Real Estate in Barrington & The Northwest Suburbs: Ranch Homes in Barrington and Inverness

More About Ranch Homes in The Barrington and Inverness areas of Northern Illinois

Ranch homes are my favorite style of single family home. I lived in a ranch home in Deer Park for nearly six years and when we moved to Florida it was obvious we were going to find a ranch home. We lived in Florida for 9 months and were just about to start building our custom ranch home when we had to come back to Illinois. For now I live in a two story home but we are saving again to buy another ranch.

Barrington and Inverness has ranch homes but they are not as common as two story homes. So what is a ranch home here in Barrington and how does it differ to others? Well if I take you out to Texas or Colorado a ranch home is likely to be a sprawling property on hundreds of acres of land the emphasis being on the cattle or horses raised their. Well that's my perception anyway.

Here in Barrington and Inverness a ranch home really refers to the single story living. The main level is where most of the primary living accommodation is and most will have some kind of basement. Generally speaking ranches in Barrington and Invernessare scattered among the two story homes, we don't have subdivisions of only ranches with the exception of South Barrington which has an active adult community at Regency in The Woods of South Barrington.

Advantages of a Ranch Home.

Not everyone likes ranches and may not see these features as benefits but for me and other ranch lovers they certainly are.

• I love having all my main accommodation on one level-this can be a benefit if you have an aging or disabled person living with you.
• Basements, huge basements, plenty of space to build more accommodation. No lack of storage space-did I say huge basements?
• If you can find a Florida style ranch the master bedroom is on one side of the ranch with the secondary bedrooms on the other side, I have seen a few in Barrington like this but mostly the bedrooms are all together.

Disadvantages of a Ranch Home.

• Some people want the bedrooms away from the living areas and so two story homes make more sense.
• The footprint is bigger than a two story and the same size house will take up more of your lot, not really a problem in Barrington or Inverness as we are on 1 acre or more for most properties.
• Construction cost. As the footprint is bigger the foundation cost is more and the same will go for the roof trusses. bear this in mind is you want new construction, you'll likely pay more. For existing homes it seems to even out over time.

Barrington and Inverness Ranch Homes for sale.

As of today there are 106 ranches for sale in the entire Barrington and Inverness area with prices from $80,000 to $2,295,000. Most of the more expensive and hence larger ranches are in Barrington Hills. View all the ranches currently for sale.