One-story houses: TOP-120 photos of exclusive projects in a modern style
Since the second half of the fifties of the twentieth century, a comfortable small-sized apartment in the five-story building of any city was considered a symbol of comfortable housing in our country. Subsequently, for a long time, nothing has changed in this matter except for the number of storeys of houses. Floors became more and more, and apartments remained the same small-sized.
Today, the symbol of prestigious housing is separate one-story houses with an attic located somewhere in the suburbs of the metropolis.
The advantages of such a home are undeniable, because nowadays there is no problem with laying engineering systems, such as: sewage, water supply, etc. Even if it is not possible to connect to centralized systems, all this can be done individually.
Master of his house and his destiny
The indisputable advantage of a separate house is the presence of, albeit a small, but its own land on which this house stands, in order to be convinced of this, it is enough to just look at the photos of one-story houses.
A person living in his own country house has a completely different outlook than the inhabitant of a multi-storey building, he becomes more thorough, every bourgeois who stands firmly on his feet can be traced.
Perhaps that is why the tendency to relocate people from cramped city apartments to suburban homes, where their inhabitants feel themselves the true masters of their destiny, has begun to appear. In fact, it cannot be otherwise, in fact, every such house is built taking into account the wishes of the future owner, that is, it is populated precisely in the house of which it dreamed.
The owner of a city apartment lives in the environment that was created for him according to a standard project that takes into account far from all his wishes.
Wood, brick and aerated concrete blocks
Another thing is own house. The one-story building market today offers multiple layout options for a one-story house, both internal and external.
Firstly, it is proposed to determine the building material, which can be traditional Russian wood, and, which has already become familiar, brick, and foamy-aerated concrete blocks that are relatively new to us.
Secondly, when planning to build a modern one-story house, the builder needs to decide how much money he is willing to spend on it.
The most economical options, of all possible, will be those that offer to stop your choice on wooden houses. Brick will cost a little more. The most expensive of these building materials are foam-aerated concrete blocks.
Wooden house
However, what seems expensive today will turn into a significant economy over time. A log house is the cheapest, and it’s nice to live in it.
Wood is an environmentally friendly material that favorably affects human health, but, unfortunately, is short-lived. It is subject to absolutely all natural disasters, including those often encountered, such as fire.
In case of fire, you can save the house only in its initial stage. As soon as the flame takes on the logs, no fire brigade can put out it. A burnt log house will stand where it was put, but it will be impossible to live among the firebrands.
Even if a fire does not happen, over time the logs will begin to rot, as soon as the process of decay goes, stopping it, without major repairs, will be impossible.However, if there is no fire, life in such a house will be very comfortable, at least for one to two generations.
Brick house
Brick houses are not so afraid of fires and they do not rot at all, therefore they will stand for more than one hundred years, although from time to time they still have to be repaired.
A significant drawback of this material is its relatively high thermal conductivity, therefore, in Russia, the walls of brick houses are never laid out in one brick, but at least two, two and a half. This allows you to ensure the safety of heat indoors in the winter and not to suffer too much from the heat in the summer.
The need to build thicker brick walls makes the process rather time-consuming and, perhaps, the longest.
Block house
Foam-aerated concrete blocks - perhaps the most expensive building material in our market, but expensive, not always, means unprofitable. Foam-aerated concrete blocks in shape resemble bricks, only their sizes are slightly larger, therefore, to build a house they need less, they have less heat conductivity than bricks, which also contributes to greater efficiency in their use in the construction of residential buildings.
As with brickwork, the sand-concrete mix is the binder solution connecting the blocks to each other. The most important element of any building, including a one-story building, is the foundation.
Foundation
The heavier the house, the more powerful should be the base on which it stands. Building the foundation is perhaps the most crucial moment of the whole process. If the construction of the foundation is made with errors, the house on it will not stand idle for a long time.
Since even a log house is a rather heavy structure, the foundation should be below the freezing level. If this rule is not observed, freezing of the soil can lead to its rise in the winter and lowering in the summer. At the same time, under the weight of the house, not deep enough, the weak foundation will gradually collapse.
The exterior of the house
Having decided on the costs of materials and construction work, you need to think about the appearance of the house. Where and how the windows will be located, what their size will be, whether the veranda will be attached to it and what will be the roof of the house.
The roof of a one-story house is no less important structural element than the foundation. In general, it has several functions. Its main function is to be, in fact, a roof, only one of them. The second most important decorative function is also of great importance.
In order for the roof to perform both of these functions, it must at least be gable, and there will be no particular achievement.
Paying tribute to fashion, today, many developers, developing the design of one-story houses, prefer houses with a four-pitched roof. A house under such a roof will look much more presentable.
Annexes
Next, you need to decide on the general plan of the house, including determining which outbuildings will stand next to it. The most important extension of every modern home is, of course, a garage.
The plan of a one-story house with a garage can be developed independently. If this task is too tough for you or, simply, there is no time for this, then it would be advisable to look for something on the Internet, there are a great many diverse plans.
In general, a garage is not just an extension to the house where the car is. A significant part of the life of a modern man takes place in the garage, although, of course, if the garage is next to the house, there is no point in making it look like a house 2 where a person comes to rest from his family and meet friends.
The main function of the garage standing at the house is to be a storage for the car. Therefore, there is nothing reprehensible in the fact that it will look accordingly, like a squat hangar with a pitched roof, covered with slate or roofing iron.
If we were to build a country house, then it would be wrong not to put a traditional Russian bathhouse near it, the presence of which does not completely eliminate the need for a usual bathtub or at least a shower in the house. Bathing or showering is the usual daily procedure for washing away dirt from the body, while a bathhouse with steam and a broom is a rest of the body and soul, which is not often arranged: once a week, no more.
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