1-Story House Plan with Basement 1362 ft²: 3 Beds, 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 11770R is a family house plan of 1362 ft², designed as a year-round home for the country or the suburbs and measuring 47'0" wide and 49'0" deep. These outer dimensions give a clear starting point for comparing it with other floor plans and for a first conversation with a builder. It is a home of moderate size, intended for everyday family life in every season.
The standard plan does not include a basement, leaving the choice of what lies beneath the house open. Three foundation options are available on request. A slab is the most straightforward choice, with the concrete base poured directly on the ground. A crawl space raises the floor slightly and leaves a shallow, accessible space below it for pipes and ducts. For a family that wants more than the main house offers, this can also become a house plan with a walkout basement, which adds a lower level with its own door to the outside, a useful place for storage, hobbies or quiet winter evenings.
The exterior walls offer a similar choice. Wood framing is available on request in two sizes, Wood 2x4 or Wood 2x6. The 2x4 is the slimmer, more traditional wall, while the 2x6 creates a deeper wall cavity with more room for insulation.
Taken together, these options let you adapt house plan 11770R to the way your family wants to build and live: on a slab, over a crawl space or above a walkout basement, with the wall framing that best suits the project. The result is a wood-framed family home planned around practical decisions made early, before the first morning in the new house.
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