1 Story House w/Front Porch

Rix offers three versions of a basic small wood-sided house: front porch, side porch, and no porch. Theyre a bit pricey for what you get if you pay retail list, but at a discount price theyre good for building a neighborhood. Ive combined two kits to make a larger house, scratch-built a porch, and lowered the ridge by cutting down gable end walls because in California (as opposed to New England) roofs typically had lower pitch. I recommend painting the roofs different colors (flat greens, browns, or grays) and adding some details such as plumbing roof vents which kits usually omit. With leftover styrene sheet siding from scratch building projects, its easy to make compatible garages and outbuildings.

This is a neat little house kit that goes together in about a day, including painting. The construction is straightforward and leaves little room for mistakes. The kit lacks a floor which is disappointing but one can add flooring with a little extra time involved. I used Basswood to make mine. One note, there were some left over parts in my kit, I don't know why, but they came in handy, i.e. two sets of chimney parts.I also glued the main roof halves together and not to the walls so I could do some interior detailing later. I highly recommended this kit to anyone.

Very easy kit to put together, the porch is the hardest part to put together. Looks great on any layout. Really looks nice painted up!