What is a Reverse Floor Plan in a Tahoe City Home?

What is a Reverse Floor Plan in a Tahoe City Home?

What is a Reverse Floor Plan in a Tahoe City home? Typically, most home buyers expect to come into their home from the garage, or parking area directly into the kitchen, or living room, which is located on the ground, or main floor of the home.

Many Tahoe second home buyers are surprised when they tour a home with a reverse floor plan, as this is something they typically don’t see in their home market.

In the Tahoe area, the reverse floor plan is a popular mountain style home where the kitchen, living room, and dining areas are all located on the top floor of the home, rather than on the main, or ground level of the home.

The advantages to having a reverse floor plan where the kitchen, living room, and dining areas are all located on the top level of the home are the vaulted ceilings and mountain cabin feel.

Vaulted ceilings not only make any space feel larger, but in the Tahoe area this floor plan shows off the large roof trusses and beams in this design giving the home more of a rustic, mountain cabin feel to it.

Second home owners also find that there tends to be more privacy with this floor plan configuration as the view is not of the street, and outdoor living is on the second level, well above street and foot traffic.

What is a Reverse Floor Plan in a Tahoe City Home? The reverse floor plan is a good design for the Tahoe area because it maximizes the entire area on the ground level, resulting in larger bedrooms, and a better use of floor space.

Remember, in order to get a kitchen, or living room with a vaulted ceiling on the main floor of a home, the sacrifice is the loss of useable space above that area. There is no wasted space by using the reverse floor plan, a feature most second home owners appreciate, especially when living space is at a premium.

So what are the disadvantages to a reverse floor plan? A reverse floor plan typically means that home owner will end up carrying their groceries up some steps, if not a full flight of stairs.

If single floor living, or having the kitchen, dining, and living room areas all located on the main floor of your Tahoe City second home are important to you, make sure to tell your agent so they can eliminate all Tahoe reverse floor plan homes from your showing list.

If you’re looking for a Tahoe City mountain home that maximizes its footprint, check out a reverse floor plan style home!

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Laura A. Allen | 530.414.1260 | Laura@TahoeLaura.com
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What is a Reverse Floor Plan in a Tahoe City Home?