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.

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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

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.

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:

http://floorplanner.com/

http://www.metropix.co.uk/mtpix/draw-floor-plans.aspx

http://planner.roomsketcher.com/

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.

Now you can buy only House Floor Plans Online for a fraction of the Cost from Homeplansindia.com

Every month the number of queries are increasing for house floor plans and designs. Few people like to have the complete design set and few of our customers prefer to go for custom home planning. Along with that we are also noticing a rise in demand for developing house floor plans, so here with the Christmas season we are launching our brand new collection of House Floor Plans for sale which are suitable for Indian plot sizes.

The common plot sizes for which we have house plans are:

40 x 60 ft

30 x 60 ft

30 x 50 ft

15 Practical Steps to Draw a Perfect House Plan like a Architect

How to Draw project house plan like a Architect  

S T E P 1 - Size of Plot

Size of plot is defined with its length & the breadth.

                                                                                                                                                                   

S T E P 2 - Setbacks

Setback is defined as the open space in- between the compound wall & the wall of the house which is being planned for.

S T E P 3 - Location & Width of the road

Location & Width of the road will helps to assign a dedicated space for car entry, parking & exit along with entrance gate.

S T E P 4 - North Direction

The direction of north is the best to get an idea about the four cardinal directions (east, west, and north, south) which inversely helps in understanding the local climatic conditions throughout the year.

S T E P 5 - Climatic information

A house needs to be responsive towards the climatic condition at any particular place If taken into consideration it will help in taking more calculated design initiatives for the house planning.

S T E P 6 -  Do R&D for sample Floor plan

A bit of online research on house planning and design may not be such a bad idea if it can give you some new perspective to look at modern house designs. Do check sites which showcase floor plans & designs for your region. For India we have:

www.homeplansindia.com

www.houseplansindia.in  

S T E P 7 - Divide Plot in Grids

Draw the plot boundary and then divide the plot in two equal half on both directions, i.e. vertical and horizontal. Once done then draw similar lines about 2ft or 600mm apart from each other on both the directions.  This way you have created an imaginary grid line for developing your house plan further.

S T E P 8 - Make bubble Diagram (2/3 times)

Once you have your drawing ready than list down your entire requirement for the house. Do mention tentative area as the requirement maybe. See example

-Living room

-Kitchen

-Dining, etc

As listed above use these space on the drawing created before of the plot for placing  the rooms as per your use and sense. Don’t worry too much in the beginning if certain room / spaces don’t complement each other. This is your first draft & not the final floor plan layout so don’t worry if it doesn’t look perfect. Have some patience and it will evolve with time.

S T E P 9 - Draw the room layout with single line

Once the bubble diagrams is more in order of your requirement then use a colored pen to firm up the lines to indicate walls (9 inch wall). Do show door openings of around 3 ft minimum & window openings which can be anything between 2fit to more.  Use the grid below as guidelines for taking the size of the window.     

       

S T E P 10 - Draw with Double Line /thickness for Walls

In the next step place another tracing sheet on top of the original drawing and now consider the walls to be of 9inch thickness and convert those initial single lines to double wall lines.

   

S T E P 11 - Draw Doors

In a similar way as before indicate the door openings as and where required. Do cretin changes in the floor plan as required for accommodating entry to rooms / spaces.    

           

S T E P 12 - Draw Window Openings

Following the same understanding as similar to doors indicate the window openings on the drawing. Do keep it in mind that cross ventilation is very important. Do check the wind direction for the plot also. Do take rainfall, snowfall & other climatic information under consideration.

            

S T E P 13 - Use this Layout and draw them using an Online Software

Once you have done this process twice or thrice by using a tracing sheet on top of the the initial floor plan layout then it’s time to evolve & develop the same. The best way is to use any computer generated drawing software which are widely available. Few of these house planning & drawing software’s which we recommended are:

http://www.homestyler.com/designer

http://planner.roomsketcher.com/

http://www.roomle.com/

http://www.sweethome3d.com/index.jsp

http://www.fldraw.com/

S T E P 14 - Place Furniture inside room to get a more realistic actual Idea about Internal space

Once you have transferred the hand drawn layout on to any of the above mentioned online home planning & drawing software, then it’s time to make good use of their furniture library. It quite usual that you will stumble upon an extensive set of furniture blocks of proper scale & size which once placed on the floor plan layout gives a more realistic idea about the floor plan. It may happen that certain furniture may look like that they consume lot of space or they are too little for a large room. This process takes time so do give yourself around 1or 2 hrs each day before you see something more fruitful & a realistic looking floor plan. Drawing a good house floor plan takes time so don’t be in a jiffy. Do remember that few hours of thought today will give you more calculated quality of space for your everyday living and for your investment for the House.

Also a good thinking = A good house plan = Optimal use of your investment to build your house

           

S T E P 15 -   Then render/colors the layout to get at finish look of house

The same software will also help you to colour the floor plans with the floor finish, carpet and other features that you want to consider for the house. This will make the layout look more presentable and readable.