The First House Design
This house is no longer being built by us. We walked away after the builder became insolvent and stopped doing any work. We have designed a different house with a custom builder. This page is archived for historical purposes.
We’re building a semi-custom 4 bedroom house in Noblesville, IN. Groundbreaking was on August 31, 2009, and expected completion is the end of November. Our builder is Hansen and Horn; you can read more about how we picked Hansen and Horn over all the other builders in our area. Below you’ll find floor plans and specifications.
3D rendering of our house
Floor plans & elevation
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- Front elevation
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- First floor
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- Second floor
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- Basement
We started with one of the builder’s plans, and then spent several weeks customizing and rearranging. We added the main floor office, increased the size of the kitchen, moved the downstairs half bathroom, moved the stairs, rearranged bedrooms, moved the upstairs bath and laundry room, and enlarged the master bath and closet. This was a brand new plan to begin with, so we would have been the first people to build it, but now it’s so customized that it’s unlikely this floor plan will ever be built again.
Quick specs
- 2945 finished square feet above grade
- Full unfinished basement with 9′ ceilings (additional 1250 sq feet)
- 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths
- Main floor: 9′ ceilings, great room, kitchen, breakfast nook, office, formal dining, powder room
- Second floor: Bonus room, Master bedroom and bath, master retreat, laundry, 3 additional bedrooms
- Side load garage
Detail
Highlights of some of the main rooms.
Kitchen (approx. 13′ x 11′)
- Granite countertops
- Dark maple cabinets, 42″/36″ staggered height
- Large island with bar for 4
- Gas range
- Under-cabinet lighting
- Solid hardwood flooring
Great room (18′ x 15.75′)
- Gas fireplace
- Prewired for 5.1 surround sound and flat-panel mount over fireplace
- Ceiling can and eyeball spotlights
- Solid hardwood flooring
Master suite (main: 18.25′ x 15.5′; retreat: 11.5′ x 9′)
- French-style entry doors
- Vaulted ceiling
- Double vanities
- Large garden tub and separate shower
- 10.25′ x 9.5′ walk-in closet
August 1st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
How we chose our builder, Hansen and Horn | Build a House Blog says:
[...] their draftsman Aaron to customize the floor plan we chose. We started with the Jackson and changed quite a bit of it — we reversed it, added office space and a larger kitchen in place of the tandem garage [...]