When it comes to building a house for your family, you don’t always have to pick the grandest, biggest designs available. What’s important is that you have a cozy place to stay where you and your family can build a wonderful life together.

If you are looking for a budget-friendly house for your family, a compact house design is certainly the best option.

A 1-story house with two or three bedrooms is ideal for most families. You have a lot of options in terms of materials you can use for your home, including wood, concrete, mix-materials, and even prefabricated houses made from metal container vans!

It really is up to you to design and decorate your home to your liking, but you can take inspiration from any of the designs featured below.

You can find ideas for basic homes that don’t require a lot of space and materials to build. While wood homes could be the least expensive, especially if you don’t pick the more expensive hardwoods, they aren’t as longer lasting as concrete homes. Though they have the advantage of allowing you to build your house at a limited budget, plus also giving you more leeway for changes in the future, just in case you change your mind about the design.

And if you want to build a home quickly, you could opt for prefabricated homes; though you don’t have a lot of options there when it comes to creating the design. But this option is actually quite economical.

At the end of the day, the size of your house is not the most important thing – it is the love you build inside as a family that truly matters. Besides, it’s cheaper to build, decorate, and maintain a small house – and that leaves you more money to have fun and go on vacations together.

Inspiring Designs for a Budget-Friendly House

Check out these small homes that could easily fit your budget…

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

Image credits: Homify