I am looking for an inexpensive home design for a small and narrow lot 28x72. I want a simple lean to shape.?

Question

Most homes are too wide and the modernist homes are nice but too expensive. I only need windows on the front and the back. I do not need a garage, but I do need a drive. I have front and back street access and it needs to be built on piers. I would like 2 bedrooms with 1 or 2 baths and an open floor plan with the living and kitchen areas. It should be 1,000 sq ft or under and a very simple inexpensive design. I feel like I have few options because I want to keep the cost down and no one makes money that way. I only need maybe 2 interior doors at the most and I would like my closets to have rolling barn style panels. I do not want a pitched roof but I do want a lean to style roof, so the living room seems vaulted but I can put the duct work above the ceiling in the bedrooms. I want the bedroom and baths on one side, with a porch and living space on the otherside possibly wrapping around the back. It does not seem that this should be so complicated. Help where can I get a design cheap.

Answer 1

I would recommend that you check out the plan books found at most home supply stores, or hardware stores. Also look for "A" Frame homes....these could easily be adapted to run a porch or deck, even on the side.

Since you have to build on piers, I would seriously recommend that you run all your ducts underneath the home, including plumbing... then insulate it. If you do this, you can go with a vaulted ceiling all the way up, if you like. Those same stores, by the way, sell the hardware kits to make sliding closet doors.

Oh, by the way.... if you look for some old home styles, this type of home was often called a "shotgun" house... you could fire a shotgun thru the front door, and not hit anything as the shot exited the back door, hehehe.... these were long narrow home also... this type of building is actually fairly common wherever homes were taxed on how wide the home was. (Old dutch homes were taxed by the street side square footage, so they also built long and narrow)

Have Fun!

Answer 2

Is there a school near you with an architecture or drafting program? If so, hire a student to design this for you. Give the student valuable real-world experience and get the blueprints drawn for much less than an architect would charge.

Answer 3

Manufactured homes are good for your needs, they can adjust things to your likes and wants, also they can be pretty cheap, check them out you might be shocked.