House Plan #500-1

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Square Feet 1370
Bedrooms 3
Baths
Garage Stalls 0
Levels 2
Width 20'
Depth 34'

House Plan Description

Vermont Simple House 1 is a variant of the design which won the Providence Rhode Island affordable, sustainable housing design competition in 2008. It is a small northern climate house with a traditional appearance and a very flexible plan. The core 1370 square feet contains all main living spaces including an efficient kitchen, pantry, the option of a ground floor laundry, communications nook for cell phone charging and mail sorting and up to three bedrooms on the second floor. The optional mudroom is a simple room off the kitchen door to provide additional space. The design also allows for an easy ground floor addition off the North side. The house is designed to work well in existing neighborhoods or by itself as a small farmhouse. The design itself is timeless and can appeal to modern and traditional tastes. Above all it is simple which translates to lower building costs and better energy performance. The design is easily adaptable to structural insulated panels, SIPs Insulated concrete forms ICFs and prefab construction. The house is detailed the house to easily exceed Energy Star standards of insulation using standard cold climate building science details. This is a means of construction easily understood by an average builder whether or not they have experience in super-insulated green building techniques.

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Main Level

Main Level

Upper Level

Upper Level
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Specs and Features

HOUSE PLAN #500-1

BASICS
Levels 2
Bedrooms 3
Potential Bedrooms 3
Baths
Garage Stalls 0
STYLES
Traditional House Plans, Farm house plans, Greek Revival home plans, Cottage house plans
DESIGNER NOTES

Price includes Full Google Sketchup Model The Main footprint of the house is 20' x 34' plus porch and mudroom The plans include an optional 10' x 12" back mudroom entrance to the kitchen. The plans include additional Greek Revival exterior trim details with rake returns. The specific framing and insulating details included are for double stud wall construction with 1 1/2" of exterior foam, rain screen siding, un-vented super-insulated roof and similar state-of-the-art residential green building techniques.

FEATURES
  • covered front porch
  • detached garage
  • economical to build
  • energy efficient design
  • friend's entry
  • great room/living room
  • grill deck/sundeck
  • icf
  • kitchen island
  • main floor laundry
  • mud room
  • open floor plan
  • sip
  • suited for corner lot
  • suited for narrow lot
  • suited for sloping lot
  • suited for vacation home
  • suited for view lot
  • upstairs bedrooms/bath
  • upstairs master bdrm
  • walk-in pantry/cabinet pantry
DIMENSIONS
Width 20'
Depth 34'
Height 28' 8"
SQUARE FOOTAGE
Heated Square Footage 1370
Main Floor 690
Upper Floor 680
Basement 680
WALL INFORMATION
Exterior Wall Constr double stud
Exterior Wall Finish clabboards
ROOF INFORMATION
Roof Framing stud
Roof Type shingle
Roof Load 70
Roof Pitch 12:12
CEILING HEIGHTS
Ceiling Main 8
Ceiling Upper 10
Ceiling Lower 8
FOUNDATIONS
Basement
Slab
Partial Basement Slab
OTHERS
Insulation 38
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FOUNDATION OPTIONS
• Basement $0.00
• Slab $0.00
• Partial Basement Slab $0.00

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