What style houses are these? (floor, roofing, drain, tudor style)

[fisher33]

What would you call the style of these houses? I'm trying to find more houses that look like these and can't think of a search term. Two have a kind of "bungalowish" front entry, but aren't bungalows really. I can't find the names of the floorplans either on popular floor plan websites. They may be custom and not have a name, but I kind of doubt it.

Any ideas?

House 1
House 2
House 3

[Cosmic]

Those are all probably going to be called a gable something. Gable by definition is a triangle shaped roof style. So they can be Gabled front whatever, if the lil triangles are showing in front, gabled country cottage, gabled vacation getaway and on and on. More of this modern crap to attempt to add charm or a bit of class to otherwise cheap junk. Lot of them seem to want to hint at something like a Victorian cottage.

Actually in practice it can be a roofing nightmare. Lots of ways for things to go wrong, can be a lot harder to vent attic spaces, bits of roof all over the place. Tougher to get a good gutter drain system. Probably not that efficient use of the internal volume, lots of potentially wasted attic type space.

You will not like it come time to reroof.

[bibit612]

These styles are called Transitional. They are in between Traditional and Contemporary. Most new homes are built this way, incorporating traditional elements like gables, shutters, columns common in Georgian colonials, fake balconies, etc. with modern interiors. For example, many colonials are built with center staircases, but those cut the floorplan and prevent having an open airy space so while they may look colonial on the outside, the floorplans certainly have little similarity with the traditional layout. Depending on where you are, some of the styles will be similar to Cape Cod homes. What you see as a semi-second storey are actually bonus rooms in new construction. Some are lofts created to be a spare bedroom and others are open spaces meant to be rec rooms or family rooms. If the Carolinas are on your mind, these are how new homes look like down here.

[New-Mona]

I have no idea what you are asking about but these houses are extremely beautiful.

[Cosmic]

Originally Posted by bibit612

These styles are called Transitional. They are in between Traditional and Contemporary.

Sounds more like something of that Johnny Cash song, where he got it a bit at a time. He was working at a car assembly plant and took home bits of cars each night. Trouble was it was many different makes and models of cars.

Seems to me they should have paid some expert a lot of money to come up with a better name. Like an Eastwood, Park Palvillion, Looney Escapade.

But wait, transitional means not permanent. Yeah, that probably does fit a lot of folks these dazes. Foreclosure style, we all be in transitional mode. Tomorrow I be leaving this Transitional style to move back in with Mom.

[fisher33]

Thanks bibit612. You got us right. I'm from Anderson (currently in Dallas until June) and we're thinking of building near the lake on a wooded lot. I thought this style house would fit in nicely there. In the neighborhood we're thinking of there is a real variety of houses which is nice (no cookie cutter sub), but none exactly like this, so that makes it even more appealing. There's even a huge tudor style home there - on the lake! Weird.

But anyway - thanks for the explanation (you're right those upstairs bonus rooms are popular, I've seen a ton of those while house searching) and I will start researching some more transitional style houses. I think some combination of the three photos I posted is going to be what I like.

Just as a side note, can you get good deals building a house in this market or are the deals more likely going to be in buying an existing home? Are quality builders offering incentives? I've looked and looked every day for almost 2 years for a house in Anderson and can't find anything I love. It's frustrating.

[fisher33]

thanks monaliza, i'm glad you like them too!

[bibit612]

fisher - Builders are cutting deals all the time, with the better builders cutting less than the so-so ones, because of demand. I am in York county and see many of these types right in my own neighborhood. Because many builders also go bankrupt, I would exercise care in choosing one and stick with the tried and true ones. You can't go wrong with Weiland, Standard Pacific, Shea, Centex, Kovnanian, Ryland and Ryan Homes. Check their individual websites and see if they are building in your area.

[SXMGirl]

These homes are beautiful. Looks like traditional with a tudor influence.

[fisher33]

Thanks again bibit612, I looked at those sites and they weren't building in our area - with the exception of Ryan I think would build in Anderson, maybe? We'll have to keep looking for a builder if we decide to go this route, but we would use a quality builder who has a good track record. I'm all about my homework.

SXMGirl, I'm glad you like them. Tudor influence - I can see that. Thanks!