Nick Lee and shown here and at the top of this post, includes a two-room suite off a breezeway and can function as a home office and guest suite at the same time. Contemporary Plan 449-21 by David Cox is a U-shaped
courtyard design that offers a casita/study at one end of the U, behind the so-called "loggia." David Cox's
Plan 449-8 puts the casita to the left of the front door, which separates it from the rest of the house for greater
privacy for in-laws or as a potential Airbnb rental.
In Modern Plan 496-26 by Leon Meyer, the study is off the central entry hall across from the powder room.
Craftsman style Plan 124-485 calls the flex space a "den" but it's also adjacent to a powder room
so it can work as a guest room in a pinch..
Indeed, flexibility is an important feature of our most popular house plans. Out of our twenty top selling house plans, twelve include flex spaces. These generally more compact 3 bedroom plans usually include a flex space near the front door or kitchen and also not far from a powder room or full bath so they can function as a guest room when necessary. Here's a range of configurations from our best sellers.
Ranch style Plan 140-149 puts the office beside the master suite -- though not within it -- so
it is accessible from the rest of the house (note the adjacent powder room!). In Country Farmhouse Plan 137-252 the study is
really an extra bedroom with its own bathroom. However this bathroom also opens to the hall for added
flexibility.