The Heritage Plan

The Heritage Plan

The Heritage Plan is a 3-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom, 1,845 square foot home thoughtfully designed for narrow urban infill lots. Inspired by timeless farmhouse architecture and updated with modern functionality, this home delivers the warmth and character homeowners love while maximizing every square foot of livable space.

A welcoming covered front porch creates an inviting street presence and establishes a strong connection to the neighborhood. Inside, the main level opens into a spacious living room, dining area, and kitchen arranged around an efficient open-concept layout. Large windows flood the interior with natural light while maintaining privacy and comfort on compact urban sites.

Unlike many homes of similar size, the Heritage Plan places the primary suite on the main floor. Tucked away from the main living spaces, the suite features a generous walk-in closet, private bath, and direct access to the rear portion of the home for a quiet retreat from daily activity. A dedicated study, laundry room, and powder bath provide flexibility for remote work, hobbies, and modern family life.

The second floor offers two additional bedrooms connected by an open-to-below loft space that enhances natural light and creates visual volume throughout the home. This arrangement provides excellent separation between the primary suite and secondary bedrooms, making the plan ideal for families, multigenerational living, or hosting guests.

The exterior combines classic board-and-batten siding, steep gabled roof forms, covered porches, and farmhouse detailing to create a timeless architectural expression that feels equally at home in established neighborhoods and new infill developments.

Designed specifically for narrow lots, The Heritage Plan performs exceptionally well on flat sites while maintaining generous outdoor living spaces, including both a covered front porch and rear deck. Whether built as a primary residence, move-up home, or infill development product, this plan delivers enduring curb appeal, practical functionality, and comfortable living in a highly efficient footprint.

What's Included in This Plan Set

• Architectural Construction Details — Typical wall, roof, floor, foundation, eave, opening, flashing, and other construction details necessary to communicate the design and intended construction.
• Structural Foundation Plan — Foundation layout showing footings, foundation walls, slabs, posts, beams, and other primary structural components.
• Structural Framing Plans — Floor and roof framing information showing joists, rafters, beams, headers, posts, bearing locations, and other structural framing elements.
• Structural Details — Typical structural connections, framing conditions, foundation details, and other information necessary to support construction and permit review.
• Schematic Electrical Plan — Electrical layout showing typical lighting, switches, receptacles, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and other common residential electrical locations for permitting and coordination.
• Site Plan Template — A blank site plan diagram sized for the intended lot configuration. Your local surveyor, designer, architect, or civil engineer can use the template to add property lines, setbacks, utilities, topography, driveway locations, and other site-specific information.
• General Construction Notes — Typical construction requirements, material references, installation standards, and code-related notes applicable to the building.
• Energy Compliance Notes — General energy-efficiency requirements and construction notes intended to assist with compliance in many U.S. jurisdictions. Project-specific energy calculations or local compliance documentation may still be required.
• Life-Safety and Code Information — Typical residential code information addressing items such as egress, safety glazing, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, guards, handrails, and other common code requirements where applicable.
• Door and Window Information — Sizes, types, locations, and related information necessary for coordination and construction, where included in the plan design.
• Drawing Organization — Drawings are professionally organized into a coordinated architectural and structural plan set suitable as the basis for local permit submission. Information will need to be added to meet local compliance.
• Print-Quality PDF Files — High-resolution PDF drawings formatted on 24" × 36" sheets, a standard architectural sheet size accepted by most e-permitting systems and print shops and commonly used for residential permit submissions.
• Immediate Digital Delivery — PDF files are available for download immediately after checkout so you can begin reviewing, pricing, printing, or preparing your project for permitting.

Plan Specifications Table