Any house designers on here? Need help with home plans...

[Cuda Cody]

Anyone on here design homes?  I have a new idea that I want to try.

I think we have all heard of AirBNB or Vacasa or any other short term rental company.  They basically rent out your house for you when you are not using it.  Lots of people with vacation or beach homes use companies like them to generate extra income when not in use.  My wife and I have stayed at a few of them over the years and we noticed one thing that is common with them.  They are almost always standard built homes that have been turned in to rentals.  When we stay at these type of homes with family or friends and someone always gets stuck in the small rooms that don't have a bathroom in it or they have a small bed

So here's my idea.  I want to design a home that is just for short term renting.  It will have 4 master bedrooms (with king beds) that all have big bathrooms and a gas fireplace in them.  Kinda link mini hotel suites, but in a house.  It will have a large kitchen and gathering area so everyone can hang out, but the bedrooms will be sound proof little hotel rooms.  There will be a few bunk rooms so kids have somewhere to stay too, but the main focus is 4 big master bedrooms.  I bought a beach front lot on the Oregon coast so I can try this idea out and now I'm trying to design the house.  I'm stuck on the layout of the bathrooms and want to get a second pair of eyes to look things over.

If anyone has any experience with house designs or layouts I can post photos of where I'm at on the design.

[YellowThumper]

Isn't that up @cuda hunter ally?

[cuda hunter]

I would be glad to take a look.
I'm out antelope hunting this weekend so service is sporadic and I only have my phone screen. Back in office Monday but I can try to look on the evenings until then.
I build and design mostly alpine and low maintenance homes but i have built and designed several moderm, comtemporary, tuscan, town home,condo and rental homes.

[ToxicWolf]

My experience is to tell you to run plenty of wiring in the walls to take care of possible future needs. You don't want to add more in the future. 

[HP2]

Been a long time since my architectural drafting class. Typically we were told to centralize the plumbing and sewer lines, so bathrooms would tend to be clustered closer together to reduce line runs. You could even incorporate this type of layout to maximize sound isolation between the bedrooms.

4 masters plus bunk rooms could take up a fair amount of space. Agree with your concept as nearly every VRBO we've stayed in is a single family house with the exact problems you pointed out.  Would be neat to have several masters. 

We did stay in a place in Bend OR that had 3 floors with two bedrooms per floor with a shared bath between each pair. That was tolerable but not as cool as  your suite concept. They also added on a large bunkroom behind the garage without a bath.

[anlauto]

I can't help at all, but it sounds like a fantastic idea 

[R/T's 4 R/P]

Maybe a bit off topic, as i think you are specifically asking about the design/architecture of the building itself, but do you have experience with rentals?  Depending on how far away it is from you now, will it be a hassle to maintain? How popular the area is will depend on occupancy usage.  An albatross 5 hours from home gets old really quick.

Also, consider resale, of course.  A house that has odd proportions will be a challenge for a future owner to envision living in.  Do they see it as a B&B?  Do they see themselves living in it?
I have seen homes with multi- larger bedrooms, but then the remainder of the home is similarly proportioned.  Doing this quickly escalates the overall size of the home.

[mopar jack]

In California we have a company that sells pre fab kits that are less expensive to build than regular construction and the plans can be modified. In Oregon they are listed as North coast packaged homes.

[DeathProofCuda]

I will assume that you've confirmed that short term rentals will be allowed for this piece of property before moving forward with such a specialty design?  I know that lots of folks get away with illegal Air BnB or similar rentals for awhile, but many municipalities are starting to crack down on this.  We own a legal short-term rental property on the east side of the Cascades and our county has been cracking down on illegal short-term rentals recently.  If you're not legal, irritated neighbors or owners of other legal short-term rentals are pretty likely to turn you in. 

[73440]

Try to keep the plumbing between two rooms in the same wall back to back.

Very basic design attached, NTS not to scale.

[Mopar5]

Normally you pay an architect to do the drawings and present it for approval for a building permit .

[Mopar5]

Don't see how your going to get around that unless Oregon is drastically different or you can present detailed drawings from foundation up on your own.

[CNUMB]

I'm in Florida, do not know about what codes you have out west.. Can you build a multi unit place on your property? is it zoned Residential or Multi-Family-Commercial?? You maybe better sticking to a single family type home, which would more in likely produce a higher income and less maintenance..

BTW, Nice View!!!!

[Mopar5]

 You need a good GC you can trust looking out for you. Mistakes can put you back big time money if you don't catch it beforehand. A contractor should have his own architect they use.Unless your going to DIY it pay the contractor and get it done with minimal headaches

[HP2]

Normally you pay an architect to do the drawings and present it for approval for a building permit .

Normally you pay an architect to do the drawings and present it for approval for a building permit .

Of course you get a licensed architecture firm to finalize everything and create the plan set for approval by the municipality. These plan sets way to broad for a homeowner to do them ad hoc. However, the more realistic the homeowner can develop the plans for layout using sound principles, the less money they will pay the architect to correct their dreams vs reality.

This exactly how I remodeled my house and it saved me thousands in drawing fees since my architect only had to take my design and create the formal plan set with it. Since I had rough electrical, plumbing, door and window schedules, they only had to create the foundation modifications and finalize all the details in a manner acceptable to the local building department