In the next few years I am going to be constructing a small bachelor pad.
Requirements are:
>garage
>1 full bath
>1 bedroom
>full kitchen
>laundry optional
>no tiny house faggotry
>minimalist by modern standards (no coy ponds or other crap like that)
House will be on 10 acres I already own, I've built three houses from top to bottom on my own so I am fully capable.
If /diy/ was building this, would you go with a garage/loft or all 1 story? Interested on hearing from guys on the cost adv/dis. Also bachelor pad floor plans if you have them. Whatever I decide on I will post the floor plans/ elevations on here for other /diy/ forever alones. I havent opened Cheif Architect up in three years so they might be a little rough. Maybe building yard guy can come back and do a material take off on it.
The most energy efficient is a cube (unless you go spherical). So a two story rectangle is what lots of people go with. I'd include at least one room for my toys, like drill presses.
If I could go back in time I'd own your 10 acres and build a huge metal building with enormous shop space for cars, wood, metal, electronics, pottery, whatever. I'd probably live in it too, so long as my living quarters were isolated from fumes etc. But if I had actually done that, I'd probably have so much junk in the 10 acres it would be considered an EPA Superfund site.
>>1225872
Of it's a Batchelor pad you may as well make it a studio. Waking up and walking to a different room to make breakfast is for suckers.
>>1225876
In all honesty the space is for my brother, I just didn't want to plug the OP up with a blog post. He's basically /r9k/ and /fit/ so the garage will most likely end up as a gym with his car parked there in the winter. He's not much into cars or hobby stuff besides hiking/kayaking that kind of stuff.
>>1225872
>I havent opened Cheif Architect up in three years
Just googled this.
I always knew architecture was a meme, those faggots spend 5 years on their degree and barely take any math.
Found /diy/s house while i was digging around
>>1225919
very few thumbnails piss me off as much as that one. I really want to look at that place.
>>1225929
oops here you go anon
https://www.houseplans.com/plan/270-square-feet-1-bedroom-1-bathroom-0-garage-modern-39338