RickyD is correct....Most of the designer homes have the Air handler in a utility closet in the garage or on a very few models, in a closet hallway just off of the garage.
In some of the cottage homes, the Air handler is IN the laundry room on a plywood pedestal with no doors in front.
Basically, if there are doors in front in a closet there is insulated ductwork behind the drywall, so you could not do it.
In the homes that do NOT have doors in front of it, you usually have a large return air grill on the side or back of this space, facing either the hallway or the living room. These types ARE your return plenum, and you SHOULD NOT ever reduce that space by putting drawers or anything else there. Doing so risks your A/C efficiency and could starve your A/C of return air, which could ruin your $5,000 Air handler. Also, all the air flowing in this area passes through your air filter.....would you want all that dust, etc in and around those drawers? No....
Please do NOT do this.....
Frank D.
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Florida licensed Home Inspector #HI688. (352) 250-7818
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