Ranch Style Homes for Sale in Manatee or Sarasota County

Ranch Style Homes for Sale in Manatee or Sarasota County is next as I continue to focus on preconfigured searches.  Below is the history of Ranch Style Homes as well as the basics that make up this Architectural Style.

• 1932 San Diego, California building designer Cliff May builds the first Ranch Style Home.
• In the late 1940’s the Ranch Style became very popular when Abraham Levitt and Sons used it in their famous planned community called Levittown, Pennsylvania.  It became the dominant American Home Style from coast to coast in the 1950’s and the Levitt’s built one out of eight Ranch Style Homes.
• Many Manatee/Sarasota homes are L-shaped or have a Rambling Ranch floor plan.  U-shaped Ranch Homes are popular too.
• Ranch design combines the living and dining room areas or a living room and kitchen into one space.  This open floor plan maximizes the use of limited space by eliminating some interior walls.  Sliding doors off key rooms that open to an outdoor patio or lanai is common in a Ranch Home.  Three bedrooms and two baths is a popular Manatee/Sarasota Ranch Floor Plan.
• A shallow pitched hipped roof that extends across a single or double car garage is a typical Ranch Style Roof.

You will find more Ranch Style Homes here in Sarasota and Manatee County than any other Architectural Style.  Most of the Sarasota/Manatee homes have an open floor plan, are one story, have no basement and have sliding doors that open up to a patio or lanai.  These basics make up a Ranch Style Home.  When you’re ready to visit one of the many Ranch Style Homes for Sale in Manatee or Sarasota County please feel free to contact me.

Ranch Style Homes for Sale in Manatee County

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Ranch Style Homes for Sale in Sarasota County

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