Turnstone Landing Floor Plans: What Changes Beyond Square Feet
At Turnstone Landing, several floor plans share the same published living area. Preston and Rochester are both 1,492 square feet. Bolton and Montgomery are both 1,510. Fredrick and Savannah are both 1,691.
Those pairs make a useful point: square footage can help you narrow a search, but it cannot finish the decision. The rooms, storage, circulation and homesite need to work together for the way you live.
Our Baton Rouge community off Old Hammond Highway offers another particularly useful comparison: the Beaumont’s three bedrooms and flex room against the Kensington’s four bedrooms. If you are deciding between an office, another sleeping room or more flexible shared space, that is a good place to begin.
Get the plan collection in view
The Turnstone Landing plans span approximately 1,492 to 1,830 square feet. The published lineup makes it easy to compare equal-sized alternatives before moving to a different size.
| Plan | Bedrooms | Bathrooms | Approximate living area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 3 | 2 | 1,492 sq. ft. |
| Rochester | 3 | 2 | 1,492 sq. ft. |
| Bolton | 3 | 2 | 1,510 sq. ft. |
| Montgomery | 3 | 2 | 1,510 sq. ft. |
| Fredrick | 3 | 2 | 1,691 sq. ft. |
| Savannah | 3 | 2 | 1,691 sq. ft. |
| Beaumont | 3 | 2 | 1,718 sq. ft. |
| Kensington | 4 | 2 | 1,830 sq. ft. |
A plan being listed for the community does not establish that every remaining homesite can accommodate it. Use the lineup to build a shortlist, then compare the homes and lots available for those choices.
Start with the decision between flex space and a fourth bedroom
The Beaumont is a one-story plan with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a two-car garage and a flex room. Its living area, dining space and kitchen connect in an open layout, and the design also includes a pantry, utility room and covered porch.
That flex room deserves a specific job in your comparison. It might be where you plan to work, keep hobby supplies or create another seating area. Use the actual drawing and dimensions to determine whether the room supports that purpose.
The Kensington offers four bedrooms and two bathrooms in approximately 1,830 square feet. Its published living area is 112 square feet greater than the Beaumont’s, but the more important distinction is how the rooms are designated and arranged.
If you need a true fourth sleeping room, start with the bedroom plan rather than assuming a flex room can substitute. If you need a workspace and three bedrooms are enough, the Beaumont gives you another way to meet that need. Look at the room’s enclosure, position and furniture layout before choosing on the total area.
The right comparison is the use you need to support, not a claim that one label always gives you more flexibility.
Use the equal-sized pairs to find the layout you prefer
With the Preston and Rochester, hold the size constant and compare the drawings. Walk your eye from the entrance into the shared living area, then toward the bedrooms. Note the doors, windows and walls where larger furniture would go.
Repeat that exercise with Bolton and Montgomery, then Fredrick and Savannah if that size is on your list. The plan names and totals alone cannot show where you would put a sofa or how you would move between rooms. Put the drawings together and look for the arrangement you would use more comfortably.
There are a few practical tests you can repeat across every plan. Place a sofa and television, a dining table with chairs pulled out, and the beds you intend to use. Then trace the everyday paths between rooms. A layout that accommodates the furniture without squeezing circulation may be more useful than a slightly larger total elsewhere.
Our guide to reading a new construction floor plan explains that process in more detail. At Turnstone, the equal-sized pairs make it especially worthwhile.
Compare a front owner’s suite with a rear owner’s suite
The Bolton provides a specific example of why bedroom placement matters. Its published description locates the owner’s suite at the front of the home and connects the ensuite area with the utility room. The plan includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open living area in approximately 1,510 square feet.
The Preston, at approximately 1,492 square feet, puts the owner’s suite at the rear and the secondary bedrooms, shared bathroom and utility room toward the front. Only 18 square feet separates those published totals, but the bedroom arrangement gives you something more substantial to compare.
Think about which part of the homesite you would prefer the bedroom to face, and how you want the private rooms related to the entrance and shared living area. A front suite is not automatically better or worse than a rear suite; the view, orientation and your preference for separation shape the decision.
The Montgomery offers another useful detail: a direct connection between the owner’s suite area and utility room, with the two secondary bedrooms and shared bath at the front. If convenient laundry access is on your list, examine that connection in the drawing and compare it with the other routes through the home.
Let the homesite add to the decision
Turnstone Landing includes a community pond and select waterfront homesites. The view is one part of the location, along with orientation, neighboring properties and the outdoor area associated with the home.
Tour the lot with the plan in mind. Where will you spend the most time inside, and what will those rooms face? How does the outdoor space relate to the living area? Is the feature you like visible from the place you would use most often?
For a pond-facing home, distinguish the view from any right to use the water or surrounding land. Establish the applicable responsibilities and rules rather than assuming a waterfront description includes recreational access.
The community identifies Magnolia Management Services for HOA information. Use the current documents to understand dues, common-area responsibilities and any rules affecting the way you want to use the property. The presence of an association does not by itself establish which individual maintenance tasks it handles.
Understand the Old Hammond Highway location
Turnstone Landing is off Old Hammond Highway in the O’Neal Lane and I-12 area of Baton Rouge. The community identifies nearby shopping, healthcare and entertainment along that corridor.
When evaluating access, make your own regular destinations part of the visit. Try the route toward work or the places you use weekly, at a relevant time of day. Louisiana 511 provides official road-condition and traffic information so you can see whether an incident or construction is affecting that trip.
A route that suits one workplace may be less convenient for another, even within Baton Rouge. That is why a precise promised commute time is less helpful than seeing how the location works with your schedule.
Our sales center is listed at 639 Turnstone Avenue. Use that as the meeting point when arranging a tour, then spend time at the specific homesites on your shortlist.
Keep the finish comparison separate from the plan comparison
A completed home may include selections that differ from a base plan or another available address. Record those features after you have established that the layout works.
This avoids a common distraction: choosing a favorite cabinet color in a home with the wrong room arrangement. Finishes matter, but they should be compared among homes that already meet the needs you cannot solve with decoration.
For each available address, get the feature information, construction stage and remaining selection opportunities. That lets you compare a completed home with an earlier-stage opportunity without assuming they offer the same decisions or move-in schedule.
Our guide to what is included in an Alvarez new home covers the broader specification question. For this visit, keep the written information attached to the address it describes.
Bring two plans and a reason to compare them
You do not need to arrive with a favorite already chosen. A useful shortlist could be Beaumont and Kensington because you are deciding between flex space and a fourth bedroom. It could be an equal-sized pair because both meet your room needs and you want to compare the flow.
Begin with available Turnstone Landing homes, then set up a visit with our team. We will help you connect the drawing, the homesite and the finished features, so the home you choose works beyond its square-foot total.
