Project selection is an important stage from which construction always begins. It seriously affects the cost of construction and the main parameters of future housing. Are in high demand in private housing construction standard projects one-story houses, in particular, country cottages.
Advantages of using one-story house projects
The popularity and frequent use of design documentation for 1-story houses is due to a number of reasons:
- with limited financial resources, buying an economy class project is a realistic opportunity to get convenient and comfortable housing;
- simple and proven constructive solutions allow you to achieve reliability and durability;
- small one-story houses are convenient for elderly people and residents with disabilities disabilities;
- the costs of operating a compact small-sized house are lower than when living in multi-storey buildings.
The advantage of modern one-story cottages is high level comfort. It is achieved, despite the small area, through the use of competent planning, the use of advanced technologies and building materials.
Popular designs of beautiful one-story houses
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The projects website contains a catalog of residential one-story houses with layouts. It contains photos, operational and technical characteristics and basic parameters of buildings. Over 15 years of productive work, our bureau employees have developed large number modern options one-story houses and cottages, the best projects are included in the catalog.
Various materials are used for construction:
- gas, foam and expanded clay concrete blocks;
- wood and processed products (rounded logs, types of timber - glued or profiled).
The site presents various options, starting from country houses budget cost and ending with luxury buildings with beautiful design. A potential buyer can easily find a one-story house project to suit his taste:
- square or rectangular in plan;
- economical or premium price segment;
- standard or original;
- a small area or with spacious rooms.
Individual design
Often clients are not satisfied with the layout of private houses on one floor. In this case, our office staff can make adjustments. Their final price is determined by the number of changes and improvements.
If the customer wishes, we carry out individual design, which includes the development of:
- sketch (completion time - from 3 to 10 days) with subsequent agreement with the customer and revision according to the comments received;
- architectural and construction part (15 working days after approval of the sketch).
As an additional service we design utility networks and connection to specific conditions of the land plot. Development is carried out in constant contact with the client, which guarantees that the final result meets his needs, tastes and wishes.
Projects of one-story houses and cottages are very popular among developers and there are many reasons for this. When choosing a project, you should pay attention to the fact that all rooms in one-story house are on the same level, some semblance apartment layout. There is no need to constantly go up and down the stairs to the second floor. From this point of view, a modern one-story house is ideal for older people. Country cottages small areas (from approximately 100 sq.m to 150 m2) require less heating costs and retain heat well. Our catalog contains the most successful and optimal projects with photo visualizations and plan drawings, which have earned wide recognition among fans of “apartment houses”. Choose yourself or contact the manager for advice, we will definitely select exactly the solution that will completely satisfy you. Also keep in mind that any project can be modified to suit your requirements: redevelopment, replacement of wall material.
Beautiful projects of one-story houses: catalog, photo
Architectural projects of one-story houses are the most popular on our website in 2018. The layouts of one-story house projects are thought out to the smallest detail; the plans for one-story houses include solutions that allow intelligent savings both during construction and during operation.
Life experience suggests that one-story residential buildings are the MOST COMFORTABLE! Frequently using stairs from floor to floor is tiring and impractical. Moreover, for families with small children and elderly people this best option, because stairs can be dangerous. Project plans for one-story houses suggest convenient use of the premises. In addition, in a one-story house, everything is at hand, both rooms and access to the terrace are nearby.
Plans for one-story houses: layout features
Although one-story houses have a number of advantages, one should not forget that the layout of one-story house projects has a number of features:
- The construction of an attic house and a two-story house with the same total area is cheaper than the construction of a one-story building. This is due to the large areas of the roof and foundation one-story house, the construction of which requires large expenses.
- In a one-story house with an area of more than 200 m2, the layout will be less comfortable, since the creation of several corridors leads to the loss of the overall idea of the house and the connection between the rooms.
- Construction of such a house involves the purchase of a large plot, which requires additional costs. This is especially true for one-story houses, the design of which includes a garage.
- Heating a one-story house is also more expensive, since the attic space is wasted. In the case of an attic or two-story house the floor heated by the air of the first floor reduces the cost of heating the upper rooms.
We do not advise our clients who have chosen foreign projects of one-story houses to give up their dreams just because of savings. It’s better to pay once and live in a comfortable home. Many owners of two-story and attic houses in their eloquent reviews say that they would still like to build their next house as a one-story house, since it is much more comfortable and convenient.
In this section we offer you a wide selection of projects of one-story houses of various sizes, the most various styles, designs and layouts. Moreover, the Z500 catalog is constantly updated with ready-made projects of one-story houses. Enjoy watching and choose your country house project!
Additional features
Before purchasing a project, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with additional features which we can provide to you in the section. These additions will make it faster and easier to build one-story turnkey houses. Prices for all services are indicated. Here are the most basic services:
1. Addition. If the chosen cottage project does not fully satisfy your wishes, we can make changes to it so that the house becomes as comfortable as possible! The layout of one-story houses, the pie walls, the dimensions of the house, and many other adjustments can be made that do not affect the reliability and quality of the house. Changes can also be made to the design of one-story houses.
2. The addendum suggests adapting the standard strip foundation provided by the project for the soil characteristics on your site. Only an adapted foundation can guarantee the reliability and durability of the built house. Such adaptation is carried out on the basis of geological and geodetic surveys.
3. Add-on - a convenient tool for the right choice construction organization, to control work on construction site. This is a complete list of all necessary materials for building a house, indicating their quantity and volume necessary work. By supplementing this information with prices relevant to your region, you will receive a ready-made estimate for this project.
Other additions: “Architectural passport”, “Additional copy of the project”, “Adaptation for seismic zone”, “Comfortable house”, “Warm floor”, “Lightning protection”, “Interior design” allow you to make your home even more comfortable and will help you build it faster.
And our partners will help you build turnkey one-story houses inexpensively.
The projects of one-story brick houses presented in this section are also designed for aerated concrete, ceramic blocks and other stone materials.
By purchasing projects of one-story houses from our company, photos, drawings and videos of which can be viewed in this section, the client receives detailed project documentation, which consists of 5 sections: architectural, structural and 3 parts engineering - wiring diagrams for heating and ventilation, water supply, electrical supply. The cost of engineering sections of the documentation is 20% of the project price indicated on the website. Below you can see an example of a one-story house project.
Below you can see a selection of our popular one-story houses:All projects of our company are protected by copyright and guarantee developers legal security when building houses according to Z500 projects. Below we have placed a certificate that confirms that our company is an official representative of the international architectural bureau Z500 Ltd.
When choosing a project to build a house, you should pay serious attention to the number of storeys. Very important indicators of future housing directly depend on the right choice:
- cost-effectiveness in the construction and operation of a ready-made building
- functionality and comfort of the future home.
The main factor influencing the number of floors is the size of the site. A one-story house requires a fairly large plot. For small and narrow areas, it is better to choose projects with several floors.
Advantages of one-story house projects
- The most expensive part of construction is the foundation. For a one-story house, there is no need to design a reinforced foundation, as for houses with several floors. It would seem that the benefit is obvious. But the need to lay a foundation over a large area reduces this advantage to nothing.
- But you can save significantly on the construction of walls. Due to the fact that they do not need to be reinforced to accommodate the additional load of the second floor, erecting walls for a one-story house will cost less.
- The project assumes 1 floor of the house simple circuits engineering systems. And, therefore, it is more economical than installing similar systems in a two- or three-story building.
- A one-story house, especially a simple one, is easier to build. In addition, maintenance and repair costs can also be significantly reduced.
- The absence of stairs allows for more efficient use of living space. In addition, rooms located on the same level make everyday life easier, and are even preferable if there are small children or elderly people in the family.
- Another plus in favor of the 1-story building project is psychological. In such houses it is created special feeling unity of people. This is especially important if there are small children in the family.
Disadvantages of a one-story house project
There are few of them, but they exist. And it’s worth talking about them.
- If a large house is being designed, then difficulties may arise with the so-called passage rooms - living spaces that can only be accessed through other rooms. And this affects the comfort of the home.
- The design of a one-story house involves high costs when installing the roof due to its large area.
Let's sum it up
- On a large plot it is more profitable to build a 1-floor house.
- One-story project most economical for house areas up to 100 m2.
- With a house area of 100 to 200 m2, the number of storeys of the house does not affect the cost of construction. Rather, it is a matter of your preferences and taste.
Our company’s catalog of projects has enough options, for example, that will satisfy all the requirements that you have for modern housing.
When planning to build a house, you can order its design from a specialist, or you can try to remake one of the available options to suit your requirements. In any case, you need to be clear about what you want. It is highly desirable that your wishes are well thought out. Not everything that seems attractive as an idea is convenient to use. And you need to know such “little things”. We will analyze some of the information, trying to find a suitable project for a one-story house with three bedrooms. Why is this so? Because this is the most common option and is suitable for families of 4 people. These are the majority.
General planning principles
When you're looking finished projects one-story houses with three bedrooms or are trying to create your own based on what you found, it is important to remember a few points.
These are the principles that it is advisable to adhere to. But this is not a dogma either. Everything can be solved (except for the requirements for boiler rooms). There really are different solutions for different needs and tastes. All you need is desire and a certain amount.
If all three bedrooms are placed next to each other
Many one-story three-bedroom house designs are designed so that all the bedrooms are on one side of the house. On the one hand it is convenient. Relatively noisy rooms - the living room and kitchen are on the opposite side. On the other hand, not everyone likes this arrangement - they are afraid that children may witness unnecessary scenes.
In the project above, this is exactly how the layout is done: all three bedrooms are in right side houses and have approximately the same area. On the positive side, all the bedrooms are far from the living room. With this arrangement of rooms, you can calmly watch TV in the living room, receive guests, without fear of interfering with your rest.
The disadvantage is that the toilet and bathroom are located far from the kitchen and boiler room. Not the most convenient option for laying communications. Among other features - long corridor with many doors. This area cannot be used in any way, since the free walls are very small.
When planning a terrace, you need to pay attention to several points at once. First, for optimal lighting it is better if the terrace faces south or east. Secondly, what room will the exit be from? Most often, access to the terrace is made from the living room. This is the most logical case. The second option is to exit from the corridor, which, as a rule, adjoins the living room or kitchen (much worse, but possible). Please note that it is very convenient if there is a kitchen next to the entrance to the terrace - you can bring in/take out dishes, drinks, etc. After all, the terrace is often used for outdoor gatherings.
These two points already partially determine the layout of your home - the living room should have access to the south or east. This means her position is determined. The living room should be adjacent to the kitchen, and it is also advisable to “collect” all the rooms connected to technical communications in one zone... That is, you have practically decided where the living room, kitchen, technical premises. All that remains is to arrange the bedrooms and organize a convenient passage.
But this is not all that needs to be taken into account when planning a terrace. There is a third point - its size. Here the approach is individual - some need a lot of space, others need less. Interesting option— L-shaped terrace that covers the southern and eastern walls of the building. If you glaze it, you can turn it into a summer garden... If you are interested.
And the fourth point, which is also worth paying attention to when developing the layout of the house. The terrace is used intensively and is a favorite place to relax if it offers a view of the garden, a beautifully decorated backyard, a river, etc. If your gaze rests on your neighbor’s fence, no one is interested. In this situation, the terrace is not used, it gradually turns into a “technical room” - to put a lawn mower, dryer, etc. This also determines the position of the house on the site. That is, you have solved most of the problems in planning a house.
Option 1: with a terrace along the entire short wall
Let's look at several projects of one-story houses with three bedrooms and terraces. In the presented version, access to the terrace is made from the living room. The kitchen window also faces here. If you make a wide window sill with a window that opens completely, you can pass dishes through the window.
All technical rooms are collected in one place and located near the kitchen. The bedrooms are located at the opposite end of the house, which is generally convenient - you can receive guests or watch TV in the living room and not disturb those who decide to relax.
There is only one additional load-bearing wall in this project - almost in the middle along the long side of the house. The kitchen-living room is one, but you can install a partition and divide the rooms. In this case, you will have to allocate part of the living room, but given the area - almost 17 meters - this is not very critical.
The bedrooms in this project have different sizes: 9, 11, 13 meters. Whether it is convenient or not is up to you to decide. If desired, the size of the bedrooms can be increased by reducing the area of the boiler room (with 3-meter ceilings, an area of 5 square meters is enough, so there is a resource). The smallest bedroom can be enlarged by moving the closet to another wall by moving the partition that encloses the living room. By the way, this project of a one-story house with three bedrooms has another plus - a dressing room at the entrance. It's really convenient.
Option 2: with a short terrace along the length of the side of the house
Let's consider another layout option for a one-story house with three bedrooms and a terrace. It differs in the position of the “wet” block - kitchen/bathroom/boiler room/toilet. They are moved to the opposite side. The areas of the bedrooms are “evened out” by reducing the area of the kitchen. Please note: the vestibule is made external. This also contributed to the fact that with the relatively small size of the house - 10 * 14 meters (area 140 square meters) - the dimensions of all the rooms are solid, the width of the corridor is 1.7 meters, which is also not bad.
The terrace has access from the living room and occupies only part of a long wall. If you play this option, it will turn out very well. For example, you can put a pond nearby, install a beautiful flower bed.
With space under or garage
If you need to place a carport or garage next to the house, you can change the layout so that the entrance to the house is closer to the parking lot. Then there is the opportunity to combine the parking lot and porch canopy. It could turn out very interesting.
When planning a carport, it is better to find space for two cars. Even if you have only one car, guests will come to you and it is much more convenient if it can be placed under the roof. The costs of arrangement are not too different, but you always need to look into the future. Maybe you will have a second car.
What else is good about a carport? Under it you can equip a place to store all kinds of equipment: automobile, gardening. You can also fence off a space there to have a supply of dry firewood near the house. In general, this zone can be used in different ways. AND optimal sizes hers is 8*9 meters or so. This is if the area of the plot allows. If not, you can proceed from the minimum dimensions - 2 meters wider and 1.5 meters longer than your car.
The project presented above for a one-story house with three bedrooms has an area of 100 square meters, made in the form of a rectangle with sides of 8.8 * 12 meters. The location of the bedrooms is still the same - in one block, all technical rooms are also located in one place. With this layout, the corridor turns out to be quite small, which will please many, but it will be a “passage” area in which you cannot place anything.
If you need to place your parents' bedroom separately
When choosing a layout, many people believe that the parents' bedroom should be located at some distance from the children's bedrooms. In this case, the approach to planning changes - an elongated rectangular shape of the house is optimal. The long side is divided into three parts by two load-bearing walls.
Such a house with an L-shaped layout is more expensive in cost than a rectangular or square one
Option 1: without corridor
If you divide the house into three parts, it is possible to develop a three-bedroom house layout without a hallway. One third of the house is divided into two bedrooms for children, the middle part is occupied by a combined kitchen/living room, the last third is divided between the entrance area/bathroom and the parents' bedroom.
Where the parents' bedroom is located, there is an entrance to the bathroom from the kitchen/living room. How successful is this decision? The plus here seems to be a large kitchen/living room. But she is completely passable. That is, you definitely won’t be able to retire in it. You might like this idea. Although, to appreciate the convenience/inconvenience, it is worth living in such a house. Usually not everyone likes this, although at the “idea” stage everything seemed tempting.
Arrangement of rooms in a one-story house with three bedrooms - the parents' room is located separately
Please note that this project of a one-story three-bedroom house does not have a boiler room. If it is necessary, you can highlight it by reducing the area of the kitchen/living room. But then you will need to think through the layout and how to organize the entrance to it. A possible, but not very convenient option is from the kitchen, if it is located near the bathroom. The second one is from the street. But then, you can make an extension to the house. Although, this is determined by the size of the house.
Option 2: with a corridor
A layout with two children's rooms and a parents' bedroom located further away can be implemented in a square house (in the picture below). The minimum possible dimensions are 12*12 meters. The area is a little more than 140 square meters. In this case, the dimensions of all rooms are close to optimal (square, have an area of more than 10 square meters). The living room is combined with the kitchen but is not a passage.
If possible/desirable, you can do it in rectangular house, it’s just that a square is more preferable, since the cost per square meter of housing is slightly lower. I must say that the winnings are quite small, so you shouldn’t worry too much about it. It is better to proceed from convenience, because you are choosing a project for a one-story house with three bedrooms for your own life.
In this layout option, the parents’ bedroom is completely separate. The advantage of this option is that in children's rooms there is space for. There is also a drawback - the “wet” rooms are located on opposite edges of the house. The installation of engineering systems will be more complicated (in addition to sewerage and water supply, you will also have to think about separate ventilation).
Not everyone likes the idea of combining the kitchen and living room. In this case, you can easily solve the problem by installing a partition. The entrance to the kitchen can be either from the corridor or from the living room.
But, if no other changes are made, the entrance to the living room is only through the kitchen, which is inconvenient. The problem can be solved by making some transformations. The first one is “recessed” entrance area becomes “normal”, in the area of the walls, the partition separating the corridor is removed. A large entrance area is formed, but without a warm vestibule. But we get an additional large room that can be well equipped. True, this is a different project for a one-story house with three bedrooms (see below).
From this area you can make an entrance to the living room. It turns out to be next to the entrance, which is quite logical. True, only part of the room remains functional, but the “damage” can be minimized by bringing the doors closer.
You can go even further - remove the partition separating the living room from the corridor. The wall here is load-bearing, so installation of columns will be required. But the layout of the house will be in a modern style - from the entrance there is a single space that serves as a living room and a common room. For many this seems convenient.
More options
Having a certain set of premises and requirements for their location, you will not get too many options. The layouts below differ in some details. Maybe one of them will suit you.
