Sunday, 26 January 2014

Fresh new Ideas for Home Planning and Design from HomePlansIndia.com - January 2014

We are celebrating 3 years of providing quality services for home planning and design to our customers. The home plans have grown from a mere collection of 27 house plans to 60 home plans and designs. Each design has its own attributes and features which will work the best for different plot sizes available in India. The sizes of the houses range from 250 sq.ft. to around 4000 sq.ft.




Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

10 Best Roofing material for Small House Plans

Roofing Material 1

METAL SHEET





Roofing Material 2

SHINGLES




Roofing Material 3

CONCRETE ROOF





Roofing Material 4

CSEB BLOCK ARCH ROOF





Roofing Material 5

GREEN ROOF





Roofing Material 6

FIBRE CEMENT SHEET ROOF





Roofing Material 7

WOOD FRAMED EARTH TILE ROOF






Roofing Material 8

SLATE ROOF





Roofing Material 9

DRY THATCH ROOF








Roofing Material 10








Wednesday, 8 January 2014

10 Reason, why Small House Plans are Best choice for 2014

There seems to be a growing trend among the new plot owners in India who are considering small house plans for there urban or sub-urban house plots. Over the generations Indians have preferred large family houses or courtyard houses, but with the fast moving lifestyle and limited availability of time, small house plans are becoming more common. The major advantage of designing and building a small house plan are:

1. By restricting the volume of the constructed house to your needs will dramatically help in conserving your hard earned money.

2. A small house also reduce upfront cost of construction, saves on maintenance, insurance, fees to consultants, property tax, loan, interest pay

3. A small house is also proportional to reduced periodic maintenance expenses i.e, with paint, plaster, roofing downspouts & gutters, etc.

4. Small house needs less material to build which directly saves you from borrowing huge amounts of money from bank at the initial stages of construction.  Borrowed money for 20 / 30 yrs is an expensive investment as the interest on the principal amount is equal to the borrowed money when finally returned.

5.Building no larger than your need is a sensible decision towards practical use of material and environment.

6.Small house are easy to maintain as the monthly recurring investment is low along with the overall maintenance of the house over long periods of time. This saves lot of money for generations to live life in that house.

7.Small house plans are derived and guided by the most deciding factory of the family, i.e finance. The cost of construction eventually limits the design of the house, but also helps in saving lot of valuable money on the overall life space of the constructed house.

8. It is quite lucrative to go ahead with a large house plans, but larger the house plan = more expense. A simple and practical reason for opting for small house.

9. The larger house plan also comes along with bigger cost of construction, more difficulty of work at site, complex construction, longer time for construction and also longer time invested by the house owner.

10. Smaller the house more economical it is Cool or heat up the whole house as per the local climate. The no. of AC's or no of heaters are more economic as per the optimal space available.

Friday, 13 December 2013

How to Draw a Simple House Plan - HomePlansIndia.com

It is quite a deep desire for lot of people to design and build there own dream house, but only a few have the opportunity to get a good plot size for a house in India. So do follow these simple steps to design and build your dream house plan.

STEP 1
Write the size of the Plot, the size of the house you want to build and also the foot print size of the building on ground floor.
For example, if you have a plot of 30 ft x 40 ft. Then
                     Plot Area = 1200 sq.ft.

                      Plot Size = 30 ft x 40 ft

               Setback from = considering min. of 3 ft from all sides
          Compound Wall     and 5 ft from the front side

       Building Footprint = 24 ft x 32 ft

         Area of Building = 768 sq.ft.
                Footprint on
               Ground floor


STEP 2
Now do write the requirements of building your house plan. Write area for each space as per your family requirement.
For Example:
               Living Room = 200 sq ft
                         Dining = 110 sq ft
                        Kitchen = 80 sq ft
               Kitchen store = 30 sq ft
                  Bedroom 1 = 120 sq ft
                 Bathroom 1 = 60 sq ft
                  Bedroom 2 = 120 sq ft
                 Bathroom 2 = 60 sq ft
                  Puja Space = 30 sq ft

Other necessary spaces which you may consider:
Car parking space,
Entrance Lobby,
Utility room for washing next to kitchen
Wash basin area close to dining
Balcony space
Garden
Study space
Family room
Puja Room
Etc.


Now the Total Area of the house may range between 800 sq ft to 1500 sq ft or 2400 sq ft.

So check the Total Area of the House divided by the Building Footprint Area which will give you the no. of floors of the house.

In this example:

The Total Area = 810 sq ft
The Building Foot Print Area = 768 sq ft

So, No. of Floors of the house = The Total Area / The Building Foot Print Area
                                                  = 810 / 768
                                                  = 1.05 No. or 1 Story House


STEP 3
Use a graph paper or an imaginary grid to draw your house plan. Once the basic idea is frozen, then convert the same to computer generated drawing by using one of the widely available online software’s for drawing a house plan.
Best house plan drawing software available are:





STEP 4
Once you have drawn the layout discuss the same with family and close friends. It’s always a good idea to throw your thoughts with your close family, friends & acquaintances who can follow your house plan drawing and can give immensely responsive and realistic feedback.


STEP 5
Do take feedback's and comments positively to make useful corrections to your house plan. Even if you feel that still after this process you are not satisfied with the house plan layout then do get professional architectural consultancy from www.HomePlansIndia.com to develop your ideas/thoughts for your dream home.