3-Bed, 1700 Sq Ft European Flat Roof House with Open Floor Plan
This house plan can be modified to fit your family’s lifestyle and your lot’s specifics.
You have two options for modifying this house plan:
1. Order modifications from the original architect. Purchase the modified Digital Concept and send it to your local architect to prepare the Construction Documents.
2. Work with your local architect. Purchase the original Digital Concept without modifications, then ask your local architect to make the changes and prepare the Construction Documents.
Plan 11093R is a 3-bedroom single-story house plan that shapes clean modern lines into a calm, generous family home of 1742 ft². Its T-shaped footprint sits low beneath a flat roof, and the facade reads like a carefully composed still life: warm wood set against smooth stucco, grounded by solid planes of natural stone. The design draws on contemporary, European and high-tech influences and pairs them with the easy, horizontal character of a bungalow, so its minimalism never feels cold. Every line has a purpose, and nothing competes with the light. A front-entry two-car garage extends forward of the main volume, framing the approach and giving the entry a sheltered, private feel.
Step through the entry and the house opens at once. The open floor plan joins the large family room and the kitchen into one continuous space, where large windows and floor-to-ceiling glass draw daylight deep into the interior and blur the edge between inside and out. In the evening the fireplace in the family room becomes the quiet center of the home, the place where the day slows down and conversations stretch long. The large kitchen is made for real cooking and real company: a breakfast bar for hurried mornings, a breakfast nook brightened by a corner window for slower weekends, and a walk-in pantry that keeps the counters clear. A practical utility room takes care of the everyday chores out of sight.
The three bedrooms are clustered together in one quiet part of the house, a layout that keeps children close and the rhythm of family life easy to follow. The main floor master gives parents a restful retreat at the end of the day, and with every room on one level there are no stairs to climb at any age. Two full bathrooms keep busy mornings moving without a queue at the door.
Outside, the living space simply continues. A wraparound porch wraps the house in shade and invites slow coffee and long views, a covered rear porch offers shelter for meals in the open air, and a deck adds room for summer evenings with friends. The home rests on a slab with a concrete stem wall foundation and has no basement, which keeps the structure straightforward and the whole one-story layout at ground level. With 1742 ft² arranged around light, warmth and openness, this modern floor plan suits a family that wants a house to feel uncluttered, bright and lived in every season of the year.
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