A-frame style home plans have a sharp-sloped Roof designed to facilitate heavy snow to slide to the ground, in its place of lingering on top of the home and weighing it down. At the similar time, the steep covering provides two other benefits. It creates a partial floor plan at the top of the house, which can be used for lofts or storage space, and, since the roof extends down to the ground and doesn't require to painted. This minimizes the sum of exterior upholding required on the home. A-frame homes have limited existing space and are generally built as vacation cottages for the mountains or beach.

A-frame style house plans may have lots of of these features:

* Triangular form or a frame shape

* Steeply sloping roof that extends to the ground on two sides

* Front and rear gables

* Deep-set eaves

* Numerous large windows on front and rear gables

* 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 stories

* Small living space or floor plans

* Few vertical wall surfaces