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Mascord House Plan B1259: The
Plan B1259

In-Ground Basement

Mascord House Plan B1259: The

Rear Rendering

Plan 1259 - Basement Details

Main Floor Plan

Main Floor Plan

Lower Floor Plan

Lower Floor Plan

For the best one story homes, you can’t miss the Bernadino. This home’s single-level layout gives you all the luxuries you could dream of wrapped in a beautiful modern farmhouse package. The front porch, with its stately pillars, will welcome guests to your home. It’s also the perfect place to hang lots of colorful baskets of flowers in the summer. With a couple of comfortable chairs, this is a front porch where you can enjoy afternoon coffee with the neighbors.

This home’s rear porch gives you similar styling, only with more privacy. It’s the perfect place to line up lounge chairs for relaxing evenings staring out over the starlit fields behind your home. And, there is plenty of room here for a grill and everything else you need to put together summertime extravaganzas!

Inside, the Bernadino will keep you cozy over the winter. These single level floor plans allow for a spacious open floor plan that places the kitchen, living and dining area all in one spot. You won’t be able to resist starting a fire in the fireplace once the snow starts to fall, and with wide doors overlooking the rear porch, you’ll spend many warm hours wrapped up in a cozy blanket, sipping hot chocolate as you look out over the wintertime landscape.

The kitchen gives you a design that is fit for a chef. With a large island and plenty of counters, you’ll be able to pile up pots and pans as you work—and there will still be plenty of room left over so that you can let cookies, cakes or pies cool.

Modern home blueprints should all have a certain few features in common. For instance, the home office is a necessity these days, particularly if you work from home or if your career offers work-from-home days. Instead of commuting, you’ll find yourself in the quiet solitude of the Bernadino’s office, getting work done without disturbances.

Among other practicalities, this home features a mudroom between the garage and the rest of the home. Here, you can keep the mess from dirty shoes confined, and there is room to hang jackets and outerwear, too. Just across from the mudroom, a convenient laundry room is ready and waiting for dirty laundry, and it’s close to the two kid’s bedrooms, which means putting away clean clothes will be easy.

At the opposite end of the home, the master suite awaits. Because it is situated away from the kids’ rooms, you’ll enjoy peaceful sleep, especially on the weekends when the kids are busy being noisy with sleepovers. In the morning, the master bath, complete with a tiled shower, spa tub and his-and-hers sinks, will help you start the day right.

Home Details

Heated Space

  • Main Floor

    2575 SqFt
  • Total Area

    2575 SqFt
  • Bsmnt (Unfin.)

    + 2380 SqFt

Beds and Baths

  • Bedrooms

    3
  • Full Baths

    2
  • Half Baths

    1
  • Floors

    1

Exterior Dimensions

Garage

  • Garage Bays

    3 Car Garage
  • Garage Area

    710 SqFt
  • Garage Location

    Side
  • Garage Orientation

    L-Shaped

Structure

  • Roof Framing

    Truss
  • Roof Material

    Shake/Comp Roof
  • Snowload

    25 lb/sf
  • Wall Framing

    2 x 6
  • Main Roof Pitch

    9/12

Contemporary

Our Contemporary House Plans collection presents modern homes designed around light and space: open, airy and with an abundance of windows in various modern styles, these homes are generously appointed to bring ample light indoors. Unique rooflines and asymmetrical designs create rooms that feel as grand as they are innovative. With a focus on maximizing square footage and minimizing costs, these pioneering modern homes are as reasonable to build as they are pleasant to live in, which we're sure you'll love.

Farmhouse

This home features in our Farmhouse plans collection. Farmhouse is a general term for the main house of a farm. It is a type of building or house which serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting. Most often, the surrounding environment will be a farm. Many farm houses are shaped like a T. The perpendicular section is referred to as the ell. Architectural styles vary, but very often they are of Cape Cod design. In general styles vary from region to region, but more often the style is simplistic so to serve the needs (and the budget) of the owners.

This plan is based upon another design - 1259
  • Added 80 SqFt to finished area
  • Overall Depth increased 1ft.
Check out the details for Plan 1259 here.

Similar and Related Plans

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Plan 1258 The Saddleridge
Printable Page of House Plan 1258
  • 2798 sq.ft.
  • Bedrooms:

    3
  • Baths:

    2
  • Half Baths:

    1
  • Stories:

    1
  • Width:

    93'-0"
  • Depth:

    64'-0"
Plan B1259A Bsmt Meadowside
Photography of house plan B1259A
  • 2106 sq.ft.
  • Bedrooms:

    3
  • Baths:

    2
  • Half Baths:

    1
  • Stories:

    1
  • Width:

    78'-0"
  • Depth:

    68'-0"

Plan 1259A with an
In-Ground Basement

Plan B1258 Bsmt Saddleridge
  • 2798 sq.ft.
  • Bedrooms:

    3
  • Baths:

    2
  • Half Baths:

    1
  • Stories:

    1
  • Width:

    93'-0"
  • Depth:

    64'-0"

Plan 1258 with an
In-Ground Basement

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