Is your heart set on a contemporary design for your next house? As new home builders, we love working on challenging, modern designs that suit the busy, jam-packed lifestyles of our clients. We also appreciate producing original houses that are modest rather than ostentatious and use traditional floor plans combined with a contemporary design aesthetic to produce fresh and interesting results.
This why we look upon our past modern single storey designs with the fondest of memories! When looking for a modern single storey design you should carefully consider a variety of factors, including size, floor plan and placement on the block.
Every new home builders will recommend researching multiple floor plans before deciding on any single storey design. When you are working with just one level it is important to have the rooms, especially crucial areas such as kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, placed conveniently for your own needs.
One popular modern design is a revision of the classic ‘shotgun’ house style, with the same narrow shape but with the additions of an open plan living area and more private bedrooms and bathrooms.
If you have more space on your block, your architect might suggest setting your house on an angle to the street in order to make the most of natural sunlight or to increase your privacy. This kind of suburban house is usually a more sprawling square shape, and you can take advantage of this increased floorspace by spreading out bedrooms and adding in discrete living areas. In this case you also have the opportunity to plan your landscaping around the house, to provide shade or exterior living spaces.
