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Product Information
Are you readyto find the best house plan for your dream home? To get started right away, being with Quick Search, where you can select the basic requirements for your new home and browse a wide range of house plans. If youre ready to refine your search withspecific house styles and lifestyle features, you can use the Advanced Search. If youre having trouble envisioning your dream house, take a look at some questions designed to help you develop a list of characteristics for your new home in selectingthe right features for you. As a result, youll begin to understand how to use the advanced search to select those features that will return house plans that are tailored to your budget, lifestyle, and taste.
You can purchase differenttypes of plan sets, depending on your immediate needs. Each type of plan has a different purpose. Some include a building license while others include a copyright release so that you can make changes or legal copies easily. There are five typesof plan sets: a construction set, a reproducible set, a CAD-file set, a single set, and a study set. With only a few exceptions, all home designs are available as a construction set, and most have other set options, depending on what each independentdesigner offers. Plans for Houseplans.com home designs are drawn at ?-inch scale, that is, ? inch equals 1 foot, unless otherwise noted.
Categories
- What does it cost to build a new house?
- How do I getstarted?
- Whats included when you buy a plan from Houseplans.com?
- Definitions & Common Terms
- Building Codes & Permits
- Modifying Your House Plan
Selecting the Right Features for You
If youre not sure what youre looking for, select Start Browsing Now on the home page and then browse through the thumbnail pictures until you have a better idea of what suits your needs, lifestyle, and taste. If youre not sure about thefeatures youre looking for or want a better idea of the choices you have with Advanced Search, take a few moments to consider the following:
House Type
Considerations that help determine the footprint of your home; what theprimary function of the house will be, such as a residence, vacation home, or even a rental: - What is your target square footage?
- Are you looking for a single-family dwelling or one that accommodates more than one family? Are youconsidering a duplex?
- Is this a vacation home?
- What are the minimum and maximum measurements youre considering for your homes square footage, width, and depth?
- How many bedrooms would you like to include? How manybathrooms?
Lifestyle Features
Where will you be spending most of your time in your new house? Working, entertaining friends, raising a family, enjoying your favorite activities during retirement? The following considerationswill help you configure the interior of your house and what special features to include: - Would you like a porch? Do you envision it covered, wrap-around, or screened?
- Would you like a courtyard as part of your homesconfiguration?
- Does your lot have a view? Is it narrow, on a hillside or corner?
- What kind of living space would you like? Are you thinking of a great room or family room? Would you like vaulted ceilings? Is an open floor planimportant?
- For your bedrooms, would you like the master suite on the main floor or upstairs? Do you need two master suites? A nursery? A teen suite? A guest room or in-law suite?
- Are there other considerations like an unfinishedbasement, or do you need your house to be handicap accessible.
Includes
Heres whats included with each section of a plan set, plus a brief listing of whats not included with each plan set:
Elevations - Material labels
- Floor-to-floor heights
- Roof slope indicators
- Attic ventilation notes
Floor plans - All post and beam locations
- Door and window sizes
- Completeand accurate dimensions
- Room labels and interior room sizes
- Electrical layouts
- Code-related notes
- Building-section markers
- Floor joist type, and spacing and direction
Foundation or basement plan - All post and beam locations
- Door and window sizes
- Complete and accurate dimensions
- All foundation wall and footing sizes
- Code-related notes
- Building-section markers
- Floor and deck joist type, and spacing anddirection
- Mechanical-equipment location
- Electrical layouts
Roof plan - All roof beam and header locations
- Building-section markers
- Code-related notes
- All notes necessary to the structuralsystem
Building sections - Beam connections and locations
- Floor joist type and spacing
- Floor-to-floor heights
- Non-typical plate heights indicated
Typical wall sections - Labels indicating wall construction
- Foundation wall thickness and minimum reinforcing
- Type and rating of house insulation
Miscellaneous notes and details - Miscellaneous house-framing details
- Stairway details
- General notes about code requirements for residential construction
Not included - Locations of actual ductwork for heating and air conditioning
- Drawings showing the actual plumbing pipesizes and locations
- Electrical wiring and panel diagrams
- Professional stamps
- Location-specific engineering
House Plan Drawings
- Construction set - the basic package of drawingsyou need to obtain a building permit, secure your financing, and build your home. It includes five complete sets of house plans. Each set has all four exterior views (also called elevations), complete floor plans, a basement or foundationplan, a roof plan, building sections, and all other details necessary to construct your house. (For more details about construction set contents
- Reproducible set - for making minor changes to your house plans, this complete set of houseplans is on an erasable Mylar, sepia, or vellum paper. A reproducible set includes a copyright release so that you can legally copy the modified plans as many times as you need to complete the building process. Although this set islicensed, you may
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