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House Plan #511-1

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Square Feet 238
Bedrooms 1
Baths 1
Garage Stalls 0
Levels 1
Width 14'
Depth 17'

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House Plan Description

The Starter Home is a one-story, single-room house with a loft that fits into the pitched roof. The footprint is 14 by 17 feet, giving the house a total of 238 square feet. The house has a slab-on-grade foundation and uses conventional wood framing, sliding doors and nail-on windows, finished with painted plywood on the exterior and Sheetrock on the interior walls, with asphalt shingles on the roof (Other exterior finish options are available). The interior space is made to feel larger than it is through the use of architectural techniques. The pitched roof allows for 16'-high ceiling. Two skylights in the roof and wide entrance opening give the room a light and expansive feeling. The closet and bath have sliding mirrored doors that visually enlarge the interior. The Starter Home was designed as a flexible housing solution for urban and suburban settings. While the Starter Home itself is a quite small, it can be used in large groupings as well. The floor plan layout allows for future expansions by adding more "Starter" units. With minor changes owner can adjust the new additions to different uses important to his lifestyle. It is estimated that the Starter Home would cost between $20,000 -$30,000 to build (price of land not included)

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Specs and Features

HOUSE PLAN #511-1

BASICS
Levels 1
Bedrooms 1
Potential Bedrooms 0
Baths 1
Garage Stalls 0
STYLES
Cottage house plans
FEATURES
  • economical to build
  • open floor plan
  • suited for narrow lot
  • suited for vacation home
  • upstairs bedrooms/bath
  • zero lot lines
DIMENSIONS
Width 14'
Depth 17'
Height
SQUARE FOOTAGE
Heated Square Footage 238
Main Floor 238
WALL INFORMATION
Exterior Wall Constr 2"x4"
ROOF INFORMATION
Roof Pitch 12:12
CEILING HEIGHTS
Ceiling Main 16
FOUNDATIONS
Slab
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