Bungalow house plans are mostly used where the land size is big enough to accommodate for horizontal building footprint spread at ground floor level.
1/8th acre land.
Lands that are in the 1/8th acre 50 feet by 100 feet or less are suitable for 1, 2 or 3 bedroomed bungalow sizes with small to average sided rooms. If the rooms are made larger, or more than 3 bedroomed are introduced, the space will begin to get squeezed, necessitating for a maisonette type where the bedrooms are stacked vertically upwards to form a 2 level house.
Staircase.
Bungalows of the same floor area with maisonettes tend to have more usable space since the space taken up by the staircase in maisonettes will be utilized as living space in a bungalow type house.
Style.
Bungalow styles come in various designs such as minimalistic types that look modern https://www.google.com/search?q=minimalistic+bungalow+house&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV2daw87jYAhWKWRQKHS4lANIQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=623
European style bungalows are also a common style used in Kenya especially on the older houses that were built by the colonial settlers and later on by the Kenyans who were born in the 40s to 70s age group. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1366&bih=623&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=MEhLWu2wFcy5UafeuugI&q=european+style++bungalow+house&oq=european+style++bungalow+house&gs_l=psy-ab.3…113098.116063.0.116561.15.12.0.0.0.0.592.2333.0j2j2j2j0j1.7.0….0…1c.1.64.psy-ab..11.1.294…0i7i30k1j0i7i5i30k1.0.aupA9Wmkv54
The European style is mostly characterized by the steep roof slopes and use of rustic natural stone facades and timber.
This steep roof is designed to enable smooth flow of snow during winter in Europe, which over hundreds of years, has morphed into a characteristic design that is used elsewhere in other parts of the world regardless of the weather.
This is similar to the North African flat roof architecture style which is adapted to regions which receive low rainfall, hence no need to slope the roofs to enable faster rain flow, but the same style over hundreds of years has now been adopted and used in places where rainfall is plenty.
Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau.
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