One of the first things my wife and I did when we started to consider Barden Homes, was check out the floor plans available in different house sizes. On the Barden Homes website you can pick between two house styles, Ranch and Two Story. It is SO IMPORTANT to remember that the floor plans should be used as a general guide, not a set-in-stone selection. You can customize the floor plan, and design all you want.
The Ranch homes are separated into two categories:
The Two Story homes are divided into five categories:
As you can see, if you want a larger home, you will likely need to research a Two Story home, unless you can find a Ranch that you would like to customize.
It’s important to note that the floor plans can be found on resellers’ sites as well. Here are a few:
Our Design and Floor Plan
To give you context throughout our journey, I thought I should mention that we chose the Sullivan’s Run design. The official Barden PDF is here: http://www.bardenhomes.com/Data/Documents/BigRender/Sullivans%20Run.pdf
The Sullivan’s Run design includes 4 bedrooms and 3.5 Baths. It also includes a deck off the breakfast nook and a 3 car garage. We customized this design to our own needs including:
- Removal of one of the bathrooms upstairs, making the home a 2.5 bath
- Used the space made available by removing the bathroom and gave all bedrooms a walk-in closet
- Removal of the deck off the breakfast nook, allowing us to extend the family room an extra 7’ 10”.
- Extended the family room out an additional 5’, making the house 5 feet longer.
- Converted the single car stall of the garage into an office for my business.
- Created an access to the basement from the garage
- Added a large concrete patio off the back of the home
As you can see from our modifications, a panelized home gives you the same flexibility of a traditional stick-built home.
At the time of this writing, the following page provided an extensive breakdown of the Sullivan’s Run home with virtual tours: http://www.salesassociatesofwny.com/North_South.html
