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Aruba-This tropical floor plan features great room, study, formal dining room, secluded master suite and covered lanai.

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Please note that this plan is not drawn to local specifications. If your building locality requires that the plan is stamped, you will need to find a local architect or engineer to modify and stamp the plan for local codes.

Our Key West island style house plans typically feature raised foundations, shady porches, and numerous windows to allow the air to move freely throughout the house. Often, a Key West style house plan will feature a cupola and an open concept floor plan. This architectural style responds both to the warm and sultry environment it originated in and to the very idea of living side by side with nature in such a beautiful setting. Below is our collection of Key West house plans. Click to view…

This Craftsman home combines space, comfort and curb appeal. Large covered entryways, exposed eave rafters and a dynamic foot print are some of the features of the Craftsman style. This design captures these elements and also incorporates some modern upgrades such as a standing seam metal roof and fiber cement siding panels. The back side of the Simple Craftsman has a large deck with contours as unique as the house it attaches to. This variation creates separate zones of use. The deck off…

Cute Olde Florida style house plan perfect for your coastal or intracoastal lot! The Ambergris Cay is an Olde Florida style house plan that is designed with a casual lifestyle in mind. Featuring a quaint covered front porch for drinking lemonade and watching the summer days go by. Inside the expansive great room in this casual floor plan opens up to the rest of the house keeping the family close together. Outside of the Ambergris Cay house plan the covered lanai would be well suited to sit…

The Mangrove Park Cottage Home has 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. See amenities for Plan 047D-0015.

The Columbia Retreat is a beautiful, efficient home perfect enjoying the outdoors. The open concept kitchen/ living room leads to a large partially screened porch. The master suite has its own private wing, complete with walk-in closet, double vanity, separate shower, and tub. Upstairs offers a seco

Elevated house plans are primarily designed for homes located in flood zones. The foundations for these home designs typically utilize pilings, piers, stilts or CMU block walls to raise the home off grade. Many lots in coastal areas (seaside, lake and river) are assigned base flood elevation certificates which dictate how high off the ground the first living level of a home must be built. The height is determined by flood maps created by FEMA and enforced by local building departments…

The cottage house plan comes from English architecture, where cozy designs, often in rural areas, featured living rooms on the main floor and an upper floor with several bedrooms tucked under the eaves. When this design style crossed the Atlantic, we originally used the term “cottage’ to describe modest vacation home. Nowadays, a cottage house plan describes any smaller home with charming exterior details such as rafter tails, dormers of all types along with small balconies and covered…