HPG-2085-1: The Forrest Avenue - House Plan Gallery
HPG-2085-1: The Forrest Avenue - House Plan Gallery
HPG-2085-1: The Forrest Avenue - House Plan Gallery
HPG-2085-1: The Forrest Avenue - House Plan Gallery

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HPG-2085-1: The Forrest Avenue

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    Bedrooms: 3 / Baths: 2

    Living Sq. Ft.: 2085

    Width: 70' - 0" / Depth: 62' - 4"

    Architectural style(s):
    Country / Craftsman / Traditional

    Looking for the house plan that has it all? Then look no further. This beautiful country design features all the things that make a house a home. Three over-sized bedrooms are complimented by large closets, and the flex space provides a perfect spot for that home office, playroom, or dining room. A breakfast area, and raised bar all provide spaces for those family meals with close access to the fully equipped kitchen. The great room in this house plan includes gas logs, a trayed ceiling, and beautiful views to the covered rear porch beyond. The master bedroom also features trayed ceilings and the master bathroom leaves nothing to be desired. The expansive garage provides plenty of room for oversized trucks and SUV's and also includes a large storage area. The bonus room of this house plan provides space for future expansion or for additional storage. This is the perfect house plan for you and your family!

    Foundation Type(s) Available:
    Basement

    Levels: 1.5    Garage: Yes       Wall type: 2x4

    Exterior finish: Brick / Siding Bonus Room:  Yes

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    Designer Comments:
    First Floor: 2085 sq. ft. (living)
    Bonus Room: 451 sq. ft. (living)
    Front Porch: 252 sq. ft. (unheated)
    Rear Porch: 129 sq. ft. (unheated)
    Garage / Storage: 812 sq. ft. (unheated)

    HPG-2067, HPG-1800B, HPG-2250, HPG-2500, HPG-2000-2, HPG-2067B

    Looking for a Crawlspace / Slab foundation version of this plan? See house plan HPG-2067B

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    Scott Romero
    House Plan Gallery's helpful staff were able to helpful staff were able to blend the two designs ...

    House Plan Gallery's helpful staff were able to helpful staff were able to blend the two designs into the perfect design for us! My wife and I were at our wits end trying to find the right house plan for our family. Youd think with all the thousands of house plans out there that we could easily find the right plan for ourselves. We found our way to globalhouseplans.com and still couldnt find the right design. Then in desperation we went back to the site and found two plans that were close to what we wanted. The two plans were from House Plan Gallery, but neither was exactly what we wanted. Another house plan website got us in touch with House Plan Gallery and soon their helpful staff were able to blend the two designs into the perfect design for us. Our Foundation was just poured yesterday and we cant wait to watch our dream home come to fruition. Thanks House Plan Gallery for your expertise and help!

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    Adam L.
    So far it has been the best thing I've ever done

    I had a chance to get something that I wanted, so I took it, and so far it has been the best thing I've ever done.

    It took us two years of planning, my wife and i must have gone over 3,000 house plans before we found the HPG-1638-1. We just "had to love it" because this house was going to be the first and last house we build.

    Some of my favorite features in the home include the big windows in the front of the house, the big garage, and the wonderful living room.

    I started building my home on January 8th, 2009, right around the time when I left for Iraq for the 2nd time. It took me a long time to get all of the paper work in line, just due to being in iraq, and well as you can guess, building a house was not fun from 6,000 miles away but my wife was up to the challenge.

    I did a lot of the building myself on R&R's from Iraq, just to save on some money and to be able to say that I helped build my home. The house is not yet done, but we should be moving into the house in about 6 weeks when i get back from Iraq, and my family can't wait for it.

    Building this house really brought my family together and we've become much closer. I have recommended House Plan Gallery to some friends, who have also got plans from them, and will be starting to build soon. I will recommend the guys at HousePlanGallery.com to anyone that wants to build their dream home....

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    Mathew H.
    I was able to employ a farmer who employed a deaf mute..

    My wife and I purchased a lakefront lot on a wonderfully pristine Texas lake in 2000 with the intention of eventually building a lakefront home with retirement in mind. We were operating on a 20+ year plan.

    Two years ago my wife's parents approached us with a proposition. My father in law was planning on retiring in 2010 and was looking at their retirement options. While he wasn't in the position to buy a lakefront place that he wanted, he did have enough funds to help finance the construction of a home.

    We worked out an arrangement in that we would build a house on our lakefront in which they would live out the rest of their independent years. My wife and I would maintain ownership and my inlaws would have a wonderful retirement lifestyle that they wouldn't have been able to afford otherwise.

    It was a win-win for everyone.

    We began looking at house plans and were initially looking for a modest, easy to construct home. Since I was acting as the general contractor and doing a great deal of the work myself as well, design simplicity was important. But so was efficient use of space. We sat down together and drew up a list of key "care abouts". Those key care abouts included full masonry exterior, covered porches, separate laundry room, open eating/living space, a separate master suite area from the other bedrooms, spacious garage large enough to hold 2 cars and a golf cart. We also wanted a safe room as tornados are not uncommon in the area.

    My inlaws began surfing the web looking at various online designs and came across the HPG-1752-1 on one of the stock plan sites. It had most of what we were looking for, but needed a few modifications to suit our particular tastes and needs. I contacted the guys over at House Plan Gallery and discussed our desired changes.

    I was unbelievably surprised when I found out that not only could House Plan Gallery make the requested changes, but that the modification cost was well below what I had expected!

    After a few email exchanges outlining the changes, House Plan Gallery delivered the modified draft plans for our review within a few days, and after one more round of tweaks, House Plan Gallery delivered what I thought would be our final plans at an extremely reasonable price.

    The first step in our construction process was site work. With plans in hand I met up with my site work subcontractor to lay out the plans on the lot. I already had a good idea where the house would sit and anticipated that we would need pad leveling to compensate for our gentle sloping lot.

    The plans called for slab on grade construction. Imagine my surprise when shooting the elevations, that the lot dropped nearly seven feet from one corner of the house to the other. The excavation sub estimated that he would need to bring in 60 truck loads of fill as well as cut one corner down 3 feet. I nearly choked on the estimate for fill dirt. Off handedly, I asked how much just to dig a whole. His estimate for a hole was significantly less.

    So right off the bat we were faced with a major decision. I could spend a large amount of money for dirt and end up with a 1800 sqft home sitting on very expensive dirt, or I could spend less money on a hole and potentially double the square footage of the house. Sure the basement would cost some money (so I thought), but I'd rather spend money on potentially usable space than dirt.

    So back to the drawing board...

    I contacted House Plan Gallery, and asked them what it would cost to modify our house plans for a basement foundation. Again the service was excellent, inexpensive, and fast. So now I had new plans with almost double the living area square footage.

    Our plan of record was to complete the upper level as originally planned, and to finish out the basement at some point in the future. As I mentioned the house is in Texas. Curious thing about Texas is that not a lot of houses are built with basements. Since the frost line is so shallow, slab on grade is perfectly adequate.

    But after a visit to the foundation engineer, I found out why else we don't build basements in Texas-expansive soils. I had a soil survey done as part of engineering the foundation and turns out my site had just about the worst expansive soil possible. This means tremendous lateral force is placed on basement walls as the soils expand and contract. The end result is a basement structure that my neighbors jokingly referred to as "Fort Hubbard". I have 10' tall, 10" thick poured in place concrete walls with a double layer of steel reinforcement, all sitting on belled, steel reinforced, concrete piers sunk 20' below the basement lower level. All of this sits on a concrete floor slab criss-crossed with 3' concrete beams. Since a tornado shelter was one of our "care abouts", it sits in one of the basement corners(under the garage) and is completely encased by reinforced steel to concrete per FEMA standards. The first quote from my concrete sub was for over $100K just for the bas...

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    Ray L.
    Painless process.

    Painless process. Bought House Plans, Materials List at a reasonable price. Now getting ready to start construction. No complaints from me