When I saw this inspirational house on a Inhabitat Prefab Friday post a few weeks ago, it reminded me of our house. Actually it made me think of what our house might look like if we were forced to cut costs in the design as much as possible.
If you head to the WeberHaus site and download the brochure(pdf) on the Option house you will find that their footprint is 4.13m x 10.3m or 13.5′ x 34′ which is quite a bit more compact than our 18′ x 42′. Their footprint does still allow a roughly 918 square foot living space though. Besides the lack of a 2-story space in the living room and a deck off the back, the floorplan is very similar. They have a “core” thru the middle with a compact kitchen on the ground floor and one bathroom on the second floor. Their dining room is in the back on the ground floor and master bedroom is also in the back on the second floor just like our design.
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I’ve always thought the compactness of this house (and other european products) reminded me of a Philadelphia row house. The thing that is great to see is that people are actually willing to live in a compact house like this even when its not dictated by an urban context.
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