I'm looking for home plans

[liliwhite]

I'm looking for house plans that:

ARE: practical, suitable for off-grid farm life, simple design, can integrate a basement shelter,

ARE NOT: a McMansion, a 14' x 14' cabin

I'm not having much luck. I can design my own but was hoping for some good ideas from others.

[Boris859]

Check your big box lumbar stores,bookstores,or wherever you buy books,they usually have all kinds of books to cover anything you want to do

[cmdan]

These may not be what your looking for, but they are free:

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/miscplans.htm

http://houseplansfree.net/

http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/ExtPubs/PlanList97.htm#House%20Plans

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/plans/

http://www.alaskaantlerworks.com/Alaska_cabin_page6.htm

http://www.undergroundhousing.com/videos.html

I really like this one, gives step by step instructions and has "pictures"!
http://www.make-my-own-house.com/

A good way to insulate:
http://www.foampower.com/index.php

Insulating Concrete forms:
http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-Inventory/walls/Insulating-Concrete-Forms

Just another way to build:
http://www.mccullyweb.com/wasilla/foundation.html

SIP's are an easy, quick and somewhat inexpensive way to go and very energy efficient:
http://www.pbssips.com/company_overview.htm

Info on Footings and foundations:
http://www.usinspect.com/Structure/StructFootings2.asp

Or you could just buy a home that folds up and you take it with you where ever you go:
http://www.habitaflex.com/

Use Sketchup to make your own plans:
http://sketchup.google.com/

Here is a site for free plans, but I haven't looked at it yet:
http://www.freegreen.com/

Wanna make some bee hives?:
http://www.beesource.com/plans/index.htm

Good luck.

[MissouriFree]

lilli,'here is one i like. it also has a forum that has people that used ther plans.


http://countryplans.com/

[cinok]

We built our cabin 14x28 from country plans and are now adding on withplans from them they are helpfull and have a great forum