Just fooling around with putting a stair going into a basement.
My thoughts are to eliminate the bedroom wing and making that side of house the front entrance. It would have a full length covered porch.
Out the kitchen door, replace the back porch with the 12x18, making it a mud room with a 3/4 bath, front and back entrance, washer dryer, and storage lofts. And a full code stair servicing the basement only.
Wish I knew enough to post a graphed plan.
Can anyone add these options in a better or different way?
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