PLAN 456-52

With its welcoming front porch extending along the front of the house, this country style home reflects a plan that enables flexibility in living style providing formal and informal spaces. The two-story central foyer contains two coat closets. To the left is a cozy space which can be used as formal sitting area, a den, office or library. To the right of the foyer is the formal dining room. The informal rooms, to the rear of the house, consist of the open, large combined space of the kitchen and family room, subdivided by an "L" shaped counter. There is a pantry closet here. The comfortably sized laundry is connected to the kitchen. Next to that is a nook for informal dining which looks out to the deck and covered porch. This porch, completely screened, is on the deck level and serves as an outdoor room in warmer weather. A corridor leads straight to the rear kitchen from the foyer, passing a lavatory and then also connecting to the master bedroom to the left. The suite contains two indentical walk-in closets. The master bath holds two sinks, a separate toilet compartment whirlpool tub and stall shower.

• Exterior Elevations: showing the front, rear, and side views with standard and alternate material choices; all elevations are usually ¼" scale.
• Foundation plans: separate foundation plans are usually provided for a basement/crawl space, and slab, unless otherwise noted. All are drawn at ¼" scale and include first floor framing information for basement/crawl spaces, including beams, girders, columns and piers. Some plans include walk-out(daylight) basement options as well.
• Floor plans: ¼" scale for each floor, including all room dimensions, door and window sizes and locations, stairways, kitchens, baths, etc. Framing information for stick framed ceiling beams and/or second floor framing is included.
• Cross sections: ¼" scale cut-away views for each distinct area, showing all framing, ceiling details, heights, roof pitches, etc.
• Roof plan: a separate roof plan is usually provided showing all pitches, rafter sizes, valley, hip and ridge locations, and areas of double roof framing.
• Schematic electrical: shows suggested locations for outlets, switches and fixtures on either a separate drawing or directly on the floor plans.
• Kitchen cabinets: schematic drawings of all kitchen cabinets.

• Specifications: a separate 8 page outline specification of most materials, construction methods and techniques, in a format for customizing; for use in obtaining bids and as a contract document.
• Standard details: 2 additional drawing pages filled with standard construction details.
• Energy conservation details: 2 more drawing pages chock full of drawings and ideas on how to build to conserve energy.
• Making changes: finally we include a separate 6 page primer on choosing a contractor and making changes, as virtually everyone makes some changes in building their home.