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Attached at the Garage, Homes Live and Look Detached
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These homes live and look like detached homes. The only thing that is attached is the garage.
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 Traditional Neighborhood Designed communities are still a large driving force in new product development.
A lane-oriented 30-foot-wide detached home on a 40-foot-wide lot is the standard within many of these communities.
As we all know, not every site plan can be developed using lane-orientated product. And more importantly today, not every budget can take the strain created by developing two sets of roads. Most of you are building on such tight budgets that the thought of developing a lane-oriented community is stomach-turning to say the least.
So, what are your options? Which solution is going to work for your next community?
This Home Looks and Lives Like a Detached Home
Take the most efficient 30-foot-wide by 60-foot-deep home, put the two-car garage in the back of the footprint where it belongs, attach the two garages, create a single-width driveway access — and you have the perfect solution.
These homes live and look like detached homes because the only thing that is attached is the garage. No living spaces touch with this solution.
These homes are built as duplexes with all of the density benefits, but most importantly, they sell like detached homes. Your buyers are going to favorably compare this product to the other single-family homes in the marketplace.
This solution also allows for a hard surface play area outside the kitchen, as well as, a private outdoor rear yard environment with a splash pool/spa and patio.
Upscale Luxury With High-End Detailing
The elevation is upscale luxury with very high-end detailing. By recessing the garage and creating an arbor porte cochere, the streetscape reads entirely of architecture ― not garage doors. Very appealing to today’s buyers.
Take a closer look at the floor plan. This 3,010-square-foot home appeals to a variety of market segments. It is perfect for today’s growing families, has the ability to flex to six bedrooms with the master suite downstairs, a guest master suite and four secondary bedroom upstairs. In addition, there is a large retreat on the second floor creating a separate living space or study area for the children.
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Second floor. © Copyright The Evans Group, all rights reserved. |
On the first floor, there is a large great room, gourmet kitchen overlooking the café and gathering room. The gathering room boasts a built-in entertainment center with a television and optional fireplace, all overlooking the rear yard environment.
None of the necessary components have been overlooked in this floor plan.
This product type creates the perfect solution of detached and attached for the builder, developer and the buyer.
Don Evans, AIA is founder and president of The Evans Group architecture and planning firm headquartered in Orlando, Fla. Evans is a nationally recognized design and planning consultant, specializing in architectural design, land planning, landscape architecture and architectural interiors. For more information, e-mail Evans or visit The Evans Group Web site at www.theevansgroup.com.
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