The Greatest Game Room Ever Built

While looking through Habitation Home Plans list of Rambler type homes I found this design with one of the coolest basements I've ever seen.

The main floor features what is the norm for this designer. They do a good job at having a large space for everyday life with a great room and kitchen that are open to each other. The master suites are also wonderfully laid out.

With all this, it still just seemed like another plan until I scrolled down to see the basement. Most of the rooms in these houses are in basically the same format. With this said, I was surprised to see a virtual golf room option with the theater room. It had never crossed my mind that this could be done. Every guy dreams of having a private place to correct that slice that gets him every time he hits the links. Now you can. It is amazing how technology allows you to have almost anything included in a house plan! Seeing something like this can really get the creativity flowing. With the appropriate funds you the sky is the limit with modifications.

Step-by-Step Garage

I'm not sure if building a house with a separate garage would be beneficial. Whether this would help or not in construction, The Plan Collection has a garage plan that has images that show the main steps of building a separate garage. The Seaspace is a double garage a few extra features that would make it a good addition to a lot. The workshop on the side has ladder access to the storage space above. Looking at the images, you can see the everything through laying the footings and foundation to framing and doing roof work. This was interesting to see how the building would go.

Which Roof is the Best Roof?

As I have been looking at house plans I have seen dozens of roof types and I was wondering where I could found out more about all the different styles. After a quick Google search session I discovered the site that I need. RoofHelper has all the answers to any roof question you could have. I think one of the most useful parts was their Roof Types Resource page that lists 11 of the most common styles. You can click on each style and it gives you a brief description of how the roof types came about and a small list of their benefits and disadvantages.

This isn't the only thing that's on the website. There is pages on materials to use, roofing parts and components, roofing estimates and even green roofing information. You could spend hours on this site looking at roofing information. I have learned that roofs are one of the most important parts of the home. With a good roof you can save money and get long years of good use out of a properly constructed roof.