Originally Posted by davidd

How big is the lot you are building on (1acre, 5 acre, 10 acre)?
What state are you building in? (basements?)

You need to watch out on the 6 car garage. You do not want a Garage-Mahal.... meaning all 6 bays facing the street. I would also eliminate the 8x8 doors and go with 16' or 20' doors. 8' doors suck and take a large garage and make it feel tiny because you have the space between the doors preventing you from parking sideways (if you want to). I would also consider putting 3 bays on one side of the house and 3 bays on the other side (side entry garages) of the house with each garage having its own hallway in the house. I did this and I would not build a house any other way. If you do it this way you do not have a bunch of garage doors facing the road and because the garages are side entry it makes the house look that much bigger from the road.

I would also consider...

1. The tallest ceilings you can afford. I put 22' ceilings in the main areas of my house and 14' on all other areas. I wish I went bigger.

2. Tallest doors your ceilings can handle. Toss out all 6'8" doors and use at least 8' doors on the entry and 10' or larger on your sliders.

I could go on forever...