| The carriage house floor plan became popular around | | | | home office or mother-in-law flat or apartment. |
| the turn of the century when families began moving | | | | Carriage houses are defined as a subordinate |
| from rural areas to urban and suburban areas. A | | | | structure that have one or more habitable story and |
| general misconception is that most families lived in | | | | must have existed before November 1956. They may |
| what could be called a carriage house, but the truth is | | | | be used only as residences. Renovation of an original |
| that only wealthy families, the upper 5 to 10 percent, | | | | carriage house floor plan is not cheap, but in most |
| could afford to own a home with a carriage house. | | | | cases it's less expensive than building from scratch. |
| The carriage house floor plan was typically 500 to 700 | | | | The main reason that renovation is expensive is due to |
| square feet and approximately one and a half stories | | | | the fact that zoning regulations tend to be fairly strict |
| high. Most were designed to match the exterior decor | | | | and frequently inflexible. |
| of the main house and built to house the groomsman, | | | | Bringing an original carriage house into code |
| the horses, buggy, hay and the livery. If you had been | | | | compliance can be costly. Some things to consider are |
| a groomsman one hundred years ago, this would be | | | | plumbing, wiring, stairs, and foundations because the |
| both the place you lived as well as the place where | | | | original carriage house was intended as an out building |
| you conducted your business. Even though the horse | | | | and did not get the same consideration as the main |
| and buggy no longer exist as they once did, a carriage | | | | house. Currently the most popular solution is to build |
| house in good condition is very valuable. | | | | one from scratch with the average cost running |
| A piece of real estate with a carriage house attached | | | | approximately $35,000. Uses can extend beyond an |
| to it can bring a 10 to 15 percent increase in resale | | | | apartment or mother-in-law apartment to such things |
| value. The idea of taking a carriage house floor plan | | | | as a home office, art studio or even a retail shop. The |
| and turning it into a habitable studio or apartment first | | | | modern carriage house floor plan can offer an |
| became popular during the Depression as a way to | | | | excellent solution for the need to add extra square |
| create a rental income or house elderly relatives. | | | | footage to your property. |
| Carriage houses today are generally used for either a | | | | |