Whether you are looking to down-size, build a vacation cottage or build your first home, our collection of tiny house plans features a wide variety of floor plans and architectural styles so you can build a fully functional and flexible living space without sacrificing any amenities. We have small/affordable homes in our exclusive ENERGY STAR®/Green House Plan collection to help minimize your yearly HVAC and maintenance costs.
This is one of our most popular small and affordable homes. The house plan includes a design option on the blueprints that substitutes one main floor bedroom for a greatly expanded master bedroom with a luxurious master suite. You also get a second floor bonus space and a walkout basement floor plan featuring a game room, full bath, two bedrooms and computer/flexible space.
Our most popular small and affordable house plan is also ENERGY STAR® approved.
If you are looking for a small house plan with big curb appeal and an open floor plan, they you’ll want to check out house plan 7739. This two-story Colonial is ideal for a narrow lot and still includes a two-car garage (which can alternate with a breakfast room). Inside this 1,553 square foot home you’ll find a spacious kitchen with a large walk-in pantry that flows into the dining area and living room with fireplace. Upstairs is a master suite with a tray ceiling, garden bath and walk-in closet. Two ample size bedrooms are also located on the second floor.
Free flowing design makes this two-story home feel larger.
Designing a small bathroom in a small house plan can be tricky, but I found lots of ideas in this great article.
I only have eight foot ceilings, but I ordered a mirror that goes from the sink all the way to the ceiling and painted vertical wide four inch stripes on the walls in off white and light tan and my small bathroom looks amazing. Thanks House Designers for helping make my small space look great and with a minimum budget.
I recommend checking out their Product Ideas section for great articles on everything related to building your new home.
Builders may not be putting up as many houses this year, but what they are building – they’re building better. This is due to better and more eco-friendly building products and practices, as well as working from better and more detailed home plans to satisfy consumers request for smaller more efficient homes. You’d be amazed how many amenities architects and designers can pack into a tiny house plan.
I recently read an interesting article about the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 U.S. New Home Builder Customer Satisfaction Study, overall customer satisfaction with newly built, single-family homes is up 32 points to 811 on a 1,000 point scale from last year.
“Fierce competition among home builders has led to a market where only the strongest companies have survived,” said Paula Sonkin, vice president of the real estate and construction industries practice at J.D. Power and Associates. “This is great news for new home buyers – particularly first-time buyers – since builders are offering unprecedented high levels of quality, value and service at relatively low prices.â€
And don’t forget that the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit is set to expire on Nov. 30.
Great floor plan layout and plenty of amenities packed in this small house plan.
Our eco-friendly, small house plans have a wide range of energy saving elements, including ENERGY STAR® details that can help you save 20% to 30% off your energy costs. Our green home plans have all been selected from our best-selling collections and architectural styles, which include everything from tiny house plans, country home plans, fabulous kitchens to luxury one story and two story house plans. Check out our some of best selling green, small home plans in this weeks issue of Dream Designs.
One of our more popular green designs is the Shelton Road House Plan, THD-1858. This beautiful traditional green design is easy-to-build and features a flexible floor plan. The great room has 11’ 6†trayed ceilings, built-in cabinets and large energy-efficient windows to let in natural lighting. A well-equipped kitchen offers easy access to the formal dining room as well as the casual breakfast area. The expansive and well-appointed master suite features a 10’ trayed ceiling, his and hers walk-in closets, an oversized jet tub, separate shower, compartmentalized toilet and dual vanities. This home plan also comes with a 240 square foot unfinished bonus room.
Traditional and flexible floor plan.
Today, homes are being designed with open floor plans rather than small individual rooms. You’ll find that cabinetry design is embracing this new trend to create large open living areas by creating cabinetry that has the look of furniture. With more space to be creative, cabinets don’t have to be pushed to the room’s perimeter but can become part of furniture groupings that are a key component to the overall design, functionality and décor of the living space.
This week’s issue of Home Ideas is all about cabinetry – “Cabinets Key Ingredient In Kitchen Design,” “Options For Kitchen Cabinetry” and “Consumers Crave Functionality.” Get inspired our collection of Fabulous Kitchen Floor Plans, which include everything from small beach cottages to sprawling one-story house plans featuring a professional kitchen design.
Open Floor Plan
Our customer service staff was pleasantly surprised last week by the amount of phone calls they kept getting in response to our Dream Designs e-newsletter about tiny house plans. Since our designers and architects have a large selection of small house plans, we decided to put together a collection of tiny house plans, featuring every house plan in a wide array of architectural styles that is less than 1,000 square feet.
Whether it’s a waterfront vacation retreat, a cottage you’re building to use as in-law quarters or a small home to minimize the ever-increasing heating, cooling and maintenance costs, this collection has everything you’ve been looking for including garage plans that incorporate studios and smaller living quarters.
Because a tiny home costs less to build, own, clean, heat, cool and maintain, you can enjoy the freedom to enjoy your lives. Lets face it… the less money you need to run your home, the less stress of earning more money and the more time you have to enjoy your favorite things. Enjoy browsing through are recently launched collection of tiny house plans.
two-story tiny house plan
While many baby boomers are looking to down-size and prepare for retirement, most are just interested in finding the right-sized home so they can enjoy easy and economical living without sacrificing their needs and changing their lifestyle. For some, that may mean a small house plan with a large outdoor living space and open floor plan so they can still entertain and have room for the grandkids. For most, it means a home with lots of flexible spaces to accommodate overnight guests, a home office, entertainment/media room, and craft and hobby room.
One thing most home plans have in common for boomers are they are one-story or ranch house plans, have a large master suite, flexible living spaces and bonus rooms. You can enjoy browsing through our collection of small house plans, open floor plans, empty nester, one-story house plans and bonus room house plans.
Enjoy reading our latest issue of Home Ideas featuring three articles about aging in place – Homes Designed for All Ages, Designed With Baby Boomers In Mindand
Top Tips for a Healthier Home.
Building and designing an economical home is being made easier as designers and architects continue to create small house plans. Many are even taking small to a whole new level with a special collection of tiny house plans, which are generally less than 1,000 square feet. Building a small house, gives consumers back the freedom to have more money and time to enjoy their lives. Why? Because a smaller home costs less to build, own, clean, heat, cool and maintain. The less money you need to run your home, the less stress of earning more money and the more time you have to enjoy the things you like to do.
Enjoy browsing through our collection of small house plans and our latest issue of Dream Designs.
Tiny House Plans
A frustrated customer called today who had been looking for a small house plan without any luck. She had been trying to talk her husband into moving for over two years, but couldn’t come up with a floor plan that they both could agree on. She needed to keep the square footage under 1,800 square feet and needed a home plan that included an optional bonus room they could build out later and a split bedroom design with a basement. I gave her several house plans to look at but when she saw The Madison House Plan, she knew that was going to be the plan to get her husband to finally move out of their 1978 Cape. I was so happy to hear from Judy two days later ready to purchase and letting me know that finding something that both her and husband could agree on was a small miracle and how she really appreciated the customer service and help.
Our architects and designers have put together one of the finest collections of small house plans you can find online. Our small house plans typically are under 2000 square feet and are all designed to be economical to build, but without sacrificing amenities. Although many small home plans are often plain and simple, our collection of small house plans are absolutely charming, well planned, well zoned, and a joy to live in. You can enjoy some of our more popular small and eco-friendly house plans in our latest issue of Dream Designs.
If you want to make sure that you never run out of hot water in your new home, you’ll want to consider a tankless hot water heater. A tankless hot water heater (also referred to as an on demand hot water heater) can be a great solution to your residential hot water needs because they don’t usually store hot water, but rather create it on demand.
There are some limitations and trade-offs to consider to installing a tankless hot water heater, but if properly used these appliances are absolutely great and energy-efficient. They come in point-of-use and whole-house versions and there are electric tankless water heaters and natural gas or propane models. Some tankless units are sized to heat a pot of boiling water, while others to designed to provide enough hot water for 2 or more bathrooms. Be sure whether you choose a small house plan or luxury home design that you have enough hot water to fit your lifestyle and needs.
Our latest issue of Home Ideas features three informative articles to help you choose the right hot water system for your new home — “Hot Water Heating Systems,” “Eco-Friendly Water Heaters” and “Tips for Purchasing Tankless Gas Water Heaters.”
Before you have your contractor purchase your hot water heating system, be sure to learn about all the latest tax incentives for home heating and cooling equipment.
Whether you are looking for a cozy two-story craftsman with wrap-around porch or a simple ranch, we offer a wide selection of affordable and small house plans to accommodate your preferences and needs so you can build your dream home with out sacrificing amenities and style. Most of our small plans range between 1500 to 2500 square feet and are ENERGY STAR® approved so can enjoy years of savings with our green/energy efficient designs. Explore one of the finest and diverse collections of small house plans on the web in our latest issue of Dream Designs.
I got a call last week from a woman who was looking to build her first home in Virginia. Both she and her husband had moved from Chicago to Washington DC, when she was hired to work for the White House. After living in Washington for several months and knowing that her job would probably keep them in that area for a long time, they started searching for available land around the Washington D.C. area. They wanted to be practical (keeping their commute to a minimum), but still have their privacy, which is why they chose Alexandria. Situated across the Potomac River, they would be able to satisfy their desire for city life and country living.
It wasn’t easy for them to find a lot to build their new home, because they were only looking for a small piece of land to build an affordable home. They also wanted a house design that would allow them to have room to grow. After searching several house plans site, they called us based on the fact that we had the most extensive and diversified collection of small, affordable house plans. They were pleased to find out that we offered free modification quotes and shipping. After talking for over an hour and taking notes about their “must have†design features and lot challenges, I set out to find six house plans to show them that were under 2,000 square feet, had an open-floor plan, wrap-around porch and lots of flexible spaces.
Stay tuned…to see what house plan they will choose. I’m betting it will be the 1917 House Plan, which is not only from our small collection, but is a THD exclusive house plan.
This unusually versatile “ranch” offers both beauty and an array of superb features. The Creekstone is boasting 1,500 square feet, this carefully designed home includes a country kitchen, spacious family room and a guest room as well as a luxurious master suite. An enormous future 1,361 sq. ft. bonus area and optional finished 1,763 sq. ft. basement offer unlimited possibilities.
A three-car garage with work area leads into the country kitchen. Here a center island with a sink and dishwasher makes meal prep and clean-up a breeze. The spacious 21’8†x 15’4†family room is ideal for entertaining. Follow the steps down to the basement where a whole new world awaits! A family recreation room has plenty of room for a pool table and a home theater is right around the corner! And if you get the “munchies†during the movie, no problem! There’s a snack bar included in this space! But this optional basement is not “all play and no workâ€. There’s a home office and exercise area located on this level also! Rounding out this level are two bedrooms, a bathroom , laundry room and mechanical room.
The 1,361 sq. ft. upper level future bonus room could serve any number of purposes from play room, study, library, craft room, storage…the list goes on and on!