Down Sizing
If you’re thinking about retiring in the high desert but haven’t quite found the perfect home that meets your needs now that there’s just two (or maybe even one) of you, then you might want to consider taking a look at these resources to see if you can find the dream home floor plan that suits your smaller-scaled living style.Downsized Luxury Home Plans (Editors of Creative Homeowner) is a collection of elegant modest-size houses thathave features usually associated only with large luxury homes, Downsized Luxury Home Plans offers readers 300 of the most stylish home designs available under 4,000 square feet. The variety of styles and sizesis specially selected to meet the high standards of the downsized luxury market. With more than 450 color images, Downsized Luxury Home Plans provides a distinct combination of full-color photography and illustrations throughout. In addition to the designs, practical tips and expert advice guide the potential homeowner through creating interior and exterior accents for their new home.New Most-Popular 1-story Home Plans (Lowes) provides a lot of retirees with what they need one story living. This book provides a unique combination of full-color photography and illustrations and offers readers 525 plans of the best-selling and stylish home designs available. From convenient ranch homes to traditional cottages, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to meet the budget of most readers. In addition to the designs, the book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one’s dreams.200 Budget-Smart Home Plans: Affordable Homes from 902 to 2,540 Square Feet (Paulette Mulvin) provides readers with affordable designs that feature beautiful style with low-cost livability, efficient one-story homes to spacious multi-level designs, helps homeowners get the most from their building dollar. The book offers a wide range of styles from the award winning Blue Ribbon Network of designers.Best Selling Ranch Home Plans (Editors of Creative Homeowner) offers readers 350 of the best-selling and stylish home designs in this perennially popular category through beautiful, full-color photography and illustrations. Sprawling one-stories, grand windows, and rustic porches are a few of the essential architectural elements found in these charming designs. This book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes within the ranch category to meet the budget of most readers, from starter homes to empty-nester homes. The book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one’s dreams.
