Hi, I hear ya. I went through the same things and I finally came up with the fact that this is not a fad. In saying that i decided to go ahead and do this right. I designed my own coop on paper as well as in my mind and the features i came up were for the safety and comfort of our flock and the ease of cleaning as well as access for us. I have some pic's that show the finished coop but none that show the progress, sorry. You can see them at tecorenovations.com. Click custom coops. You will see 2 different ones. The one with the egg door glass in mine. If you look carefully, you will see the henbox access is hinged. When I clean out, I simply lower the back wall and push it out. I do pressure wash my coop every 3 or 4 weeks. The run walls are buried 10 to 12" underground and I poured concrete to secure it. There is a threshold under the door that is 10" deep as well. NOTHING can get in but us. Their roosts are sitting on pegs and dowels and i simply remove when cleaning. I have learned that if you plan on using their droppings, don't use wheat straw in the nest boxes. That straw almost always has alfalfa and alfalfa carries a germ called mosaic that kills tomato's as well as other veggie's. I hope this little blurb help's you in your quest and happy ckickening!!!
) I remodeled our 2nd home some 25-30 yrsa ago, built a detached garage for it, and then around 20 yrs ago, moved to the countryside where we built our present home, doing 90% of it ourselves. Then, three years ago, I built my shop building (on 'My BYC Page'); so the coop was more of an exercise than a project. 
