Looking For Affordable House Plans

I got a call last week from a woman who was looking to build her first home in Virginia. Both she and her husband had moved from Chicago to Washington DC, when she was hired to work for the White House. After living in Washington for several months and knowing that her job would probably keep them in that area for a long time, they started searching for available land around the Washington D.C. area. They wanted to be practical (keeping their commute to a minimum), but still have their privacy, which is why they chose Alexandria. Situated across the Potomac River, they would be able to satisfy their desire for city life and country living.

It wasn’t easy for them to find a lot to build their new home, because they were only looking for a small piece of land to build an affordable home. They also wanted a house design that would allow them to have room to grow. After searching several house plans site, they called us based on the fact that we had the most extensive and diversified collection of small, affordable house plans. They were pleased to find out that we offered free modification quotes and shipping. After talking for over an hour and taking notes about their “must have” design features and lot challenges, I set out to find six house plans to show them that were under 2,000 square feet, had an open-floor plan, wrap-around porch and lots of flexible spaces.

Stay tuned…to see what house plan they will choose. I’m betting it will be the 1917 House Plan, which is not only from our small collection, but is a THD exclusive house plan.

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Christine Cooney

Editor in Chief at The House Designers

Christine has over a decade of experience as a house plan and floor plan expert. Outside of providing her expertise to customers to help them find and build their dream homes, her passion and knowledge of the home building industry allows Christine to guide families and builders through all of the important steps from finding plans to building custom homes that meet the expectations of today’s new home owner. Christine’s years of knowledge of the diverse trends and needs of the modern homeowner has made her into an authoritative and trusted voice in the online house plan community.

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Christine Cooney

Christine has over a decade of experience as a house plan and floor plan expert. Outside of providing her expertise to customers to help them find and build their dream homes, her passion and knowledge of the home building industry allows Christine to guide families and builders through all of the important steps from finding plans to building custom homes that meet the expectations of today’s new home owner. Christine’s years of knowledge of the diverse trends and needs of the modern homeowner has made her into an authoritative and trusted voice in the online house plan community..