1-Story House Plan 537 ft²: 2 Beds, 1 Baths, Open Floor Plan, without Garage
This house plan can be modified to fit your family’s lifestyle and your lot’s specifics.
The 18784RB is a 2-bedroom single-story house plan that pairs a Scandinavian silhouette with clean contemporary lines, fitting a complete year-round home into 537 ft² under a steep gable roof. The roof rises at a 13/12 (47°) pitch, and its ridge runs parallel to the street, so the front shows a long, calm eave line while the tall volume above gives the rooms inside a generous sense of height. The house is 39'8" wide and 18'3" deep, with an overall height of 15'2", and its exterior walls are finished in WPC cladding. Modern and European in its restraint, this small house plan for a single family suits a couple, a first home or anyone who prefers quality over sheer size.
The front door opens into a proper entry, which keeps coats, shoes and the weather out of the main room. Beyond it the open floor plan joins the living area and the kitchen in one continuous space, and a breakfast nook gives the kitchen a natural spot for everyday meals and slow weekend mornings. Floor-to-ceiling windows and a corner window bring the outdoors into the design and let daylight travel across such a slender footprint, so the shared space feels open rather than compact.
The plan uses a split bedrooms layout: the two bedrooms sit apart from each other, with the living space between them, so each room keeps its own privacy. That makes the second bedroom just as comfortable for guests or a teenager as for a quiet home office. One full bathroom serves the house, and a dedicated utility room takes the mechanical equipment and the practical side of running a home out of the living areas, which matters in a 2 bedroom house plan where every room has to earn its place.
Outside, a deck extends the living area into the open air, a place for summer dinners or a coffee on a cool evening. The house is designed without a basement and without a garage, which keeps the construction straightforward and the footprint modest. With its steep gable roof, WPC walls and generous glazing, this Scandinavian house plan offers a simple, refined form that will look as fresh in twenty years as it does on the day the family moves in.
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