Who is this plan for?
Single-storey living appeals to anyone who wants a home without stairs: early retirees, families with small children, or anyone thinking ahead. This plan is also a good model for the bungalows built from the 1960s to the 1980s, common on housing estates and often bought to be renovated.
The plot is 26 × 40 m, just over 1,000 m². The house is set back 8 m from the street, to the north, and the garden opens to the south.
What's in the plan
The house measures 16 × 10 m, including an integral 4 × 10 m garage (36 m²) with a 2.50 m garage door and an internal door into the house. The living part is 110 m²:
- two bedrooms of 14 and 13 m² and an 8 m² bathroom, grouped at the front;
- a 24 m² L-shaped hall that separates the sleeping area from the living area;
- a 29 m² living room and a 21 m² kitchen, joined by a 2 m opening, each with its own sliding door onto the patio.
Outside: a 10 × 5 m travertine patio edged with a flower bed, a block-paved driveway, a gravel path, a hedge all round and five trees, including a maple and two fruit trees. A 7,500-litre tank collects rainwater from the roof.
What works well
- Day and night apart: thanks to the hall, you never cross the living room to go to bed.
- Two sliding doors onto the patio: living room and kitchen each have their own way into the garden.
- The garage opens into the house, handy for shopping and storage.
Ideas to adapt it
- Convert the garage into a third bedroom or a study, and draw a carport next to it.
- Combine the two bedrooms into a main suite with a walk-in wardrobe.
- Open the kitchen fully onto the living room by removing the partition.
- Swap the travertine patio for decking, or extend it with a pergola.
Because everything is on one level, this plan is also a good basis for talking about an accessible layout: door widths, a level-access shower, space around the bed.
Going further
The guide Draw a floor plan of your house helps you take your bungalow's measurements. For the patio, read Patio size and design, and for a carport or shed, Shed, carport and pergola.