I avoid:
Designs that do not relate to the site.
Closets where hanging clothes turn corners.
Windowless walk-in closets.
Angled walls.
Corner pantries.
Stairs with different shaped treads.
Kitchens with overly interrupted work triangle.
Large expanses of exterior wall without windows.
Walk-in closets that will be difficult to walk into.
Hallways less than four feet wide.
Stairs less than 3'-6" wide.
Master bathrooms with little counter space.
Closets with doors that insufficiently provide full access to the closet's content.
Clothes closets accessible from a bathroom.
Tiny (utility) mud rooms.
Gas chambers without windows.
Gas chambers.
Excessive circulation.
Spaces that are jumbled together without much rhyme or reason.
Plans that surround a space that makes it dark.
Living rooms are too small to be useful because of circulation.
Looking through a screened porch from a living room to any view.
Corner bedrooms without window on each exterior wall.
No coat closet at exterior entrances.
Door swings that impede into laundry room work space.
Doors that swing in front of other doors.
Different ceilings in an open space that do not transition well.
insufficient space beside a door for the light switch.
to name a few.
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