About The Twin Oaks

The Twin Oaks places a private suite at each end of a long, olive-green farmhouse. The plan calls the front-left one the guest suite; it has its own full bath and walk-in closet, as does the primary suite at the rear right. Between them, a vaulted great room leads to a covered back porch that the primary bedroom also opens onto. A third bedroom, an office and a mudroom by the garage give everyone places to gather and step away.

Highlights

Two suites with their own full baths and walk-in closets
Primary bedroom door to the covered back porch
Front office and third bedroom off a short hall
60 x 10 ft front porch on 9 wood posts
Two-car garage and mudroom / laundry

Best for: A household sharing a home with a parent, an adult child or long-stay guests.

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Floor plan with every room, door and window located
Four exterior elevations
Building sections and roof plan
Door and window schedules
Electrical, smoke and CO placement diagram
Foundation outline
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Living in The Twin Oaks

Who it suits

The Twin Oaks suits a parent, adult child or long-stay guest sharing a home with a household that wants space of its own. Its guest suite and primary suite occupy opposite ends, each with a full bath and a walk-in closet.

Room by room

Guest suite: the 15 x 16 ft bedroom has two front windows; doors from the bedroom lead to its bath and closet.
Great room: the vaulted 19 x 39 ft space opens from the front porch and has a 5 ft glass door at the rear beside the kitchen.
Right-hand rooms: a 3 ft cased opening leads to the hall for the office / flex room, Bedroom 3 and Bath 3.
Primary suite: the 24 x 14 ft bedroom has windows on the rear and right walls, its own rear door to the covered porch, and doors to its bath and closet.

Build notes

The house roof is 5:12 with an 11 ft eave and a 19 ft 4 in ridge; the lower garage roof has the same pitch and stops at the house gable wall.
The garage sits 12 ft behind the house front and has a 10 ft eave and two front-facing 9 x 8 ft overhead doors.
The front porch runs 60 x 10 ft on 9 posts; the 24 x 10 ft back porch spans the great-room glass door and the primary bedroom door.
These drawings use conventional wood framing. Your builder or engineer works out any steel or post-frame adaptation and determines structural members, footings and connections.

The exterior and interior images are concept renderings of this design, not photographs of a built home. Finishes and fixtures are illustrative; the plan governs. The floor plan is drawn from the plan set. Areas are approximate and measured to the outside face of exterior walls; porches, garages and shops are listed separately.

Floor plan and specifications

Every room is dimensioned and every door and window carries its size, straight from the plan set.

The Twin Oaks: main floor plan with room dimensions and door and window sizes — Main floor plan. Tap to open full size.

Overall footprint: 84 ft wide by 40 ft deep, the buildings' footprint without porches and decks
Stories: 1 story
Roof (main house): 5:12 pitch, 18 in overhangs
Eave 11'-0", ridge 19'-4"
Ridge runs left-to-right, parallel to the front wall
Masses: House: 60' x 40', living space, eave 11'-0", ridge 19'-4"
Garage: 24' x 24', eave 10'-0", ridge 15'-0"
Porches: Front porch: 60' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 9 posts
Covered back porch: 24' x 10', 3:12 shed roof attached at 11 ft, beam 8 ft 6 in high at the posts, 4 posts
Structure: Drawn for conventional wood (stick) framing; trusses, posts, beams and footings are sized by the builder's engineer. A steel-frame or post-frame version is an adaptation your builder or engineer makes. Member sizes, connections and loads are by your builder's engineer for your site.
Foundation: Typical starting point: monolithic slab-on-grade with a thickened edge (a stem wall where frost depth requires), footings below the local frost line, a footing under every interior bearing line and girder point, and porch-post footings with uplift ties. Slab thickness, footing sizes, reinforcing and anchorage are sized by your engineer for your soil, frost depth and loads; shop and garage slabs are usually heavier than living-area slabs.
Counts: 13 windows, 4 exterior doors, 2 overhead doors, 13 porch posts

Rooms

Room	Size	Area
Guest bedroom	15'-0" x 16'-0"	240 sq ft
Guest bath	8'-0" x 12'-0"	96 sq ft
Guest closet	6'-6" x 6'-6"	42 sq ft
Walk-in pantry	6'-6" x 5'-0"	32 sq ft
Mudroom / laundry	15'-0" x 10'-0"	150 sq ft
Great room / kitchen / dining	19'-0" x 39'-0"	741 sq ft
Office / flex	10'-6" x 12'-0"	126 sq ft
Hall	10'-6" x 3'-0"	32 sq ft
Bedroom 3	13'-0" x 15'-6"	202 sq ft
Bath 3	6'-0" x 8'-6"	51 sq ft
Primary closet	6'-6" x 8'-6"	55 sq ft
Primary bath	10'-6" x 8'-6"	89 sq ft
Primary bedroom	24'-0" x 14'-0"	336 sq ft
Garage	23'-0" x 23'-0"	529 sq ft

Doors and windows

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ID	Type	Size	Sill	Room	Wall
W01	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Guest bedroom	Front
W02	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Guest bedroom	Front
W03	Window	4'-0" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W04	Window	3'-6" x 6'-0"	2'-0"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
W05	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Office / flex	Front
W06	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Front
W07	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Bedroom 3	Front
W08	Window	3'-0" x 2'-0"	5'-0"	Primary bath	Right side
W09	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Right side
W10	Window	4'-0" x 3'-6"	3'-6"	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
W11	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Rear
W12	Casement window	4'-0" x 5'-0"	2'-0"	Primary bedroom	Rear
W13	Window	4'-0" x 3'-0"	4'-0"	Garage	Rear
D01	Entry door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Front
D02	Glass slider or French door	5'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Great room / kitchen / dining	Rear
D03	Door	3'-0" x 6'-8"	no sill	Garage	Left side
D04	Door	3'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Primary bedroom	Rear
G01	Overhead door	9'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Garage	Front
G02	Overhead door	9'-0" x 8'-0"	no sill	Garage	Front

Sizes are clear inside dimensions for rooms and rough openings for doors and windows, from the plan set. Roof heights are above the finished floor. The structure and foundation lines are typical starting points: the drawings are not stamped, and your builder's engineer sizes members, footings and anchorage for your site, soil, snow, wind and frost depth.