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plan above: click for a larger plan
exterior view above other exterior views below: click for larger version
interior views below: click for larger version
see development sketches for this design see construction images of the 0242 Plat House
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Number: 0242 The Plat House |
This house is called the plat house because it is surrounded on three sides by deck space and most of the interior space is open to the view as if the entire house is one big deck. The design is based on a guest house I worked on in 1995 and which has been updated, completely redesigned actually, to offer as a stock plan. Complete drawings were never done the first time around so it is being recreated from the ground up to make it part of the plan collection. The living area in this house is an open flowing space. The living room includes a windowed bay that extends out under the porch roof and puts you out into the landscape. You will find the kitchen has a similar space that is ideal for a table. The rear wall of the house has high windows that provide privacy from the approach side of the house. But the back wall also provides for the real anchor of this design, the storage wall that runs the entire length of the house. Starting in the utility room, running through the entry, morphing into an entertainment center in the living space, a pantry in the kitchen, and the closets for the master bedroom, this rivals the storage of a much larger house . If you love the Plat House but think you need three bedrooms, then take a look at the 0242 Plat House 3. All the Plat House goodness with a third bedroom to stretch out in! Facts: One story wood framed dwelling with crawlspace, and metal roof. Spaces include an entry, living room, kitchen, master bedroom, master bathroom, bunkroom, bathroom, and laundry/utility room. Square footage: calculations are for primary conditioned living space and do not include basements, porches, terraces, or other outdoor space. Total 1,420 sqft Dimensions: foot print: 72ft x 25ft (89ft x 35ft w/decks as shown) living room: 18ft x 25ft (L shape) kitchen: 8ft x 25ft master bedroom: 12ft x 18ft bunkroom: 12ft x 12ft laundry/utility room: 17ft x 5ft Questions? Buy Prints Now By purchasing Prints online you are indicating that you agree to the terms of our License Agreement. Buy Small Design Prints: $100.00 Buy Design Prints: $200.00 Buy Construction Prints: $4,750.00 Return to: notes on the 2005 name change: This design was posted on our site the day it went live in Nov 2002. It was a design I knew we were going to eventually develop into a stock plan so I decided to include a thumbnail sketch on the catalog page. But before I could post it a name had to be given. We did not take much time with it - something obvious - The Deck House! It has lots of deck space so great, that will do. I never really thought it was great, but it worked and so up it went. It also led to the precedent of naming the Porch House after its prominent feature - its screened porch. However early in 2005 in an effort to avoid any confusion with timberframe house manufacturer Deck House llc we have choosen a new name for this design. So to the dictionary and the thesaurus to do a little research. Platform was my first thought - shorten it to "Plat"? I checked the translator, deck from english to italian yeilded "piattaforma" - hmmm, german yielded "plattform". Into the dictionary for "Plat" and found n : a map showing planned or actual features of an area, and the thesaurus turned up Definition: map Synonyms: blueprint, diagram, graph, outline, plan, plat, plot, rough draft, scheme, sketch, table, tabulation I like that. I can live with that. |
