New Build Dimensions - help please

[program4444]

Hey all -- I am starting on the new build of a home. Part of the build is an area specified for use as a simulator bay. I'll pop an image below of the plans for the room, but it is roughly 15 feet wide and 27 feet deep. The plans say we are dropping the floor 18", but we are actually dropping it another foot.

What we are trying to figure out is do we want to drop the entire room or could we get away with only dropping the floor where the simulator would be. Complicating things is that the entry into the room would only give me a depth of 15 feet in the bay before I had to make it awkward by dropping the floor up entry, then building up behind that. Again, you'll see this in the plans.

Is 15'x15' big enough for a nice sim set up? I'm earmarking $40-$50K for the build, so I want to make sure I do it right. I've reached out to Foresight, but they told me 22' depth for a hitting area is "perfect". That seems a bit deep.

Thanks!

[Lefty71]

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/golf-simulator-forum/simulator-builds/166427-soon-to-build

this is how mine started and of course I'm left handed and my friends aren't

[Lefty71]

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/build-your-own/enclosures/181932-starting-the-build-finally

[Zachmans56]

Happy to help. I've customized numerous builds and researched countless hours from swing dimensions, cpu requirements, and projector reviews to turf impact forgiveness and best impact nets to double use of a 4k home theater.

Feel free to reach out zjole1@gmail.com

[jboguth]

I just did an addition that's 15.5 ft x 29 ft. interior dimensions. (Some construction photos should be on my post history, and more finalized ones will be up shortly. I'm not quite done with it.)

I wish I went slightly bigger. I can swing freely from the middle, but I'm only 5'9," and I'm wondering how my taller friends are going to feel in it. I'd feel a lot better with another foot to the side wall. Slightly wider would also help with furniture placement.

In your case, think about your screen size too; if you go a little bigger, you could do a 16' x 10' screen (need a little wider than that for a frame around it).