1-Story House Plan 973 ft²: 2 Beds, 1 Baths, Open Floor Plan, without Garage
This house plan can be modified to fit your family’s lifestyle and your lot’s specifics.
Plan 17407RB is a 2-bedroom single-story house plan that brings a modern Scandinavian character to the easy, everything-on-one-level layout of a bungalow. Its 973 ft² sits beneath a low shed roof with a 2/12 (9.5°) pitch, and the facades combine wood, metal panels and WPC, a clean contemporary mix of warm and crisp textures. The house measures 42'4" wide and 38'6" deep, with a height of 13'9". That compact footprint makes this small house plan a natural fit for a couple, a small family or empty nesters who want a refined home without unused rooms.
You come in through a dedicated entry, where coats, boots and bags stay out of the main living space. Beyond it, an open floor plan joins the living area and the kitchen in one continuous room. The kitchen is organized around an island with a breakfast bar, so quick breakfasts, homework and conversation with whoever is cooking all happen in the same place. Large windows and floor-to-ceiling windows bring daylight deep into the interior, and on a winter evening the same glass frames the view from the sofa.
The layout uses split bedrooms: the two bedrooms are placed apart from each other, so each one feels private. That works well for parents and a child, for a guest room, or for a quiet home office. One full bathroom serves the house. Practical spaces are part of the plan from the start: a utility room keeps the household equipment and laundry tasks out of sight, and a separate storage room holds seasonal items, sports gear and everything that would otherwise crowd the closets.
Outside, a deck extends the living space into the open air for morning coffee, summer dinners and long evenings outdoors. This modern house plan has no garage and no basement, which keeps the design simple, focused and efficient. With its low single-slope roofline, natural wood alongside metal panels, and generous glazing, 17407RB is a 2-bedroom house plan for comfortable living all year round, in the country or in the suburbs.
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