1-Story House Plan with Basement 1384 ft²: 3 Beds, Home Office, 2.5 Baths, Open Floor Plan, 2-Car Garage
Front Perspective
Detailed Floor Plans
Roof Plans
House And Detail Cross-Sections
Exterior Elevations
Foundation and Basement
Standard Construction Details
Electrical Plan
Front Perspective
Detailed Floor Plans
Roof Plans
House And Detail Cross-Sections
Exterior Elevations
Foundation and Basement
Standard Construction Details
Electrical Plan
This house plan can be modified to fit your family’s lifestyle and your lot’s specifics.
House plan 82509R is a family house plan of 1384 ft², measuring 49'0" wide and 49'0" deep. These equal dimensions give the home a balanced, square outline, and its size suits a household living here all year round, in the country or the suburbs. What sets this floor plan apart is the choice it leaves to the family: both the foundation and the exterior wall framing are selected on request, so the house can be prepared around the way they want to build.
Three foundation options are available. A slab foundation sets the house close to the ground, for a simple, direct step between the interior and the outdoors. A crawl space raises the floor and leaves room beneath it for reaching pipes and ducts. For families who want extra space, this house plan is also available with a walkout basement, a lower level with its own door to the outside, useful for storage, hobbies or a quiet retreat on winter evenings.
The exterior walls offer the same flexibility. The plan is available with wood 2x4 framing, a familiar choice in North American home building, or with wood 2x6 framing, whose deeper walls leave more room for insulation. Each option keeps the same outer dimensions as a starting point for the design, while the final build reflects the priorities of the household.
With 1384 ft² in a square outline and a choice of three foundations and two types of wall framing, plan 82509R gives a family a clear starting point and several practical decisions to make their own. It is a home to settle into for many years, shaped from the ground up by the people who will live in it.
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