This charming shingle-style design with Craftsman influences was chosen by our customers, a married couple building in coastal Maine. They wanted a simple, country-style home plan that would fit nicely into Maine’s rugged coastal landscape.

(Pictured: Exterior of House Plan EST-01. Click on the photo to get details about the home plan!)

House plan EST-01 was perfect for our customers from the beginning, but they wanted a few simple changes to truly make the plan their own and assure that the entire home gets fully utilized. They contacted our Design Services team to alter the home plan to fit their specs.

They asked for some simple redesigns of the master bathroom and kitchen. In the kitchen, they added a snack bar for meals on-the-go. They reconfigured the layout of the master bedroom closet, bathroom, and laundry area. And they tweaked all of the exterior dimensions of the structure to minimize material costs.

(Pictured: Main floor plan of house plan EST-01. Click on image above to see more details about the design!)

One significant change they requested was the addition of a basement, which they plan on finishing in the future. (The original plan came with a crawlspace.)

Our customers liked this design because it is simple from the outside, but offers a truly unique, voluminous floor plan for its size, with efficient use of the given space. They liked the idea of starting with that and then implementing their own ideas to personalize it.

You, too, can get the home of your dreams at a fraction of the cost of architect-drawn blueprints! Call our Design Services team any time to get a free estimate on the modifications you are considering to one of our existing home plans: 1-888-266-3439. Or CLICK HERE to complete the free estimate request online!

Customers in Kittanning, Pennsylvania recently sent us a photo of their newly-built home. They constructed house plan CC-2584-M, a handsome brick design with colonial, Greek revival, and New England style influences.

Here’s the designer’s rendering of house plan CC-2584-M:

Now, here’s the photo from our customers. Wow! They really brought the black and white rendering to life! Notice that they reversed the plan, so that their garage is located to the right, as opposed to the left as on the original design.

Our customer, Andrea, said, “The plan was awesome and we love our home!”

Andrea and her family changed some elements of the home including:

• They turned the unfinished space above the garage into a laundry room and playroom. 
• They bricked the entire house. You’ll see, by looking at the original design, part of the exterior was constructed of wood.
• They deleted the plant ledge near the balcony upstairs, closed that part of the wall off and created a closet for the fourth bedroom. 

Andrea and her family particularly love the kitchen and side breakfast area. And Andrea says she’s crazy about the tray ceiling in the master bedroom. The family says that the plan fits their needs to a tee!

Thanks for sharing your photo and story, Andrea! We wish you and your family a lifetime of happy memories in your new home!

South Carolina customers, Jeff and Wendy, told us they are “in love” with their new home — built from home plan DW-2112.

(CLICK ON ANY PHOTO to get to the detail page and see floor plans, more photos, and other information about this home plan!)

Wendy & Jeff built this lovely farmhouse design in the South Carolina countryside and have been thoroughly enjoying it with their two dogs. They were first drawn to the home because of its wraparound porch, open floor plan and abundance of windows, light, high ceilings and French doors and say these are still their favorite features.

(Above) View into Great Room. (To see more photos from Jeff and Wendy, view their Customer Testimonial by clicking on the photo above!)

(Above) A view into the kitchen showing the island and breakfast nook. (To see more photos from Jeff and Wendy, view their Customer Testimonial by clicking on the photo above!)

“Each unique, custom detail stands out, and the unique architecture makes our house stand apart from the rest,” say the couple, who fell in love with their home when it was first built and relive that feeling each time they walk into it.

Asked if they would purchase a stock plan again, the answer was a definite “Yes!” Stock plans offered them hundreds of plan choices and the ability to see many of them that were already built in the Customer Testimonial presentations. Their future plans include finishing the room that they added above the garage.

(Many of our home plans include customer testimonials with details and photos. Click here to see all homes with testimonials. Then select “Customer Testimonial” from any plan’s detail page.)

At Homeplans.com, we get many requests from customers who want to know where a home has been built or if we have photos of a home that has been built. We encourage all of our customers to share their stories and the photos of their new homes by sending them to us. When we do get a photo or letter, we put them together and include them on our site so others can see what the homes look like when they’re done and what ideas and changes can be made to personalize a home to make it truly yours. We call these personal building experiences our customer testimonials.

A customer testimonial is our only real means of tracking built homes. Because customers order their home plans from one address and build at another—and may take several months to complete their home—we have no way of contacting past customers. The Customer Testimonial section of our site allows us to capture and share these stories with you. Each story and photo is unique and exciting—because each customer adds their own personal touches to the homes. As such, you should keep in mind that differences can be found in the customer’s final design and the original design featured in our home plan search. One customer may make a kitchen bigger, add a porch, expand a crawlspace to a basement, for example. The testimonials highlight these changes.

To see all of our exciting customer testimonials, including the one below, click here.