Affordable Home Design for Owner Builders 

I just bought my first piece of land and I’m trying to wait for cost to go down to build. Thanks so much for your videos.

This is a wonderfully executed affordable small design. Great work! You could even make the garage a simple covered carport/outdoor extension space to further maximize savings and usability. I love the WiFi lockbox feature too, reminds of an old school milk delivery box.

You're the man. This is awesome content. I live in California and everything is so freaking expensive to buy I've been wanting to go the build route.

You sure do know stuff! I am preparing to look for someone to build such a home for me. I want to move to a small home with no lawn work; just gardening. I'm a 72 year old woman - retired scientist, I'm andobviously a rube in on this subject. So thank you for the information. I do love this design.

Thanks for putting out all of the wonderful content. I've been a custom tile installer for 17 years, and am about to build an adu on my parent's property. Your videos have been really useful to help think of cost efficiencies in the planning process. 🙏 Also, kudos on your tile guy for carrying the veining from the back wall to return walls.

Outstanding! This information is more important than ever - first-time buyers need to know that they can build and own a thoroughly modern home with a bit of sweat equity.

I love your videos! Very descriptive and gives begginers a good idea of what questions to ask and look for Especially the basement staircase across from the door! Those are the kind of things that make a house loveable Where the light switches are placed etc Great work!

You've inspired me more than you can ever realize..thanks!

Thank you for posting this video! This is exactly what my wife and I needed to see as we take your Open Book Build online course. We just finish the 5th Chapter the other day. Much Obliged!

3 months! That is excellent

This looks like a great starter home - I wish you would build more of these. My first townhome that my husband and I got in the early 2000's had a layout nearly identical to this. We had all hardwood flooring with vaulted ceilings front to back of the house. We grew to hate the open concept after living there. The baby's room was off the kitchen and guest bath, and sound bounced everywhere. It felt like it amplified even though it didn't. Soft-close cabinets and drawers became essential for us. Aside from that, this looks great. Nice!

crazy how many nice features, and well thought out, new homes can have even in a low price small home. puts my 80s CA track house to shame.

insulation in the winter is not for keeping the cold out, is for keeping the heat in. in the summer is for keeping the heat out

This house in CA would cost $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Love all the videos on this channel. Very informative and helpful.. I'm going to try to view them all. Thank you.

Love the efficiency. Not my style but I got ideas from it. Thanks

I love this house. Perfect

Thanks for another nice informative video.

We are currently traveling for a career and I binge these videos every few months to keep the dream of our own home alive. Someday! Any chance of getting interior walkthroughs of people who have built this plan with different finishes/styles?

So when can you help build a new home here in Michigan

Amazing home

Wow just wow, that’s a quick build and it looks amazing! Now, I live in Florida by the beach, so no basement option for me. Would it be an option to add roof height to create a bedroom up there? I’m looking to build a 3 bedroom, but if the attic doesn’t work, I’ll convert the garage 😊 other than that, you surely creates a super efficient lay out!

Thank you for the smart ideas!

Did I miss the stated square footage? How big is this house (not including a finished basement) in terms of square footage?

I would use a siplit system than this bulky old style central ac.

Looks great

Wow, doesn't sound that affordable What's the breakout for materials ?

Hey Mike, live your Videos. I am a newer sub but have watched nearly all of them. I have an idea for a video of something I and I'm sure many others would live to see. A Barndominium build

Michael, point of clarification. This seems really obvious but worth asking just in case. The 165k was as is for the house correct? To add the two bedrooms downstairs as well as the additional bath would be in addition to that 165? Presuming this is correct, can you provide any idea on what that might cost additionally? Perhaps also to make it a two car garage?

Loved your video 👍👍👍🙌

I like it.

Just sold my home in CA and headed to TN at the end of the month. I really want to do an OB for the 3000 sqft home we want, but I’m chicken 🐔

Can you provide the brand of that delivery door? Thank you

I want to build my own home here in Virginia USA but I haven’t find the lot in the county that I like.

Materials costs have doubled in the intervening years. So that house today would be around 250k. Still a decent value but it is an absolute beginner home.

Very nice ! If you were to build this today what would you estimate it would Cost ?

Lovely!

165k labor and material Not including land, utilities, grading, etc. (Notes) Is this with the cost of general contractors, subs, profits? Or doing all work yourself?

Id like to purchase the floorplan please

The wall between the staircase and the living room needs to go all the way up, a child could fall to the death. And there should be a staircase going up to the attic right above the basement stairs and an option to finish the attic.

Looks really good

What would your build cost have been if this house was set as a slab on grade without the basement for those of us in areas where basements are uncommon?

Do you have the floor plan available for this home?

Wher can I find a slab insurance company?

What was the blower door score ?

No landing or roof outside the back door? That doesn't look safe. Next time, put a porch landing so people have somewhere to stand while they're opening the door.

I’d like to ask, can one get financing to be an owner builder?

build me a house! woww

Hello just wanted to know if you build in GA

Do this plans work in california?

No laundry room??

Are you built house in West Palm Beach?

Why is the outlet in kitchen the wrong way

Great videos! I remember you mentioning before someplace where I could get building plans for a low-cost but I forget what website that was I think you might have mentioned that if I wanted to edit a floor plan it's easy to do that with that software I can't remember if it was in this video or another one that you made it before.

Do you have HRV on your makeup air?

Afordable huose yah 164K man these prices are ridicoulus

anyone on here built this yet?

why would I need a car charger in the basement?

Too expensive, south of the border u pay $35.00/sf brick n mortar thru n thru high quality construction. What have we done to ourselves?, we r even paying $17 for a dozen of eggs, when south of the border u can actually buy 6 chickens for that price and have your own check scoop... Next thing we know, we will bailout banks....

Please show the garage son.