A-Frame · A wider A-frame with a full-width glazed gable
A-House 800
A-House 800 is an 800 sq ft A-frame on a 24 ft × 30 ft footprint, with roughly 8 ft 2 in on the first floor and 8 ft in the loft. The additional 4 ft of width over the smaller models changes the interior proportion significantly and widens the glazed gable. The plan is drawn with one bedroom, one bathroom, and an optional 200 sq ft terrace.
Fit
Who the A-House 800 may suit
The 800 puts its area into volume rather than room count: 800 sq ft on a 24 ft × 30 ft footprint, still drawn with one bedroom and one bathroom. The extra 4 ft of width over the smaller A-Frames widens the glazed gable and the loft, so it suits people who want a generous single living space and are content with one enclosed bedroom. The plan drawing on this page shows how that width is spent across the main level and the loft, which is the clearest way to judge whether the arrangement matches how you would use the building.
This is a reading of the drawn plan, not a recommendation for your parcel. Use and occupancy are decided by your jurisdiction.
Site fit
Planning the A-House 800 on a Colorado parcel
Written from the drawings and from the parcel questions that decide feasibility. Nothing here promises approval, occupancy, or a cost.
Intended use, read from the plan
One enclosed bedroom, one bathroom, and a wide glazed gable make this a plan for short and medium stays where the shared volume matters more than room count. If two separate sleeping rooms are the requirement, the A-House 1000 is the plan drawn for that, not this one.
Site-fit questions to answer first
Can a 24 ft × 30 ft footprint sit inside your setbacks with room to work around it? Where does the glazed gable face, and does that direction carry the view and the daylight you want? Is there a level or level-able pad, or does the grade have to be engineered?
Access and staging
Road width, grade, turning radii, and seasonal conditions decide what can reach the building area. The wider footprint needs more working room around the structure than the 450 or 520, which matters most on steep or narrow mountain parcels.
Foundation and utilities
Foundation type follows soils, drainage, frost depth, and grade rather than the model. Power distance, water source, and wastewater method are parcel facts; on unserviced land a well and an OWTS change both the site layout and the review path.
Snow, wind, and engineering
A steep pitch helps shed snow, but the structure is still engineered for the ground snow load, wind exposure, and elevation at your location, under the code in force with the reviewing authority. We coordinate that engineering rather than assume values here.
800 or 1000?
The 800 is 24 ft × 30 ft with one bedroom; the 1000 is a square 30 ft × 30 ft with two bedrooms and the family's tallest loft. Choose the 800 for a smaller footprint and a single sleeping room; choose the 1000 if a second bedroom or extended shared use is the point. The specification rows below the comparison make the difference concrete.
How the scope is divided is set out in working with a Colorado cabin builder, and the review sequence in how it works.
Specifications
At a glance
Every model page lists the same fields. Values come from the available drawings and verified source data; fields the drawings do not establish are labeled rather than estimated.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Total area | 800 sq ft |
| Living or usable area | Not verified — confirm during project review |
| Footprint | 24 ft × 30 ft |
| First-floor height | approx. 8 ft 2 in |
| Upper-level height | 8 ft |
| Bedrooms | 1 |
| Sleeping areas | Not verified — confirm during project review |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Deck, porch, or terrace | 200 sq ft (optional) |
| Interior room labels | Not verified — confirm during project review |
Layout and use
How the plan works
- The wider footprint allows a genuine living room separate from the kitchen on the main level.
- Loft depth increases with the added width, making the upper level more usable than in the 450 and 520.
- One bedroom on the plan despite the larger area — the space goes into living volume, not room count.
- Nothing on this page promises zoning approval, occupancy status, or legal use. That depends on your parcel and jurisdiction.
Gallery
A-House 800 views
Architectural renderings of the model. Select an image to enlarge it.
Architectural rendering
Floor plan
A-House 800 plan drawing
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Floor plan
Drawings and renderings
What the available drawings show — and do not establish
This page carries one architectural rendering of the A-House 800. Renderings show form, proportion, and the intended relationship between the plan and its openings. They are not photographs of a completed project, and they do not describe materials, finishes, or equipment.
One plan drawing is published above. A plan establishes the arrangement of spaces and the dimensions recorded in the specifications table. It does not establish structural design, snow or wind loads, energy compliance, or foundation type for any particular site.
No drawing on this page has been reviewed for your parcel, and no drawing is by itself engineering or a permit. A-Hut can manage the permitting work for your project — coordinating the licensed local professionals, preparing the permit package, and handling the submittal and plan-review responses when that scope is in the written agreement — while the permit itself is issued by the authority having jurisdiction.
Property planning
Planning the A-House 800 for a Colorado property
These are the questions we work through before scope, schedule, or cost. None of them has a default answer, and none of them is settled by the model you choose.
Intended and legal use
How will the structure be used through the year, and does the jurisdiction allow that use on this parcel?
Access and staging
Can the road, grade, turns, and seasonal conditions carry delivery, and is there room to stage work near the building area?
Foundation and soils
What do the soils, drainage, frost depth, and grade require, and has anyone assessed them for this location?
Utilities
Is power, water, and wastewater on the parcel, and if not, what is the distance and route to each?
Jurisdiction and permits
Which county or municipality reviews the project, and what do its zoning, setback, coverage, and permit steps require?
Site-specific climate loads
What ground snow load, wind exposure, and elevation apply at this location, and who will confirm them?
We do not publish an inclusions list for this model yet. Rather than invent one, we define scope in writing after the property review.
Questions
A-House 800 FAQ
Is a floor plan available for the A-House 800?
Could the 800 be laid out with two bedrooms?
What does the floor plan on this page show?
How much wider is the 800 than the 520?
Nearest comparison
A-House 800 compared with A-House 1000
Only fields that differ are listed, and only where at least one side is a verified figure.
| Field | A-House 800 | A-House 1000 |
|---|---|---|
| Total area | 800 sq ft | 1,076 sq ft |
| Living or usable area | Not verified — confirm during project review | 1,000 sq ft |
| Footprint | 24 ft × 30 ft | 30 ft × 30 ft |
| Upper-level height | 8 ft | 8 ft 6 in |
| Bedrooms | 1 | 2 |
| Deck, porch, or terrace | 200 sq ft (optional) | 290 sq ft (optional) |
Related models
Smaller, similar, larger
A-Frame
A-House 520
656 sq ft total · 520 sq ft living · 1 bedroom
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A-Frame
A-House 1000
1,076 sq ft total · 2 bedrooms · optional 290 sq ft terrace
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Barn
Barn Mid-Size
1,660 sq ft · 2 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms · 393 sq ft deck
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Further reading
Guides that apply to the A-House 800
A-Frame vs Barn: planning differences that matter
Usable area, wall space, loft volume, and footprint differences between the two structural forms, and which models suit each.
How to Prepare Your Land for a Cabin Build
Access, clearing, drainage, staging, and the utility questions that decide whether a parcel is buildable.
Colorado areas
Where the A-House 800 is often reviewed
Area planning notes, not a coverage guarantee. Conditions are confirmed for your specific parcel.
- Evergreen & Conifer
Evergreen, Conifer and the Jefferson County mountain corridor
- Bailey & Park County
Bailey, Pine Junction and Park County
- Denver & Front Range
Denver and the Front Range foothills
Every area we publish notes for is listed on service areas.
Discuss the A-House 800
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