5 Spectacular New Home Plans For A Wide Building Lot
written by Rob Maggin
What’s so good about a wide building lot?
Well, glad you asked.
Wide building lots have lots of advantages over narrow building lots.
In the Washington DC market, wide building lots are hard
to come by. And if you can find one, many times the cost is prohibitive.
But, for the lucky ones out there who can find one that works for
your budget, here are some advantages.
What is a side-load garage?
It’s a home configured so the main garage doors
are not seen in the front of the home.
The main garage doors are actually on the side of the garage, not the front.
Many home buyers do not prefer to see two or three garage doors the first
thing on the approach to the new home.
The challenge is trying to find a lot wide enough so the
the car can turn into the side of the garage.
This requires a minimum twenty-five-foot turning radius
to easily maneuver into the garage. Sometimes, if there is enough
room for a multi-point turn, less than twenty-five feet will work.
One of the negatives of a side-load garage is the cost. A side-load garage will
require more driveways than a front-load garage. So, the cost of
the driveway for a side-load garage will be more than the cost of a front-load garage.
(If you don’t have a wide enough building
lot for a side-load garage, you can always do a side-load garage on a corner lot.)
The garage is included, just not shown. All our new home plans can be easily modified,
enlarged or decreased in size.
Many times, with a narrower lot, it’s just not possible to squeeze
in an entry foyer in the center of the home with a room on each side
of the foyer.
Many times the combination will be a center entry foyer with
a living room and a dining room on each side.
Although nowadays, we’re building more homes without a
living room
But, with a wider building lot, you don’t have to sacrifice
the wide open and spacious feel you get when you enter the
center foyer and there is a room on each side.
Many homes the other rooms besides the
dining room could be a parlor or a music room
or an office. It doesn’t have to be a living room.
The garage is included, just not shown. All our new home plans can be easily modified,
enlarged, or decreased in size. See the video of this home here.
With a wide building lot, there is enough room to have lots of
options with different types of front elevations.
The reason for this is that there is plenty of width
to vary roof lines.
This can be done with multiple gable roofs of various heights
or staggered heights.
We can also introduce curves to the roof line. Where if you try
to do the same thing with a narrower elevation, the
curves can feel truncated and not as a natural “swoop”.
And something about the wide front elevation and the home taking
up more “real estate” creates a more impressive look. It appears
more substantial.
Back to the garage again. You’re going to think I just
hate garages. But, if you choose to have a front-load garage on a wide building lot, there is another advantage.
With a wide building lot and a front-load garage, the percentage
the garage doors take up the overall front width of the home
is less than on a narrower building lot.
This just means that those large garage doors won’t be so “in your face”
on a wide lot. There are other parts of the house, like windows, water
tables, and other fenestration to divert your eyes.
The garage is included, just not shown. All our new home plans can be easily modified,
enlarged or decreased in size.
Those are a few of the advantages of a wider building lot,
if you can find one.
To Summarize:
And if you are looking for a wide lot in Bethesda we have an ideal prime building lot
at 7219 Marbury Court Bethesda. This lot is flat and is 12,100 square feet.
It’s in the Whitman/Pyle/Bradley Hills school cluster. And only a mile and a half to downtown
Bethesda shopping and dining.
Stop by today from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and bring your ideas and questions and I’ll be on hand to discuss
how we can design and build your dream home on this lot. I’ll have 100s of home plans to give you lots of ideas
of what you can build on this great property.