HPG-18003-1: The Walnut Grove

I'd like to thank you for the good work that you did on my house plans. Just applied at the office for permits to build the house and your drawings got a lot of praise for the amount of detail that was shown on your drawings.

That office indicated that they wish they could see more drawings like that. It made it easy for me to get my permits to build!

Hi! We live in a small town in southwest Louisiana. We desperately needed to find a new home! We were living in a small, two bedroom townhouse with our son and daughter. We had to share one full bathroom; our laundry area and kitchen were combined in one small space, with an even smaller area for dining. And then we had a second son.

So here we are, a family of 5, sharing one small bathroom, minimal space for washing clothes for our growing family, dining, or doing any other activity we would enjoy together. It was time for a CHANGE. Brent knew he wanted us to build a home this time, so we could build it just the way that we wanted...and needed. However, we realized we definitely needed some help!

Thanks to the internet, we figured out that it would be much more time efficient to begin our home building journey by viewing the house plans that were already available rather than "reinventing the wheel."

Thanks to House Plan Gallery, we were offered endless possibilities of home plans, great pictures, helpful information, and so much more!!

I began saving all of my favorite plans on my web browser and shared them with Brent. After considering all of our families' needs and wishes...we made our decision! We selected House Plan HPG-1500B and made our purchase!

We LOVED the fact that there was no wasted space in this floor plan, which was very important to us. This floor plan also had a semi-private kitchen, which was perfect for reducing the distractions from the kids that often contributed to burned meals!

Also, the master suite was fabulous, since it included a private toilet room, separate Jacuzzi tub, shower, and his and hers closets! Another very important feature for our family was an office space for Brent, who works full time and is currently establishing his own business. Our plan did not include an office, but did have a large storage room in the garage that could very easily be modified and transformed into an office for Brent!

The floor plan was exceptional, and we were so excited when we received them! We selected our builder, shared the plans with him, moved out of our townhouse, put it up for sale, and the rest is history.

The hardest part of our home building journey was living in the small outdoor kitchen all five of us shared at Brent's parents' house while we waited for our home to sell and our new home to be built. After a full year had passed, the day we had long waited and prayed for was FINALLY here!

The home is stunning, beautiful, and so much more than even we could have imagined!! Thanks, House Plan Gallery, for making our dreams of building a home come true!!

Steve, Mark and staff were extremely friendly and helpful in getting the change done to our plans. It would be a pleasure to do business with these folks again.

Building our new home was a very interesting and learning process, from laying the dirt foundation to the finale. When the slab was being laid down they started at 5:30 AM and finished at dark that evening.

The manpower and machinery it took was just amazing. We have that on video its great. When they started the framing that was exciting to start seeing board by board your house going up, just being able to walk through the rooms with no walls just gave you that excited feeling for the next step.

We had a great framer we were able to make some changes as we went along. We raised the kitchen/ breakfast room ceiling from 9 to 10 and our master bedroom we raised the ceiling from 10 to 11 and the tray to a vaulted ceiling looks great. We also were able to use the space under the staircase as a closet that worked out great. We also changed the _ bath in the hallway by the garage to a very nice walk in pantry. Going from an original House Plan Gallery plan we were able to make these minor modifications that suited us and we are grateful.

One of the best parts for me was being able to bring my grandkids to see the house as it was being built and watching their excitement, they wanted to help in whatever they could do from cleaning up the area around the house to cleaning inside and they loved it. It made them feel they were a small part in building Grannys House.

They truly did work hard. Our home has enriched our lives for ourselves and our family. My brother built his new home 2 years ago which sits behind our property it has giving us both a closeness for family and its been great.

I have saved the best for last! My mother lived with us. We took care of her. She was 75 years old and had Alzheimers. We told her we were building her a new home she would get real excited when we would come by as they were building we came by often she never forgot this was her new home she would say as soon as we get there, thats my new house I would just laugh and say yes it is!

When we finally got to move in she was just in awe of everything and my brother got to spend a lot more time with her and share her excitement which only brought the family bond even closer.

My mother was a very shy person she only wanted to stay at home.We moved in June 2009 and she passed away December 2009. Our home gave her a sense of wellbeing and calmness, a place for her family to come and visit anytime day or night.

For us time was not a factor. She passed away in her room which she loved on December 17, 2009. Our home means so much more to me that we were able to give her that time of happiness.

We want to thank you for the house plan to build our home that has made it better for us and our family, especially my mom.

Our daughter and son-in-law wanted our 2800 sq. ft. existing home and we wanted to down size. So we sold them our existing home and built our new home on an adjacent property. I did not want to go through the trouble of designing the new house so I went online and found your House Plan Gallery.com website.

We spent a couple of days looking at your different house plans and found the one we bought. It fit our needs to a tee with only a few modifications. The house is maintenance free with white vinyl siding and an aluminum face and vinyl soffits and vinyl double hung therma pane windows, and we love it!