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Brick clad bungalow with vaulted living room

A three bedroom bungalow with vaulted lounge and kitchen diner. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Traditional 2-storey brick property with balcony

A three bedroom family home with balcony and large kitchen-diner. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Brick-clad 3 bedroom bungalow

A three bedroom bungalow with large living area and kitchen-diner. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Three storey traditional family home with sunlounge

A five bedroom, five bathroom family home set over three storeys, with large living space and sunlounge. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Barn-style property with open plan living space

A barn style property with open plan living space downstairs, plus six bedrooms and a balcony. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Two storey bungalow with hipped roof

A bungalow with hipped roof and attic bedrooms, designed to make the most of a small plot. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Bungalow with large roofspace

A well proportioned bungalow with large attic space rooms, designed to make the most of a small plot. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Traditional 3 storey house on a sloping site

A traditional property on a sloping site, set over three storeys. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Traditional-style home on a sloping site

A traditional property on a sloping site, with three bedrooms, conservatory and large balcony. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Chiddingstone

This four bedroom houseplan from Scandia-Hus has ample living space on the ground floor with the opportunity for two bay window seating areas and a spacious kitchen.

Contemporary Barn

This contemporary barn house design from Scandia-Hus has five bedrooms spread over both floors along with pletny of living space and the opportunity for a master bedroom with en suite and a walk-in wardrobe.

Courtfield

The Courtfield house plan from Scandia-Hus has four bedrooms, an open plan kitchen/diner and a seperate dining room for formal entertainment, as well as a living room and seperate downstairs room that can be used as a study or drawing room.

Glazed upside down house

An upside down house design, with four bedrooms on the ground floor and the main living rooms and office at first floor level. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

American-style upside down house

An American-style upside down house design, with four bedrooms on the ground floor and the main living rooms and office at first floor level. Originally featured as a "Dream Home Challenge" house design. View more details about this houseplan, taken from the archives of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, including floor area and designer's contact information.

Rendered upside down home

Bjorkham

Bjorkham house plans from Scandia-Hus