The plans were flawless. Thanks for making our dream come true. We could not be happier!!

In this week’s dream home success story, we hear from one of our previous client Brian P.from Cherryville, North Carolina who was kind enough to share his story about building our popular HPG-1635-1 – The Lynnwood house plan.

This home design fit Brian’s family home needs as it includes 1,635sq. ft of living space and features 3 large bedrooms, and 2 baths, all inside the attractiveTraditional architectural style.

Let’s hear what Brian has to say:

My wife and I were married in 1993. Our dream and goal in life was to build our own home. We purchased a 800 square foot home in 1993 and we lived there until 1997 when we sold it and purchased a 1300 square foot home, which was 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths.

We started our family in that home, with our dream that one day we would build our dream home.

We quickly outgrew this home with the addition of two children, and in 2005, we purchased our lot to build our home, and in 2006, we started looking at house plans. We were looking for house plan that was not “cut up”, had plenty of room with no wasted space, and look great.

Everyday when I would come home from work, my wife would show me some house plans (now, I have extensive constrution experience and I am the director of a building inspections department).

I would tell her “no”… “that roof is to cut up” or “that house is to cut up”, or “its not practical, and it will cost alot more to build”.

Then I come home one day in 2007 and she said she had found the right house plan. When she showed me this HPG-1635-1 house plan, we immediately fell in love with the way it looked, the overall design of it, the layout and so much more.

Also, when I started looking at the roof line and the corners, I could not believe how simple this house plan was to build! It just made so much sense and there was not one square foot of wasted space.

We had literally looked at a thousand house plans and they did not even come close to this home. We truly built our dream home.

We have a video of this home posted on your site that we did for you guys last year, and finished out the interior with very high-end materials including using 4.25 inch hard woods throughout, rock corner fire place, 7.5 inch four piece crown throughout the downstairs, travertine on the bath room floors, oil-rub bronze faucets, door knobs, shower doors, thresholds and hinges throughout, cherry cabinets with raised panels, and granite counter tops throughout.

During construction we made a few updates including making the dining room and kitchen two feet wider, adding two feet to the children,s end of the house to install a double lavatory, and adding two feet to the front garage wall to install a center pier for double garage doors. In addition, the plans called for a hip roof over the storage area in the master suite but I ended up using a gable roof there and made a kids play room. I also turned the laundry room into my closet and turned the garage utility room into a laundry room with the entrance in the dining room. Built the home on a crawlspace foundation, and used hardy plank instead of vinyl under the porch roof and gables.

We love everything about it, from our family room over the garage, to the kids play room, to the three full baths.

It took us 15 years and a lot of hard work before we could start building our home and we could not be more pleased…

The plans were flawless. Thanks for making our dream come true. We could not be happier!

Brian P.
Cherryville, North Carolina

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We smile everytime we pull in the driveway!

In this week’s dream home success story, we hear from one of our previous client Richard A. from Slocomb, Alabama who was kind enough to share his story about building our popular HPG-2250–1 – The Baywoodhouse plan.

This home design fit Richard’s family home needs as it includes 2,250 sq. ft of living space and features 4 large bedrooms, and 3 baths, all inside the attractiveTraditional architectural style.

Let’s hear what Richard has to say:

Living in this new House Plan Gallery home has been the best thing for me and my family. I have been in the military for 17 years, and this is the first place that we can call ours and home at the same time.

While I was deployed, my wife built the house and dealt with the contractors and picked the paint, stone, brick, vinyl, applicances, tile and hardwood floors. She is the best military wife there is!

We extended the master bedroom out about 2 feet and streched our shower and her vanity to fit the new space. The kids love bringing friends over and playing in the bonus room and we love it also…love having the kids close and safe. We also had extra insulation blown in the attic and cannot hear the kids jamming out to Rock Band Hero or any of the military games.

We love the design of the floorplan and the openess of the kitchen, living room and breakfast area, and it was so much fun seeing pictures of our house being built when i was in Iraq. I was showing off the pictures like it was a new baby!

It’s a solid, well designed house and we would build again if need be. Please thank your design team and let them know that there is a family in Lower Alabama that smiles everytime we pull in the driveway and when we have friends over for the first time. Thank you!

Richard A.
Slocomb, Alabama

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Her father had passed away and my house was burned beyond repair.

In this week’s dream home success story, we hear from one of our previous client Randy B. from Ocean Springs, Mississippi who were kind enough to share their story about building our popular HPG-1654-1 – The Cherrywood house plan.

This home design fit Randy’s family home needs as it includes 1,654 sq. ft of living space and features 3 large bedrooms, and 2 baths, all inside the attractiveTraditional architectural style.

Let’s hear what Randy has to say:

Friday, February 13, 2009 -I left my home in Gulfport, MS around 4pm on a three hour drive to Alabama. My best friend, Darryn, was with me and we had to attend a Board meeting at 8pm that night, and a Membership meeting the next morning. Mary Martha, my girlfriend who lives with me, was at her father’s house in Ocean Springs, MS. Her father was 92 years old and on his death bed, she was staying with him till he passed. There are no phones where I was staying, in Alabama, and cell service is limited.

Around 11:30 pm a fellow member of our club, who lives in the area, came by and woke us up. He explained that I needed to get home because I had a fire at home and there was a hole in my roof. My buddy and I drove around and found cell service. I was able to get in touch with Mary Martha and she filled me in. Her father had passed away and my house was burned beyond repair. We made the trip back to Gulfport safely. The Red Cross set us up with a place to stay and provided us with money for meals for the weekend. They also gave us a debit card for clothes and necessities purchases.

My insurance company ended up declaring the house a total loss. Mary Martha’s family offered us to stay in her father’s house until we figured out all of our requirements in dealing with the insurance company. We ended up renting her father’s house from the estate of the family, while our new house was under construction.

Our next step, after demolishing the old house, was to decide on a house plan and get quotes from builders. After weeks of internet and local building store searches, we finally decided on a house plan that best meet our needs and wants. We found the HPG-1654-1 house plan and you can imagine how surprised we were when the plans came in and we saw that they originated from Hattiesburg, MS.

Darryn called me and told me he had bumped into a friend of ours that we had gone to high school and played baseball with. That friend was Johnny Willis and he was a building contractor. I called Johnny and about four other contractors and got bids for building my new home. After alot of discussions and visits to view some of the work completed and in progress, I decided on Mr. Willis. Johnny also did his own framing, this made it easy to make adjustments without having to get the plans re-drawn. Johnny stated he would have it finished in 90-120 days.

He started in May of 2009, and even with the MAJOR changes, that effect building in the City of Gulfport by the Code Office and FEMA regulations, due to Hurricane Katrina. He was able to complete the project inside the alotted time frame. And in September of 2009, we moved in and became the happy owners of a beautiful House Plan Gallery home.

Randy B.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

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Everyday, we realize how fortunate we are to live in this beautiful home…

In this week’s dream home success story, we hear from one of our previous clients, Kevin L. from Kathleen, Georgia who was kind enough to share his story about building our popular HPG-1800B-1 – The Pecan Orchard house plan.

This home design fit Kevin’s home needs as it includes 1,800 sq. ft of living space and features 3 large bedrooms, and 2 baths, all inside the attractive Ranch/Traditional architectural style.

Let’s hear what Kevin has to say:

Soon after my husband and I were married, we knew we were going to need a bigger house. I began looking at houseplans on the internet and must have looked at hundreds over 6 months or more. We finally decided that the HPG-1800B-1 home design would work best for our family and the land it would be sitting on.

Our house sits on the former land of my parents right across from their house, located in a rural area. I wanted our house to look like a modern country home. The front and back porched remind me of my grandparents homes which were only a few miles from ours.

The interior of our home has changed our lives because it provides both parents and children their privacy by separating the bedrooms on either end of the house. In our previous house, the bedrooms were so close together that we could hear everything from room to room as if the doors were open. The kitchen and livingroom of of our other house were separated and left the cook (me) feeling isolated and left out. Now the only thing separating the areas are two two 2-foot partial walls where the flooring changes. The garage is very spacious and we have so much potential storage area off the bonus room that we will never need it all. Speaking of the bonus room, we are using it as a home gym and gameroom which my husband and kids absolutely love.

There are so many features that we love it’s hard to name just a few. We love the front and back porches. We recently had a patio put in off the back porch and we love it. On the inside, I love the split bedroom design because it gives me and my husband some much needed privacy. The open kitchen and livingroom design keeps the family together during the day. We put a bedroom in the flex space which will easily be changed into an office as the children leave home. We have only 3 left living with us now.

I modified the masterbath by reversing the toilet room with a jetted tub/shower and took out the shower stall. It gave us tons on room for cabinets. We also modified the exterior/front where the garage is. We also added a mudroom in the garage where we put a sink and toilet so that my husband would have it handy when he was working in his detached garage.

I cannot end the story of our home without mentioning our wonderful builder. He helped us save so much money by letting us be the co-contractors. All along the way he tried to get us the best deals on supplies and let me pay all the suppliers early inorder to get discounts. We also did all of the interior painting and caulking to save money. Our home is worth approximately $50,000 more than it costs us, according to an unofficial appraisal.

Everyday, we realize how fortunate we are to live in this beautiful home. It all started with our House Plan Gallery plans, which arrived only 3 days after I ordered them.

Thank you, House Plan Gallery, for improving our quality of life and giving us the home of our dreams.

Kevin L.
Kathleen, Georgia

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Everyday, we realize how fortunate we are to live in this beautiful home…

In this week’s dream home success story, we hear from one of our previous clients, Jill H. from Clarksville, Tennessee who was kind enough to share her story about building our popular HPG-1800B-1 – The Pecan Orchard house plan.

This home design fit Jill’s home needs as it includes 1,800 sq. ft of living space and features 3 large bedrooms, and 2 baths, all inside the attractive Ranch/Traditional architectural style.

Let’s hear what Jill has to say:

Soon after my husband and I were married, we knew we were going to need a bigger house. I began looking at houseplans on the internet and must have looked at hundreds over 6 months or more. We finally decided that the HPG-1800B-1 home design would work best for our family and the land it would be sitting on.

Our house sits on the former land of my parents right across from their house, located in a rural area. I wanted our house to look like a modern country home. The front and back porched remind me of my grandparents homes which were only a few miles from ours.

The interior of our home has changed our lives because it provides both parents and children their privacy by separating the bedrooms on either end of the house. In our previous house, the bedrooms were so close together that we could hear everything from room to room as if the doors were open. The kitchen and livingroom of of our other house were separated and left the cook (me) feeling isolated and left out. Now the only thing separating the areas are two two 2-foot partial walls where the flooring changes. The garage is very spacious and we have so much potential storage area off the bonus room that we will never need it all. Speaking of the bonus room, we are using it as a home gym and gameroom which my husband and kids absolutely love.

There are so many features that we love it’s hard to name just a few. We love the front and back porches. We recently had a patio put in off the back porch and we love it. On the inside, I love the split bedroom design because it gives me and my husband some much needed privacy. The open kitchen and livingroom design keeps the family together during the day. We put a bedroom in the flex space which will easily be changed into an office as the children leave home. We have only 3 left living with us now.

I modified the masterbath by reversing the toilet room with a jetted tub/shower and took out the shower stall. It gave us tons on room for cabinets. We also modified the exterior/front where the garage is. We also added a mudroom in the garage where we put a sink and toilet so that my husband would have it handy when he was working in his detached garage.

I cannot end the story of our home without mentioning our wonderful builder. He helped us save so much money by letting us be the co-contractors. All along the way he tried to get us the best deals on supplies and let me pay all the suppliers early inorder to get discounts. We also did all of the interior painting and caulking to save money. Our home is worth approximately $50,000 more than it costs us, according to an unofficial appraisal.

Everyday, we realize how fortunate we are to live in this beautiful home. It all started with our House Plan Gallery plans, which arrived only 3 days after I ordered them.

Thank you, House Plan Gallery, for improving our quality of life and giving us the home of our dreams.

Jill H.
Clarksville, Tennessee

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