Designed for a rear down slope, this country-style home is larger than it appears from the front. Spacious family living areas fill the ground floor. Bedrooms and a huge bonus room are upstairs, and an unfinished daylight basement is below. Covered decks are on levels one and two, and a covered patio is at basement level.
We’d like to share a blog post from BYOH.com featuring cost to build information on Clearheart house plan.
Since you are interested in a ranch (one level) if you build it with a basement, you will have a huge area of non living expandable space.
That’s one advantage to ranch houses, huge basements. It’s also one disadvantage as basements aren’t cheap.
On my web site page “How to Read House Plans ” I have a tip in the second paragraph that tells you that one level construction costs more per sq ft than 2 story construction, one of the reasons being the cost of a large foundation.
If your (potential) lot has enough of a slope and you can afford it, you could build a walkout basement, which would be an ideal solution.
Here’s a 2400 sq ft country home plan from Associated Designs with almost 400 sq ft of non living (bonus room) in the attic area over the garage.
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The design created from the 2010 Home from the Heart survey results is this year’s Heartview plan. This years trend is a smaller more efficient single story ranch style home, and the great room concept remains as a strong desire. To see participants responded visit the 2010 Home from the Heart Survey Results page.
The Heartview’s natural materials cover the exterior and natural light bathes the interior, thus connecting the inside living areas with this ranch home plan’s surroundings. In the expansive great room at its heart, the kitchen is laid out along one wall, while a home entertainment center and fireplace line another. Glass in windows and doors fills most of the two exterior walls.
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