10. Anatomy of a Best Seller
Designer: Frank Betz Associates Inc.
Square feet: 1,429
What makes this plan a best-seller? Is it the home’s gracious exterior, accented by arches and pleasant gables? Or is it the elegant floor plan within?
Russell Moody, president of Frank Betz Associates, believes it’s probably all that and more. “The courtyard entry allows this home to be built on many different lots,” he says.
The only turn-in garage plan in our top 10 small-plan list, this design would look right at home in many contemporary master planned developments. Forty-nine feet wide, with 1,429 square feet in living space on one floor, the plan can be built over a variety of foundation configurations as well, from a slab to a walk-out basement. This gives it wide regional appeal.
The plan would work well for families and empty-nesters alike, especially when it comes to eating spaces and entertaining. Interior columns connect a vaulted family room to a formal dining room, served by a wet bar. The vaulted family room includes a serving bar from the open galley kitchen. The breakfast nook with a bay window flanks the kitchen on one end.
It’s a simple journey from the garage to the kitchen to drop off groceries, passing a laundry room with storage along the way. The easy flow around this home provides a very spacious feel despite the modest square footage.
The plan is divided into separate bedroom wings for parents and children. Moreover, parents can close pocket doors to the children’s wing and watch television without waking them. Or they can retire to a 12x15 master suite with a tray ceiling and take a whirlpool bath in the vaulted master bath.
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