrooms in this pair, one set for each bedroom. The closets sit toward the middle of the bedroom group, with the bathrooms beyond them. That places storage and bathing space between the sleeping rooms rather than putting the beds directly against each other.
Each bathroom has a sink, toilet and shower. Separate bathrooms can make mornings easier when several adults or older children live here, because the household is not scheduling four upstairs bedrooms around one shower. That affects the morning routine long before anyone starts discussing finishes.
Bedroom six also has access to the covered outdoor space on the pool side. Bedroom five occupies the opposite side of this pair, so the two rooms have different positions within the house. Across the loft, bedrooms three and four complete the upstairs sleeping rooms.
Bedrooms Three and Four, Storage and Service Balcony
Bedroom three measures about 15 by 15 feet, and bedroom four is about 14 by 16 feet. They sit near the stair landing, on the opposite side of the loft from bedrooms five and six. Both have enough floor area to function as everyday bedrooms rather than occasional bunk rooms.
Each has a walk-in closet and a nearby bathroom with a sink, toilet and shower. Bedroom four opens toward the long covered poolside balcony, with outdoor access similar to bedroom six. The two balcony-facing bedrooms are at opposite ends of that outdoor stretch rather than side by side.
An upstairs storage room sits near bathroom four and the landing. It gives this floor somewhere for linens and household supplies without sending every spare blanket downstairs. With four bedrooms around the loft, storage here is useful even though the main laundry work happens on the entry level.
The uncovered service balcony occupies the large outdoor area above the garage and is reached from the hall beside the stairs. It is separate from the pool-facing balconies, so the upper floor has outdoor space on two very different sides. These areas call for different decisions during construction.
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The two-island kitchen deserves an early decision about power and lighting. Outlets serving preparation work and outlets serving people seated at the other island have different jobs. Pendant placement also needs to relate to each island, rather than treating the whole kitchen as one long counter.
Upstairs, the loft and four bedrooms are good locations for data wiring and enough electrical outlets for desks and beds. Wiring while the walls are open avoids relying on wireless coverage across a house this large. The study needs the same consideration for work calls and computer equipment.
The downstairs laundry room deserves attention because it serves all six bedrooms. Counter space, appliance capacity and storage should reflect that workload, while the garage connection needs lighting suited to unloading groceries. Plumbing and power for the outdoor kitchen belong in the same early discussion as the indoor kitchen services.
I would settle the balcony lighting, outdoor fans and drainage details before choosing decorative finishes. The house has several covered outdoor areas, an exposed sun deck and a large service balcony, each with different needs. Those choices will affect how often you use the outdoor rooms long after construction ends.
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