The Pecan Duplex, 2,200 sq ft traditional house plan BRX-D2200
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The Pecan Duplex
Duplex, 2 units
Sample plan by Build This Plan
Illustrative rendering
A single story side by side duplex: two 1,100 square foot units, each with three bedrooms, two baths, its own laundry and its own front door. The living room, kitchen and dining run down the middle of each unit, with the bedrooms along the outside walls.
- 2,200 sq ft heated in total
- 2 units, 6 bedrooms
- 4 baths
- 1 story
- 55 x 46 ft
- No garage
Footprint drawn to scale from the sample floor plans in this book. They are sample drawings, not construction documents.
Sample price$1,495
What a drawing set like this includes
- Foundation plan with an expansive soil slab detail
- Dimensioned floor plan, both units
- Four exterior elevations
- Building and wall sections, including the party wall
- Roof framing plan
- Door and window schedules
- Electrical layout per unit
What it leaves out
- No engineer or architect seal. Texas does not require one to draw a single family plan, but your jurisdiction may require one to permit it.
- No site plan. That comes from a surveyor once you have a lot.
- No mechanical, plumbing or electrical engineering drawings.
- No energy code compliance report.
- No septic or OSSF design.
- No fire separation design or code review for the party wall. Your city decides what rating it needs.
Specification
- Building type
- Duplex
- Units
- 2
- Heated area, all units
- 2,200 sq ft
- Total under roof
- 2,320 sq ft
- Bedrooms
- 6
- Bathrooms
- 4 baths
- Stories
- 1
- Garage
- None
- Width
- 55 ft
- Depth
- 46 ft
- Max ridge height
- 19 ft from top of foundation
- Main ceiling
- 9 ft
- Primary roof pitch
- 6:12
- Roof type
- Gable, truss framed
- Exterior wall framing
- 2x4
- Foundation included
- Slab
- Porch and covered area
- 120 sq ft
2 units in this duplex
| Units | Bedrooms | Baths | Heated sq ft each | Heated sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1,100 | 2,200 |
| 2 in all | 6 | 4 baths | 2,200 |
A building with more than one home in it is often reviewed under commercial or multifamily code rather than the residential code, needs rated fire separation between units, and in many cities needs an engineer's seal and a longer permit review than a single-family set. Check with your city or county before you buy. Build This Plan does not provide engineering.
Will it fit your lot?
Fits a lot about 65 ft wide by 91 ft deep (0.14 acres, 5,915 sq ft) with typical setbacks of 5 ft each side, 25 ft front and 20 ft rear.
Setbacks, easements and deed restrictions vary by city, subdivision and county. Check yours before you buy.
For builders
- Footprint
- 4 exterior corners, a plain rectangle
- Main roof
- One main roof form (gable)
- Slab foundation
- Offered
- Lot width
- Fits about 65 ft
- Exterior walls
- 2x4
- Stories
- 1
- Drawn for
- Building to sell or rent, the designer says
Builder friendly rules
- YesThe enclosed footprint has 8 or fewer exterior corners
- YesA slab foundation is offered
- YesOne main roof form
- NoFits a lot 60 ft wide or less with typical setbacks
- YesHeated area between 1,000 and 2,600 sq ft
Worked out from the plan's own data by the published rules. Facts, not a promise of cost, rent or resale.
Building this plan where you live
Building this in Texas
Two mirror image three bedroom units under one side gable roof, each with its own porch and front door and a rated party wall between them. There is no garage, so parking goes on the lot: check how many spaces your city asks for per unit before you buy a lot for it.
- 01This sample has no drawing set, so it has no foundation design. Whatever plan you build, a local engineer designs the foundation for your soil.
- 02Windstorm certification only applies inside the TDI designated catastrophe area, not Montgomery or Liberty County. On a plan for sale we can coordinate it as an add on: an independent Texas PE does the engineering and bills you directly.
- 0311,597 new single-family homes were permitted in Montgomery County in 2025, at an average permit value of $287,000 (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey). Permit values usually run below the full cost to build; a local builder prices this plan for your lot.
Features
Questions about this plan
- What foundation does The Pecan Duplex come with?
- This sample is drawn on a post tension slab on grade foundation. It has no drawing set, so there is no foundation design yet.
- What size lot does The Pecan Duplex fit on?
- The Pecan Duplex (BRX-D2200) is 55 ft wide by 46 ft deep. It fits a lot about 65 ft wide by 91 ft deep (0.14 acres, 5,915 sq ft) with typical setbacks of 5 ft each side, 25 ft front and 20 ft rear. Setbacks, easements and deed restrictions vary by city, subdivision and county. Check yours before you buy.
- How many units does The Pecan Duplex have?
- 2 units: 2 of 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,100 sq ft, 2,200 heated sq ft in all.
- Does a building like this need more review than a house?
- A building with more than one home in it is often reviewed under commercial or multifamily code rather than the residential code, needs rated fire separation between units, and in many cities needs an engineer's seal and a longer permit review than a single-family set. Check with your city or county before you buy. Build This Plan does not provide engineering.
- Is this plan builder friendly?
- Not by our published rules. It does not meet: fits a lot 60 ft wide or less with typical setbacks.
- Where is the garage, and how does it enter?
- This plan has no garage.
- How many stories is it, and how tall?
- 1 story, with 9 ft main ceilings and a ridge 19 ft above the top of the foundation.
- What would the drawing set leave out?
- A set like this leaves out: No engineer or architect seal. Texas does not require one to draw a single family plan, but your jurisdiction may require one to permit it; No site plan. That comes from a surveyor once you have a lot; No mechanical, plumbing or electrical engineering drawings; No energy code compliance report; No septic or OSSF design; No fire separation design or code review for the party wall. Your city decides what rating it needs.
- Which licenses can I buy?
- None: this is a sample plan and is not for sale. Its sample prices show how licensing works here: PDF at $1,495 (one build, one address), 5 printed sets + PDF at $1,795 (one build, one address), PDF, unlimited builds at $2,295 (unlimited builds by you) and CAD + PDF, unlimited builds at $2,795 (unlimited builds by you).
- Can I ask for changes?
- Not on this sample, since it is not for sale.
- What engineering will I need where I build?
- Build This Plan does not provide engineering. Your building department decides what needs an engineer's seal; on expansive clay that is often the foundation, and inside the TDI designated catastrophe area on the Texas coast, windstorm certification. This plan has no drawing set, so it has no foundation design. If you need one, tick "I will need an engineer" when you buy and we put you in touch with an independent engineer who bills you directly.
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