The Caney, 2,240 sq ft farmhouse house plan BRX-2240
Sample plan. Not for sale.
This plan shows how a plan book on Build This Plan looks: plates, floor plans, specs, lot fit and prices. There is no real drawing set behind it, the specs are sample values, and nobody has checked it for building. Nothing here can be bought.
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The Caney
Sample plan by Build This Plan
Illustrative rendering
Four bedrooms on a single level with a side entry garage and a steep gable roof. Eleven foot ceilings in the main living space, a butler pantry between the kitchen and dining, and an outdoor kitchen built into the rear porch.
- 2,240 sq ft heated
- 4 bedrooms
- 2.5 baths
- 1 story
- 68 x 55 ft
- 2 car garage
Footprint drawn to scale from the sample floor plans in this book. They are sample drawings, not construction documents.
Sample price$1,295
What a drawing set like this includes
- Foundation plan with an expansive soil slab detail
- Dimensioned floor plan
- Four exterior elevations
- Building and wall sections
- Roof framing plan
- Door and window schedules
- Electrical layout
- Cabinet elevations
- Outdoor kitchen detail
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.
Specification
- Building type
- Single-family
- Heated area
- 2,240 sq ft
- Total under roof
- 3,016 sq ft
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 2.5 baths
- Stories
- 1
- Garage
- 2 bay, side entry
- Width
- 68 ft
- Depth
- 55 ft
- Max ridge height
- 25 ft from top of foundation
- Main ceiling
- 11 ft
- Primary roof pitch
- 10:12
- Roof type
- Gable, truss framed
- Exterior wall framing
- 2x4
- Foundation included
- Slab
- Porch and covered area
- 292 sq ft
Will it fit your lot?
Fits a lot about 98 ft wide by 100 ft deep (0.22 acres, 9,800 sq ft) with typical setbacks of 5 ft each side, 25 ft front and 20 ft rear, plus 20 ft on the garage side to turn into the side entry garage.
Setbacks, easements and deed restrictions vary by city, subdivision and county. Check yours before you buy.
For builders
- Footprint
- 8 exterior corners
- Main roof
- gable, more than one form or not stated
- Slab foundation
- Offered
- Lot width
- Fits about 98 ft
- Exterior walls
- 2x4
- Stories
- 1
Builder friendly rules
- YesThe enclosed footprint has 8 or fewer exterior corners
- YesA slab foundation is offered
- NoOne 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
The 10:12 roof pitch is what makes this one read as a real farmhouse rather than a builder box, and it is also the single biggest cost driver in the plan. If you are value engineering, drop it to 8:12 before you touch anything else. The side entry garage needs room beside it to turn into, which is why the lot fit below adds a drive allowance on that side.
- 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 Caney 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 Caney fit on?
- The Caney (BRX-2240) is 68 ft wide by 55 ft deep. It fits a lot about 98 ft wide by 100 ft deep (0.22 acres, 9,800 sq ft) with typical setbacks of 5 ft each side, 25 ft front and 20 ft rear, plus 20 ft on the garage side to turn into the side entry garage. Setbacks, easements and deed restrictions vary by city, subdivision and county. Check yours before you buy.
- Is this plan builder friendly?
- Not by our published rules. It does not meet: one main roof form and fits a lot 60 ft wide or less with typical setbacks.
- Where is the garage, and how does it enter?
- A 2 car attached garage with side entry, 484 sq ft.
- How many stories is it, and how tall?
- 1 story, with 11 ft main ceilings and a ridge 25 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.
- 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 $1,295 (one build, one address), 5 printed sets + PDF at $1,595 (one build, one address), PDF, unlimited builds at $2,095 (unlimited builds by you) and CAD + PDF, unlimited builds at $2,595 (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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