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House Plans Under 1,200 Sq Ft

Every plan here is drawn under 1,200 square feet of heated space. Smaller footprints cost less to build, heat and roof, and the ones worth having spend the space on rooms rather than on corridor.

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2965 plans available

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House Plans Under 1,200 Sq Ft

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A plan under 1,200 square feet is not a big plan with the rooms shrunk. Below that size the first thing to go is the formal dining room, then the foyer, and under about 1,300 sq ft the corridor goes too -- the bedrooms open off the living space, which is how a cottage of that size is actually built.

Every plan on this page comes as a PDF with dimensioned floor plans, four elevations, a roof plan, an electrical layout and a materials list. Plans run $10 to $10, one time, with no subscription and no per-set fee.

Common Questions

FAQ

How small is too small for three bedrooms?

About 900 square feet. Three bedrooms need roughly 36 feet of frontage before the kitchen and bathroom have any, and below 900 sq ft that leaves them under the code minimum. We cap the bedroom count to what the footprint can actually hold rather than label a box and call it a bedroom.

Are these plans enough to build from?

They carry dimensioned floor plans, elevations, a roof plan, electrical layouts and a materials list. Local permitting usually also wants an engineer's stamp and a site plan, which depend on your lot and soil and are not something a stock plan can supply.