If you want to build in a historic neighborhood or just love the look of a classic home, this design is for you.
This home can be built with or without the portico and can be situated on the site for a narrow front façade and side entry or a more traditional front-facing entry.
A classic exterior gives way to a modern twist, with large open rooms that flow together to create a great home for entertaining. Traditional details such as arched entries, a wrap-around porch and a butler’s pantry remind you of the grand homes of years gone by. In addition to its consummate features, this home also boasts energy efficiency, quality of materials and low maintenance.
The Belfast has a classic look, but a modern floor plan, with an open circular flow on the first floor. The second floor features “hubs” rather than long, narrow halls. Three private or semi-private bathrooms serve the four bedrooms. The master bath features both a spa tub and a large shower.
SPECIFICATIONS:
SQ FOOTAGE: 3,117 sq. ft.
# BEDROOMS: 4
# BATHROOMS: 3.5
SPECIAL FEATURES: Classic styling, large open family space, butler pantry, curved wall details at entry and stairs
OPTIONS: Porch and portico
MISC: Bonus space above garage, private or semi-private baths for each bedroom, massive kitchen, turret bay
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Tags: excel homes, infill, modular home
I like the classic styling as it truly mirrors several historic home features with the wrap around porch, the portico, the turret, and even the gambrel type rooflines. Are there any other elevations available?
My biggest commentary would be that at least in my neck of the woods a smaller floorplan with 1800 to 2600sf would be more suitable for a true urban infill project.
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The Belfast plan is part of our new Historic Infill Series, which has plans ranging from 1,680 square feet to 4,828 square feet. Keep watching here for more historic infill home posting in the near future.
Can’t wait to see some more!
This floorplan is just beautiful – we’re looking to build in a rural area, but with a couple of minor tweaks to the facade this home would serve equally well as a “luxury farmhouse,” and its floor plan offers so many refreshing departures from the usual center-hall colonial. (I do wish it had a downstairs laundry room between the garage and the kitchen, with a coat closet. Those of us in the snowy/muddy northeast can always use that!) I will contact my local builder to try and get ahold of the Historic Infill Series literature. It would be fantastic if Excel had more of its floorplans — particularly these exciting new ones — online, and better yet, it would be helpful if each had at least one interior photo or rendering. They are invaluable for those, like me, who are “3D-challenged” when looking at floor plans – in fact, it was the interior rendering that made me sit up and take notice of this one. Again, great work on this plan!
Thanks for your input RHB. This home was a great deal of fun to develop. It has many historically rich features, but also meets the wants and needs of today’s families. We are very pleased with the way this home turned out. As for adding a laundry room between the garage and kitchen, this can be accomplished very easily. We love to build the homes as designed, but we pride ourselves as being a totally custom builder. We can start with any of our plans and modify them to meet your needs or start from scratch to create a totally custom product that is specific to your style.
I had one more brief suggestion – you may want to consider eliminating the “jack and jill” entrances to the upstairs “bathroom 2,” leaving only the entrance from the main hall. If you slide the doorway down (away from the vanity), there would be space to expand the vanity and add a second sink. I could be in the minority, but it seems like three doors leading to one standard bath is a lot of wall space to take up just to save a couple of step from the bedroom to bathroom (not to mention having to lock 2-3 doors if you want privacy). Bed-headed family members can still enter bathroom 2 discretely if the two extra entrances are removed, thanks to the fact that the entrance from the hallway is recessed.
RHB
That is definitely an option that can be accommodated. Again, thanks for your input.
Steven