Some more advantages of stock house desgins

In my previous post, we talked about stock plans. Here are some more information explaining how they make it easier for you build your dream house -

• Besides the huge financial saving, let’s not forget that time you save by purchasing small home plans – rather then hire a designer and wait for months until your plans are ready, you can instantly download them from the website.

• There are so many designers and so many small home plans in the websites that offering them that you can be sure you’ll find home plan that suits your needs and demands on the one hand, and unique on the other hand.

• You don’t have to spend time meeting witch designers. You do it in your free time, specify your requirements. Then you’re presented with several home plans, and you have all the time to think and ask your friends and family which plan is the best for you.

If you want to know about how you can get a true estimation of your house or the house you're interested in. read my post on the electronic appraiser.

Stock small home plans save you money and time

Probably you will build only one house in your life. I’m sure you’ll put most of your time, money and knowledge into it. Naturally, if you can reduce your costs you’ll be more than happy, and if you can do it without compromising your requirements and needs – you can really be satisfied. Buying stock home plans is a good example of it, and you’ll be quite surprise how popular it is. Many of the houses you enjoy looking at (and sometimes even jealous of their owners…) were designed using stock house plans. And you’re not the first one to wonder about that and to ask yourself why you should purchase them - That is exactly what I did a few years ago when one of my best friends suggested me buying house design. Each time I visited him (not quite often, I must say. 150 miles are separating us), I used to be amazed of his home. It looked so beautiful outside and so efficient in its space usage, I was sure he paid architect to design it (and he can sure afford it, trust me). One day, as I told him I wish I could build home like his own, he instantly replied “So go and choose one plan. There are thousands of them. Who do you think designed this house?” At first I couldn’t believe, but when he showed me the blueprints and a website with so many small house designs, I understood that you can use stock home plan to build your dream house, and it’s not just a phrase.The main advantage of getting stock home plans is that they are significantly less expensive than custom home plans. And when I say less expensive, I’m talking about thousands of dollars. Try and look for custom home plan – no architect will charge you less than 5 to 7 thousand dollars, whereas stock home plans would usually cost you no more than $700, and as I always say - small home plan means affordable home plan.Usually you’ll build one house in your life. You want to put all your knowledge, experience and much of your fortune into it. So why don’t you use the experience and knowledge of a professional home designers and architects, that have designed hundreds and thousands of houses, all in a very affordable cost? On my next post, I’ll show more advantages stock home plans have.

If you want to know how you can get a true estimation of your house or the house you're interested in, read my post about the Electronic Appraiser.

Small home plans

Before we start talking about designs, floor plans and bedrooms and other small home plans related terms that will be discussed in my blog, let’s make sure we all refer the same thing. As you all surely know, small house plans (or small home designs – it’s the same) are blueprint designs of small houses. Well, it’s quite obvious and no one can argue that.  Less clear are the following common questions:

•  How much is small?

There are several definitions to small. But most people in the construction industry would say that a house under 1600 square feet is considered small. And after looking into hundreds of plans, I can tell you that many of the small houses are even below 1000 square feet, and there even tiny house plans with square footage of less than 800.

• What kinds of small homes are there?

Today, due to their popularity, when one says small home, you’re no longer can be sure what kind of a house he means – cottage house or a log cabin? He’s into European style or maybe he prefers the traditional one? A bungalow with one story or perhaps townhouse with 2 or 3 stories? There are plenty of small houses that fall into these categories, and it’s important you’ll be familiar with them before examining small house plans and choosing one.

Can I find my dream house as one of the stock home plans?

Well, you’ll be surprised. Stock home plans were designed by gathering all the features requested by home builders and owners throughout many years. No matter how many bedrooms you like your home to have, how big your living room you want, and how many bath rooms you wish – there is a home plan that fits your needs. How can I be so sure? Well, first of all, because I looked into hundreds of them over the years, and believe me – there are much more I haven’t look. The companies selling them designed so many of them, so they could answer any potential customer. As I said earlier, they have years of experience of what people are looking for in small home plans. All you have to do is tell them all the relevant details and they’ll come up with several home plans for you to choose. And even if you’ll decide that some modification should be made to the home plan you’ve purchased, you can ask for it, and still it would cost you much less than hiring a designer and the result would be pretty much the same. 

Log cabin plans and small log homes

Handcrafted log cabin plans

Although they are usually built as a retreat home, many log homes and log cabin plans finally ends up as a residence home. Contemporary log home plans are made for modern day living, which makes them great choose as a permanent home for your family. I think of log homes as a modern house with a rustic look.Log home always reminds me the American pioneers, building their log houses from the forests that were so common in the old days. The handcrafted log house plan sure gives me a romantic feeling of home.

The first log houses were of the handcrafted style, which means that they weren't changed after they had been peeled. Since they require intensive fieldwork, today they are less popular than the milled style – logs that were processed and have the same size and appearance, which makes them more suitable for home building.

The logs are a great shelter from the cold, since they lock the heat inside them, which make them so popular in cold areas world wide.

As you’ll see, there many types of log cabin plans, but of course they all share some features:

Fireplace with a chimney – I like it more when it’s made from brick, but some like the stone version.

• Very large kitchen and living rooms.
• Wide back porch. Actually, it’s the first think that comes to my mind when someone says log house.

Log home plans come in a range of sizes – from as little as 500 square feet to more than 2000. Since you’re interested in small home plans, you’ll be happy to find all this home plans that suits you.

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