Home Design 1577 | Rustic House Plan

14 comments on "Rustic Ranch house plan | Donald Gardner "

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  frank little on November 18, 2022 - 9:20AM

  This applies to all designs. Only make 2x6 for insulation purposes to help the environment and use only 10 foot ceilings, which doesnt. The main gable of your house is east to west. You have the cathedral ceiling north to south in the great room. I dont understand. This house is a good design. The work needed? Add thirty to fifty square feet to the cramped multiuse laundry mudroom area drop zone area. Its too busy to be located right outside the MBR door. Not classy. Here is some extra space you can use to clean it up----- with a kitchen that large, do you need a pantry? Make laundry room bigger. You can always use part of it for storage shelves if cabinets are placed. This is a good design. You might design it as a three car garage design. There are alot of car guys out there. It might get more foot traffic to your web site. Frank

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  Connie Flatt on May 08, 2022 - 6:30PM

  Love the plan as is. How long would it take to complete without modifications?

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    Echo on May 09, 2022 - 8:37AM

    Thank you, Connie! Once an order is placed, it can take 8-16 weeks for completion. Contact us at 1-800-388-7580 for a more accurate target completion date.

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  Ann on March 23, 2022 - 8:48AM

  For the Owner suite, I would trade the location of the walk-in closet and rest of the bathroom. Love to be able to take a shower/tub with a view of the outdoors. Wet rooms that have o=both the tub and shower are an interesting trend.

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    Echo on March 29, 2022 - 8:07AM

    Thank you, Ann!

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    DJP on July 04, 2022 - 10:35AM

    I agree with Ann and if you switch the master closet you could have an entrance from the laundry room directly from the master closet

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      Echo on July 05, 2022 - 8:13AM

      Thank you for your feedback!

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  C.O. on September 10, 2021 - 11:23AM

  I second EVERYTHING that L.S. has said! The biggest problem with this plan for Midwesterners is the configuration of the front and back entrances, as L.S. points out. When kids come into the house from the garage in winter, they have backpacks, snow boots, hockey sticks, ice skates, etc. So the family entrance can benefit from a larger space with cubbies and hooks for coats. Same is true for the formal entrance. Guests come in with wet, muddy boots and need a space to sit to take off the boots and a big closet to hold coats, hats, gloves, etc. You get the idea. An additional suggestion: If the kitchen at back/ dining room in front configuration remains the same, the dining room should be deeper because it is the pathway into the house proper. Otherwise the dining table is in the way. This would be a superb plan for empty nesters, and that's what we are, and we are looking for a smaller one story plan. The master toilet in a little room is not great for older folks. Please consider creating this plan with ADA requirements in mind--e.g. wide doorways, etc. I would love to see this plan with these suggestions and all those of L.S., including a modern country exterior with front entry garage. Thanks for listening! Thanks for As L.S. suggests, a basement stairway would be great. Slab-on-grade could work as long as, as L.S. points out, it is not flat to the ground. It seems that nobody puts in utility closets anymore. Where does one store the vacuum cleaner, the mops, brooms, fly swatters, etc.? It is more economical in the Midwest (generally) to have an additional room in the basement, rather than upstairs. Midwesterners LOVE basements.

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  L.S. on July 15, 2021 - 10:08AM

  I am absolutely intrigued by this plan. We are looking for similar square footage but in a northern state, which requires some adjustments. 1. Entrance foyer needs room for guests to drop off boots and hang up winter coats in capacious guest closet. Have you thought of marketing your plans more extensively in the Midwest? 2. Owners' entrance. In winter, when you come in, you take off your boots and coats, etc. and store them in a big closet. You need a drop zone for the mail. Love the separate utility room in this plan, but can it be configured past the entrance? Pantry space is vital, but move it past the entrance. What about utility closet for vacuum cleaner and brooms/mops (snow mop-up at entry). 3. We are looking for an aging-in-place plan. so would like ADA option for toilet in master bath (not in hard-to-enter separate space with door). 4. Master closet is great but should be all one space (not two). If there could be an interior window or entrance into the utility room from the master bath, that would be fantastic. (Way to move soiled clothes to w/d) 5. Front entrance garage (easier to have straight driveway to street to plow). 6. Reverse the kitchen and dining room--better access to the back with screened porch and deck. 7. Make the exterior Modern Country style. 8. Midwesterners love basements, but a slab-on-grade could also work, as long as it is not flat-to-the -ground because of snow and melting problems. So how about a basement staircase? We Baby Boomers are looking around for smaller, efficient homes with great style but easy down-sizing. Thanks for listening!

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    Echo on July 15, 2021 - 10:11AM

    Thank you for the feedback!

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  Doug Steffen on February 11, 2020 - 6:28PM

  Could you do a bump out in master bath for a tub like the Roark also would want a walkout basement any idea when this plan may be available and the cost of plans

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    Echo on February 12, 2020 - 3:09PM

    Hi Doug! We have not selected Design 1577 for completion at this time but if we receive an order we can get it added to our schedule. Give us a call at 1-800-388-7580 to discuss a time-frame, modifications, and pricing.

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  Chris on October 04, 2019 - 7:55AM

  Would love to see a bedroom upstairs over the dining room, with a small kitchen in bonus room. Move the stairs 3 ft to the right make them L shaped with a totally separate entrance next to the garage door. Turn the upstairs into a independent mother-in-law/ airbnb suite the market needs more house plans like that.

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    Echo on October 04, 2019 - 11:15AM

    Thank you, Chris! Please contact us if you are interested in ordering this plan and requesting those modifications. 1-800-388-7580

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