One-story vs. two-story at The Estates at NOMAR

"The Estates at NOMAR splits cleanly into two groups: three single-story plans -- the Amalfi, Bora and Monaco -- and seven two-story plans built around a loft. If you're trying to decide which group fits your life, the honest answer depends less on square footage and more on how you actually want to move through a house.

The case for one story

The Amalfi, Bora and Monaco keep every bedroom, the kitchen and the living space on a single level. That matters most for buyers thinking about long-term mobility -- no stairs to navigate as you age in the home -- and for anyone who simply prefers not to have bedrooms separated from the main living area by a staircase. These three plans also tend to have a smaller footprint and a lower starting price, with the Amalfi opening the collection at around $1,789,900.

The trade-off is space. Even the largest single-story plan, the Monaco at 2,496 air-conditioned square feet, is smaller than every two-story plan in the collection. If you need four-plus bedrooms or a dedicated loft space, you'll be looking at the two-story side regardless.

The case for two stories

The seven two-story plans -- Mykonos, Riviera, Sardinia, Ibiza, Seychelles, Tahiti and Kauai -- all add a loft on the second floor, a flexible space that works as a media room, playroom or home office separate from the bedrooms. These plans range from 2,620 up to 4,023 air-conditioned square feet, giving real separation between a downstairs living area and upstairs bedrooms -- useful if you want guests or kids to have their own floor.

Two of the two-story plans, the Sardinia and the Ibiza, are also the only plans in the whole collection with a 3-car garage, which is worth knowing if garage space is a priority independent of story count.

A practical way to decide

Walk both a one-story and a two-story model on the same visit if you can. Numbers on a page don't tell you how a great room feels at 18 feet wide versus 22, or whether a loft actually gets used in a household with your specific routine. The showroom is set up to let you compare that directly.

What doesn't show up in the numbers

Square footage tables are a useful filter, but they miss things that matter once you're actually living in a home: how a great room feels with an 11-foot ceiling versus a standard 9-foot one, whether a loft on the two-story plans actually gets used daily or becomes empty space, and how a den reads as a home office versus how it reads as a guest room. All ten plans share the same finish package, so the physical experience of walking through the space -- not the fixtures -- is genuinely the deciding factor between the one-story and two-story groups.

Resale and long-term considerations

Buyers sometimes ask whether one-story or two-story homes hold value better in this market. That answer depends heavily on the specific neighborhood, buyer pool and time horizon, and it's not something we'll generalize about here -- a local agent with current comparable sales data is a better source for that specific question than a floor plan comparison.

A third option: which loft plan is closest to a one-story footprint

If you're drawn to the idea of more space but hesitant about a full two-story commitment, the Mykonos is worth a specific look -- it's the smallest of the seven two-story plans, at 2,620 air-conditioned square feet, only slightly larger than the single-story Monaco's 2,496. That makes it a reasonable middle ground for buyers who want a loft but don't need the larger four- and five-bedroom two-story plans.

Furniture and layout planning either way

Whichever group you land in, it's worth thinking through furniture placement before you fall in love with a specific plan on paper. A great room that reads spacious in a floor plan rendering can feel different once you've accounted for a sectional, a dining table and walkway clearance -- another good reason the model homes exist, and worth walking through with your own furniture dimensions in mind rather than relying on the drawing alone.

The garage question, independent of story count

Story count and garage size don't move together in this collection -- both the Sardinia and Ibiza (3-car garages) are two-story plans, but so are five other two-story plans that keep a standard 2-car garage. If a third garage bay matters to you specifically, story count alone won't get you there; see our Sardinia vs. Ibiza comparison for the two plans that actually offer it.

Thinking about resale flexibility

A two-story home with a loft offers a kind of flexibility a one-story plan can't: the loft space can serve different purposes over time -- a nursery-adjacent space for young families, a home office for remote workers, a media room for empty nesters -- without any renovation. A one-story plan's flexibility comes from a different direction: every room being accessible without stairs, which matters more as circumstances change with age or mobility. Neither is objectively better; the right fit depends on your specific stage of life and how you expect that to change over the years you plan to own the home.

A final practical tip

Ask to see both a one-story and a two-story model back to back on the same visit, rather than on separate trips days apart. Comparing them within the same hour, while the layout of the first is still fresh, makes the trade-offs described above far easier to feel in person than to reason about from a spec sheet alone.

Storage considerations by story count

Storage tends to differ meaningfully between the two groups too -- two-story plans generally offer more overall storage simply by having more square footage to work with, while single-story plans keep everything accessible on one level but within a smaller footprint. If closet and storage space is a specific concern, ask to see closet dimensions on the exact plans you're comparing rather than assuming from bedroom count alone.

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Walk both, side by side

If The Estates at NOMAR sounds like it could be the right fit, the next step is a conversation, not a click. Call 561-704-0091 or schedule a visit and we'll walk you through the plans, the numbers, and what's available right now."