Simple Villa, Two-Car Garage
Keep It Simple & Open
- Designed By: FreeGreen Team
- Size: 1694 s.f.
- Rooms: 3 bedrooms 2.5 bathrooms
- Best suited for: Temperate to Warm Climates
- Cost: low to high
- Design Style: Contemporary, Spanish
- 25-60% More Efficient than Code Built House*
This product line was inspired by Southern California’s outdoorsy lifestyle. Homes have a casual Mediterranean feel and are perfect for temperate or warm climates where cross-ventilation and passive cooling can reduce the cost of air conditioning. Relaxed elegance and a Spanish influence provide curb appeal and comfort. Integrated patios and garden spaces extend the living area, creating a smooth transition between indoors and outdoors. The three bedroom Simple Villa is a European-inspired home that features an open living room plan, a blend of indoor & outdoor living spaces, and generous exterior living areas. The FreeGreen designers have taken care to include several design options that cater to different aesthetic tastes and accommodate different budgets. The home is large enough to accommodate a typical family but modest in size to ensure efficient operation. For this house we wanted to create a simple design that, with a multitude of different options, would allow changing from soft contemporary to Spanish influences.
Simple & Clean
Modern Suburban Minimalism
The standing seem metal roof, smooth white stucco, and rich wood tones give it a crisp modern feel that accentuate the clean lines
Integrated planter boxes provide color and texture to this friendly suburban minimalism
Clean Country Dining Area
All Closed Up
The white built-ins by KraftMaid match the kitchen cabinets and provide enclosures to the belongings on the shelves
The bamboo flooring is a beautiful alternative to traditional hardwoods that is easy to clean and promotes healthy indoor air quality
Light and Clean Dining Area
Elegant Functionality
Natural earth and wood tones create a light, airy feel to the space
Exposed wood beams give the ceiling texture and provide a hint of rusticity
Light and Clean Kitchen
Open-Air Design
The simple kitchen layout with the half-bar provides generous cooking and food preparation area as well as an excellent morning breakfast stop
Open shelving, in addition to the generous array of windows, give this kitchen a light, airy feel.
Budget Friendly Living Area
Polished Simplicity
Polished concrete floors are a low-cost, clean, and easy to maintain flooring option
The furniture, including the TV stand, couches, and shelving are all available at IKEA for affordable prices
Energy Features
Options for Integration
Heat Recovery Ventilator accomplishes two tasks: 1) It ensures healthy indoor air quality 2) It mediates the thermal properties between the outgoing and incoming airstreams, which further-increases efficiency
Building electricity is offset by 2.04kW of solar shingles by Eagle Integrated Solar
About FreeGreen Inc.
FreeGreen was co-founded by Ben Uyeda and Dave Wax as a spin-off from their first startup, Zero Energy Design (a leading high-end custom green home architecture firm). FreeGreen launched on April 1st, 2008. Its website provides consumers and builders with free energy efficient house plans. The designs range from traditional to modern and come with an energy performance analysis to prove how “green” they are. Also provided are computer generated interior and exterior renderings, detailed construction documents including framing plans and construction details, LEED-H analysis and checklist, and a list of green products that were included in the design and energy reports. FreeGreen is able to give away such high quality designs because product vendors pay to have a spot in the photo-realistic renderings. Custom reviews, green aspects, and applicable third party certifications are provided to so consumers can make judgments on products for themselves. In addition to its free stock plans, FreeGreen also offers design customization and consultation.
“At FreeGreen we hope to encourage progressive building practices by making green home designs free for everyone”
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