Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 4,521 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 4 Garage: 4 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story three-bedroom The Ocean Dream House. Here’s the floor plan: This beach house flaunts a pleasing symmetrical aesthetic along with a wide-open floor plan that enables great convenience and allows natural light to freely flow around the home. …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 7,503 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 5.1 Garage: 4 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 4-bedroom three-story Rodeo home. Here’s the floor plan: This European mansion flourishes an old country charm with its masonry facade and decorative arches framing the windows and home’s entry. Inside, the circular foyer has convenient access to the …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 5,680 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4.1 Garage: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 4-bedroom West Winds beach style home. Here’s the floor plan: This beach-style mansion exhibits a sleek architecture featuring its box exterior accentuated by brick columns and breezy balconies. It has a unique reverse floor plan that …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,267 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 4-bedroom craftsman style The Chancellor home. Here’s the floor plan: The 4-bedroom craftsman home boasts a luxury floor plan that provides you with roomy spaces and a handy elevator that makes navigating to the three levels a …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,045 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 3 Stories: 3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 2-bedroom Riverhaven Cape Cod home. Here’s the floor plan: A truly luxurious floor plan that’s loaded with a striking curb appeal showcasing its distinctive gambrel roofs, a ridge turret, and intricate railings encasing the Cape …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,975 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 Stories: 3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 5-bedroom three-story modern Northwest home. Here’s the floor plan: The three-story modern Northwest home exhibits a captivating facade adorned with stone accents, wood panels, aluminum steel, and large glass windows. Enter the home via the front …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 4,752 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4.5+ Stories: 2-3 Garages: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 4-bedroom three-story modern farmhouse. Here’s the floor plan: Loaded with curb appeal, this modern farmhouse boasts rich details inside and out. Twin gables sitting above the wide front porch create symmetry to the home. Inside, the …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,569 Bedrooms: 5-6 Bathrooms: 4-5 Stories: 2-3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 6-bedroom New American home. Here’s the floor plan: Cedar shake siding, white brick trims, and steeply pitched gables adorn the three-story New American home. A covered entry porch lined with double pillars creates a warm …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,421 Bedrooms: 5-6 Bathrooms: 4.5-5.5 Stories: 2-3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 6-bedroom three-story modern craftsman home. Here’s the floor plan: This modern craftsman home is clad in contrasting siding making its natural wood accents stand out. It has a well laid out floor plan that includes a …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,251 Bedrooms: 4-6 Bathrooms: 4.5-5.5 Stories: 2-3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 6-bedroom three-story modern country home. Here’s the floor plan: Three-story country home with a modern appeal showcasing its pristine white siding, brick accents, decorative brackets, and gray trims framing the entry porch. Inside, a spacious foyer …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,641 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4.5 Stories: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 4-bedroom The Gatlin modern farmhouse. Here’s the floor plan: Multiple gables along with a board and batten siding embellish this three-story modern farmhouse. An entry porch bordered by tapered columns creates a warm welcome. As you stepped …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 1,662 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1.5+ Stories: 2 Garages: 1 Welcome to photos and footprint for a two-story 3-bedroom contemporary home. Here’s the floor plan: The tri-level contemporary home flaunts a stunning facade clad in stucco, stone, and horizontal wood siding. Sleek glass windows enhance its modern appeal. The main level is occupied …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,645 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3.5-4.5 Stories: 2-3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 4-bedroom modern farmhouse. Here’s the floor plan: Classic board and batten siding, shed dormers, decorative trims and brackets, and an inviting front porch grace the 4-bedroom modern farmhouse. Upon entry, you’ll immediately see the formal …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 4,920 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 6.5 Stories: 3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 5-bedroom three-story craftsman home. Here’s the floor plan: The three-story craftsman home features a well-laid out floor plan ideal for a narrow lot. It is wrapped in a vertical siding accentuated with cedar shakes. As you …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,949 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 4-bedroom three-story The Rockledge craftsman home. Here’s the floor plan: This 4-bedroom craftsman home exudes an old-world charm showcasing a combination of stone and siding, shed dormers, and a portico graced with a gentle arch and stately double …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,953 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3.5 Stories: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 4-bedroom The Peekskill craftsman home. Here’s the floor plan: This 4-bedroom craftsman home is a classic beauty featuring its horizontal siding, an angled garage topped with dormers, and an inviting front porch adorned with a stunning center …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 1,727 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Stories: 2-3 Garages: 2 Welcome to photos and footprint for a three-story 2-bedroom contemporary carriage home. Here’s the floor plan: This 2-bedroom carriage home showcases a contemporary exterior with its sloped roofline and a clean box architecture. The ground floor consists of a bedroom, a full bath, …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,439 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2.5+ Stories: 3 Cars: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 4-bedroom three-story southern coastal home. Here’s the floor plan: This three-story Southern home is clad in stucco siding and is perfect on coastal lots since it is built on a CMU block foundation. The home is …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 2,228 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2.5 Stories: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 4-bedroom three-story beach-style The Summercrest home. Here’s the floor plan: This beach-style home offers a free-flowing floor plan designed for narrow lots. It features plenty of covered porches to maximize the views as it extends the living space. …
Specifications: Sq. Ft.: 3,347 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4.5 Stories: 3 Welcome to photos and footprint for a 5-bedroom three-story The Hedlund craftsman home. Here’s the floor plan: A mixture of stone, cedar shake, and siding along with sloping gables and arched elements give this two-story craftsman home a whimsical character. It features a well laid …
Three-story homes have some distinct advantages compared to their shorter counterparts. For one thing, you can get more square footage on a smaller footprint, squeezing more house onto a smaller lot. That can be huge when building in areas where land is at a premium and lots are small. If you’re building in a downtown area or on a historic lot designed for a small home, multi-level may be your only option to get the square footage your family needs, especially if you’d like a yard for pets or kids. One popular feature of multi-level homes, especially in cosmopolitan areas, is a roof-top balcony if your home is tall enough to stand above the homes around it. Tall houses can lead to great views and impressive cityscapes, perfect for relaxing with loved ones or celebrating with friends. Balconies or rooftop outdoor spaces are especially important if your lot is too small to allow for a yard.
With the right design three-story homes can boast impressive design features. Multi-level foyers or living rooms with sparkling chandeliers high above heads can impress your guests. Vertical spaces also make the home feel larger and less cramped, even if the spaces aren’t quite as open other homes. Tall walls also lend themselves to picturesque windows, impressive fireplaces, large pieces of art, or other feature pieces.
On the outside, three-story homes can make a towering impression. You’ll have more design options to consider than in shorter homes, like showpiece stonework, tall windows, or vertical landscaping. Modern designs are especially popular for three-story home, but you can choose any style and tailor the design to the look that works for you.
Maintenance can be difficult in three-story homes, both inside and outside. Painting a three-story exterior is no picnic, nor is changing lightbulbs in multi-level living spaces. You won’t have a lot of fun cleaning your gutters or hanging Christmas lights either. But when you do get those Christmas lights hung they’ll be the envy of the neighborhood. Cleaning on the inside will involve lugging your cleaning supplies up and down multiple levels.
When it comes to changing floor plans, three-story homes may not have as many options as other types of homes since each floor has a more limited amount of space. It may also be more expensive to renovate a three-story home since spaces are tighter and more duct work, plumbing, and electric lines are needed to support all three stories.
Even moving furniture can be tricky in a three-story home since there are often stairs involved. A laundry room on the top floor with your bedroom sounds fantastic until you have to move a washer and dryer up to flights of stairs.
One unique aspect of a three-story home is dedicated spaces that are truly separate from the rest of the home. Research tells us that those defined spaces may actually be better for our mental health as well as our sleep habits. When your bedroom is designated only for sleep– a retreat separate from the rest of the home where your day to day worries are addressed– you tend to get better sleep since your mind knows that entering your bedroom means that it’s time to wind down and go to sleep. Three-story homes that have a floor dedicated as a primary bedroom retreat, or dedicated to all the bedrooms in the home, can help protect the sanctity of rest and promote better sleep habits.
One of the most obvious qualities of a three-story home are the multiple flights of stairs. Three-story living typically means that bedrooms, living spaces, and kitchen and dining spaces are all on different floors, making it hard to avoid those stairs for long. If stairs bother you for mobility or aesthetic reasons, stay away from these multi-level homes. Even if you don’t face mobility difficulties now, consider whether you intend to live in the house into your later years when stairs may look less and less appealing. Frequent guests with mobility issues may not appreciate the stairs either.
Families with small children seem on the fence when it comes to three-story homes. The layout can be great in some respects, keeping kiddos in a more confined area and away from rooms they shouldn’t visit (at least for a while). But the multiple levels also mean you’ll be running up and down stairs a lot and may end up sleeping on a different level than small children–something some parents may not find ideal. Without the clear sightlines of more wide open floorplans you may have more limited supervision of small children, depending on the layout of the home. Bottom line: if you have little kids go into a three-story home with a critical eye to determine if they layout will truly work for your family, both now and in years to come.