The Search for Home

I've narrowed it down to three places, all single family homes. Two are two-story single family homes and one is a ranch home. They all have three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths and each one has a separate dining room.

My Priorities...

(1) A healing room

(2) A homeschooling room

(3) Hardwood floors (or, I should say laminate or vinyl flooring, instead of carpet)

The Homes...

(1) One has a bonus room, which would mean we could homeschool upstairs. But the stairs greet you when you first walk in the door and you can see almost the entire downstairs from the doorway. No foyer, whatsoever.

(2) The second home has a foyer, and it preserves a bit of mystery. You can't see the stairs, the living room or the kitchen from the front door. I also really like where they've placed the laundry room and the powder room.

(3) The third home is the ranch, and it has wood-look flooring already in it; only the bedrooms have carpet. It has an eat-in kitchen. But you can see everything but the bedrooms when you walk in and it feels like one big great room.

I love compartmentalization and separate rooms dividing up the space. None of the houses has a fireplace, which I want, but if I build a house, using the plan of one of the three, I can add one. I'd also need to add the flooring I want, except in the third home.