Learn about Bungalow House Plans

Bungalow house plans are quickly returning as a desired home style. Bungalow house plans originally came from western areas of the United States but quickly drew interest from southern and northern area families.

The original bungalow houses were quite small and only a single storey in height. Bungalows often had wide verandahs across the front or wrapping around the house providing additional family gathering areas.

Today bungalows
Today bungalows are still considered to be single stories but may include partial second floors or loft areas.

The popularity of bungalow floor plans is often the result of the desired convenience of having all the main living areas on one floor. In some cases it may be a requirement of necessity as the absence of stairs makes the floor plans well suited to those who are aging, have limited mobility or are confined to a wheelchair.

Bungalow floor plans come in a wide range of sizes from small, compact plans suitable for inner city lots to large, sprawling plans that take advantage of country locations. Therefore bungalows can be considered suitable floor plans for any type of homeowner – young or old, single or married, large families or small.

The smaller bungalow plans will be designed with strict, efficient use of all space as was typical in the original traditional bungalow designs.

Simplicity of design is essential in creating a functional small bungalow plan.

These plans can provide comfortable living spaces with all the current household conveniences that families are looking for while allowing for an ease of maintenance and smaller lot considerations.

Smaller bungalow plans are suitable for individual homeowners or small families. They are often considered as ‘starter’ homes for families but are often found to be so efficiently designed accommodating grown families is possible.

Larger bungalow floor plans have become very popular in recent years.

These floor plans provide families with designs that include more elaborate spaces in which to entertain, relax or engage in family activities.

Often these larger plans may include separate ‘wings’ to allow for privacy between bedroom areas and active living spaces. 

Active living spaces may now include mini gyms, game rooms, home theatres and hobby spaces. In areas where construction practices include full basements bungalows with fully developed basement areas are extremely common. This helps to offset the more expensive aspect of bungalow construction.

Living Space
Since bungalows require more foundation and roof area on a per unit basis (per sq.ft, per sq.M) than the same living space in a two storey, bungalows are more expensive to construct. By retaining the convenience of all the daily living spaces on one floor and adding the amenities and/or extra bedrooms in the basement level the footprint can be kept smaller and maintain cost.

Bungalows can be designed in any style of exterior architectural design.  Traditional exterior styles will customarily be Craftsman, Prairie, Shingle or Colonial designs. Typically clad in natural materials and finished in earthy colour schemes these styles all offer wonderful attributes for a comfortable family home and blend suitably in most surroundings.

Bungalows are also well defined by Modern, Post Modern and International styles of architecture. These styles will consist of strong yet simple forms enhanced with edgy detailing. Finishing materials will be clean and smooth with possible textured or boldly coloured accents. These styles offer the discriminating homeowner opportunity to make a contemporary lifestyle statement.

Kathy Evans is the author and Owner of DesignerPlans.ca - Designer Plans Inc. was founded in 2006 to meet the growing needs of home builders in today’s lucrative building market.

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