Affordable House Design: Craftsman Two-Story

In this video a builder introduces an affordable house design and shares rough costs to build based on national cost data available. This 2285 square foot craftsman style two-story home has three bedrooms and two and a half baths and can be expanded to four bedrooms and three and a half baths by building the home with a basement and finishing the lower level.

We have no affiliation with the house plan company mentioned in the video, America's Best House Plans, we just like the design...here's a link to the plan with details.

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Disclaimer:
The costs used in this video were derived from multiple sources including but not limited to: 2022 National Construction Estimator by Craftsman Books, the builder's own experience, and the latest NAHB (i.e. National Association of Home Builders) Economics and Housing Policy Group, Cost of Constructing a Home. Construction costs can vary greatly from one location to the next due to material and labor shortages and local market conditions. Individual customer finish and design choices can also create large swings in labor and material costs for a given project. Building code differences from one location to the next were not considered when preparing the labor and material cost adjustments presented at the end of the video.

[itsHeatherKay]

Thanks for picking a larger house for a big family!

[jamiex]

This plan is comparable to the one I've been viewing. Called Newcastle on advance houseplans. It's 1688sq ft. With unfinished basent. I'm so happy I came across this as a comparable. In Maryland minutes outside DC. I think I could build it with a 350k budget. On a narrow 45k lot. I really appreciate your video.

[Deelight]

What would be a reasonable markup for a builder to do it?

[reggiew]

Thank you so much for the information you provide.

[zomaninc]

Two question. First, what do you Consider affordable in other words what’s the base price for this build. Secondly I’ve been looking for a video of the small house you build. Two Story one bedroom home with a exterior stairs case and a six foot wide deck.

[someguy]

These videos are amazing, thank you for your help. I saw a building plan on concept homes CH265. If you have time doing a video it might help a lot of people as the material package is quoted around 70k. Again thanks for your videos in these times!

[immelting]

These are the kind of videos we need, given the economic issues of affordable housing. Any chance you can do more 1, 000-1, 300 square footage with a car and a half garage ? These are trying times for the vast majority of Americans.

[danieldbarton]

Thank you so much! I love the house you've shown in your video and would love to review plans like what seems to be available at America's Best House Plans, but the price seems a bit steep for someone like me who has no idea what they are doing and just wants to learn how to read a plan and know what he should be looking out for (and providing to contactors at some point). May I ask if you know of any reasonable plans that might be free or open source, essentially for the purpose of learning rather than actually building?

[seanstandberry]

Would love to see a modern house build breakdown video too

[manuelchavez]

Crazy, ya just build it, I need one I built in 2 months

[dozydoedown]

seems like all your house videos are for narrow lots. can this be changed to go wider and not so deep? can you do some vids that are wider than deep? walkout basement would be fantastic! love watching your videos!

[Markism]

What 3D modeling program are you using?

[whbgegs]

I would like to see you feature a 2BR starter home, like 1000 s.f.

[matthewphill]

What is used to make these house plans?

[donnacapuano]

I'm interested in a 3 bedroom 2 bath rambler with a finished

[jmartinez]

Can you buy these house and build them in California?

[davidflorance]

See Michael we want a single story 3 bed 2.5 bath modern farmhouse about 2100 sqft but a 400, 000 house is now 799, 000 at 275 sqft n 30% mark up there about ... any advice please ? Every one is a year .5 out thx

[justkeepingitreal]

Affordable??? I guess I have to come to the realization that the rest of the world's definition of affordable and mine are two totally opposite things. Where do people get this money they are spending anyway?

[hasankloi]

Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 481 sentadillas son unos LIKESEX.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortalesw abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer.k