u/OshoBaadu

I will be signing a contract for this home this week. As much as I love it (it's a model home and therefore all the furniture you see will be gone), they've made my life harder by adding the fireplace which in fact looks beautiful but I rarely use it. I can completely not use it and wall mount my tv there and partly blocking it. Or I can place it so the bottom of the tv is where the ledge is but I'd crane my neck if I am seated while watching. Or I can place it in front of the window across (the window closed ofc, maybe by a curtain) but wouldn't it be weird? Or I can place it in the corner between the windows, again weird!

(There's another house where I don't have this issue, master down and fully functional which is 65k cheaper but it's got a lot of brown both in and out and I won't like it unless I repaint the kitchen cabinets where the counter tops are a beautiful white and also replace the bathroom counter tops where the brown cabinets don't look bad at all and the exterior is all beige, tan and brown with a curb appeal that's meh.)

I liked a 3 story townhome that I visited this weekend, it's a new build and the builder is offering these options for the 1st floor in addition to the garage :

1. a continuous open space adjacent to the garage so it acts as one big storage room no heat looks finished with drywall and base boards (I think it's insulated since there is living space above but I dont know) and no hvac; all other options are heated.
2. a flex room that is as wide as the entire home.
3. a flex room with a storage closet and powder room alongside the water heater.
4. a bedroom with a 3/4 bath, I don't know if the builder will do rough-ins for a future bathroom so I can have it empty right now.

I am single and dont have aging parents or pets, I like all the options. Cost ranges from 0 to 9k to 11k to 14k. Thoughts on the pros and cons of each including adding a ac/heat unit like in the hotel rooms in the future. (I read about the stair concerns and the washer dryer being on the ground floor but here it is on the 3rd level where the bedrooms are but one other concern I had was having to wait for hot water).