Personally, I like Maybeck plan 2 more, then Silhouette plan 3, ok with Pienza Plan 3. I don’t like Chanteclaire.
It’s funny when I started shopping for 4S ranch, Silhouette plan 2 and 3 were my favorite. After touring dozens of times and justifying my real needs, Maybeck plan 2 (with a guest suite) caught my eyes. The floor plan seems simple but flawless. The guest suite in the first floor is perfect for senior inlaws. The ally design gives a nice curb appeal and best privacy to the house. The houses in Maybeck are nicely planned so that the (side) yards are faced each other. Literally you can only see one neighbour’s yard from the 2nd floor. In a corner house you don’t see any neighbour’s yard. No neighbour can see you either. Given the modest lot size (5300 sqft), that ally design achieved privacy preservation very well. All the Maybeck houses are planed to built in a flat plain area, no houses will be sitting higher than any other houses. Other pros include: Maybeck houses offer more house, more garage, better materials (check toilette, faucet, etc) and technologies (e.g. tube in the wall) than other builders. The biggest con is the lot size.
Not sure what are Silhouette lot sizes now. Last december, Silhouette houses offered houses on lots as small as 4600 sqft, which was the smallest in all 4S 3000 sqft-up plans. Pienza and Chanteclaire offer lot sizes around 6000 sqft, which is nice. They both are close to Alva road. Pienza is constructing its last houses on Alva road which oversee the yards of its previous releases. In some Pienza previous releases, houses have a big back yard with a steep slope. The slope brings a risk of mud slide.
No plan is perfect under scrutiny. I wonder if only a real rich person can buy a perfect home.
