Choosing a floor plan for your custom home is one of the most important decisions in the building process. The floor plan specifies the layout of your new custom home. The right floor plan ensures the custom home lives up to expectations. Considering a few different floor plans for your custom home is the key to choosing the right one.

Traditional Floor Plans

Many builders choose traditional floor plans because it is what they are accustomed to seeing in a house. That comfort cannot be explained nor replaced. This floor plan style is best for those who appreciate privacy since you’ll see more walls in this type of floor plan. For example, walls separate the kitchen from the living room under traditional floor plans.

Some people appreciate the privacy between rooms although others hate the space constriction walls create.

• Privacy: The privacy walls add to a home and allow you to enjoy more quiet time. The walls also allow each family member to have a spot to get away from other people.
• Reduced Energy Costs: This one is big- when you choose a traditional floor plan complete with walls, expect savings on energy usage and costs. Heating and cooling rooms with walls are much easier than doing the same for larger, unwalled spaces.
• More design options. Changing styles from room to room happens flawlessly when you choose a traditional floor plan. True, many builders stick to a color scheme, although doing so isn’t necessary.
• Sound Control: Sounds travel from room to room when walls are in place although not as brazenly as when walls are obsolete.
• Cozier Feel: Home is where the heart is. We want our home to emit comfort and security. Something about those four walls provides that coziness we crave from our homes.

Contemporary Floor Plans

Open floor designs are part of contemporary floor plans. Without walls, there is no limit to what you can do in your home, no restrictions between rooms, and no. Of course, contemporary floor plans are not without flaws, since a lack of walls minimizes privacy and maximizes sound from one room to the next.

Contemporary floor plans feel young and hip. The space provides an inspirational feel when the design process begins. It feels modern and new. With this custom home floor plan, you’re not blocked off from other household members -and can grab snacks from the kitchen without missing the show!

Benefits offered to builders choosing contemporary floor plans include:

• Feels Unique: Contemporary floor plans provide homeowners with an opportunity to design their space in a way that feels right to them without restrictions from walls or other structures. The home has a unique feel because it is unique.
• Natural Lighting: Natural lighting is beautifully clean, doesn’t strain the eyes, and allows you to see things the way they were intended. One benefit of a contemporary floor plan many seem to appreciate is the ability to allow more natural lighting inside the house. A bonus is that natural lighting also helps reduce the need for artificial lighting -and reduces energy costs.
• Easier Accessibility: Your home should provide you with ease. It should be easy to get around from room to room. Many people find contemporary floor plans easier to maneuver than traditional floor plans.
• Great for Families: Families with small children appreciate open floor designs since it gives them access to the kids no matter what room they are in.
• Lock-in Resell Value: Denver home buyers often prefer contemporary floor plans these days. They love the freedom to do as they like in their space. Selling your home in the future may be faster and more profitable if you choose a contemporary floor design.

Custom Floor Plans

Rules are made to be broken. Pick a custom floor plan if doing things your way sounds more exciting than following the crowds. Builders can pique their minds and design the home of their dreams without intrusion from the floor plans already out there.

Choosing a custom floor plan allows you to create the layout from scratch. Pick the colors, materials, layout, styles, and rooms most important to your household. Leave out what you do not want in the home.

How to Choose the Best Custom Floor Plan

Each floor plan sounds great and certainly offers wonderful benefits. You cannot pick all three floor plans, so how can you decide which option is best for your needs?

• Consider Your Lifestyle: Your new home should make life easy and enjoyable for your family. Each room should reflect the right size, fixtures, and layout. The floor plan should allow you to enjoy the life you most want to live.
• Costs: Obviously, cost always plays a role in choices during the custom home-building process. Don’t worry so much about overspending. Instead, focus on spending the right amount of money within your budget to build a home that creates happiness within the four walls.
• Changing Needs: Lives change, rearrange, and we grow as individuals. The chosen floor plan should reflect your current needs while allowing room for growth and change, which is inevitable in the future.

It is amazing that you have taken the time to learn more about the available floor plans. Doing so puts you one step closer to building the custom home of your dreams. Since building a home is likely the biggest investment you will make during your lifetime, it is essential that you get what you want in your home.

Denver Urban Builders is ready to discuss floor plans or begin the building process when you are.