4 BR · 2 BA · 1,978 Sq Ft Living
The Juniper: Single-Story 4 Bedroom Custom Home Plan
1,978 square feet of living space, 4 bedroom split layout, 216 square foot covered lanai, and a 2-car garage. Built to FBC 8th Edition wind code in Hernando, Pasco, and Citrus counties.
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Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2-Car
Garage
1,978
Living Sq Ft
Square Footage Breakdown
- Living
- 1,978 sq ft
- Garage
- 477 sq ft
- Lanai
- 216 sq ft
- Covered Entry
- 70 sq ft
- Total
- 2,741 sq ft
The Juniper is the largest interior in the Protech standard collection, built around a four-bedroom split layout that actually fits the way bigger families live in Florida. The master suite sits on its own end of the home with a private bath and walk-in closet. The three secondary bedrooms line up along the opposite wing off a small interior corridor, with their own shared bath. The great room, kitchen, and dining area sit in the center as the family hub, and a 216 square foot covered lanai stretches across the back of the home for outdoor living that runs most of the year.
It is the Protech plan to look at first if you have a family of five or six, if you are running a multigenerational household with parents and in-laws under one roof, or if you are a work-from-home couple who needs two home offices and still wants a guest room left over. At 1,978 square feet of conditioned living space and 2,741 total square feet under roof, the Juniper sits in the part of the Hernando County market where most growing families want to land. Big enough that nobody is on top of each other, efficient enough to keep utilities, insurance, and property taxes in line.
The Floor Plan
The Juniper layout at a glance
The Walkthrough
Walking through the Juniper
Covered entry and great room
You step in under a covered entry centered on the front of the home, with stone columns flanking the door for curb appeal that holds up against the production builders down the road. The foyer opens directly into the great room, which anchors the center of the floor plan. There is no narrow hallway choking the entry and no formal living room nobody actually uses.
The great room is the heart of the Juniper. It sits in the middle of the home with the kitchen and dining area opening off the back, the master suite gated off to the left, and the secondary bedroom wing tucked behind a door to the right. Sightlines run from the front entry all the way to the lanai, and the back wall picks up natural light through the slider and the dining windows.
Open kitchen with an island peninsula
The kitchen sits between the dining area and the back of the great room, with an island peninsula that overlooks the great room directly. The cook stays in the conversation instead of being walled off behind a galley. The peninsula seats two or three on stools, the dining area sits to the left, and a pantry closet tucks in beside the kitchen for everyday storage.
Standard cabinets are wood with a soft-close drawer package. Quartz and granite are both on the standard selection palette. The dishwasher and range are stainless. Sink lands on the back wall under a window where it makes sense to put one.
Master suite on the left wing
The master suite is on the far left side of the home, fully separated from the secondary bedroom wing by the great room, kitchen, and dining area in between. That separation is the single most-requested feature in Hernando custom builds, and it is part of the Juniper's base layout. You do not have to upgrade for it.
The master bedroom occupies the back-left corner with windows on two walls. The walk-in closet sits between the bedroom and the bath so the morning routine flows in one direction. The master bath itself includes a soaking tub, a separate walk-in shower, a double vanity, and a private water closet. The whole suite is positioned to stay quiet when the kids' wing is awake.
Secondary bedroom wing with three bedrooms in a row
The right side of the home is the secondary bedroom wing, set behind a door off the great room and arranged along a small interior corridor. Three bedrooms sit in a row with a shared bath at the front of the wing.
- Bed 2: Front-right of the wing, two windows, sized for a kid's room or a home office. It sits closest to the corridor entry, so it doubles as a guest room when family visits.
- Bed 3: The middle room along the wing, with a side window. Most owners use it as a second kid's room or as a craft and hobby room. With a Jack-and-Jill bath upgrade between Bed 3 and Bed 4, it becomes a paired suite for two siblings.
- Bed 4: Back-right corner of the home with a window wall, the most isolated room in the floor plan. Common uses are a third kid's room, a teen suite, an in-law bedroom, or a private home office. With a private lanai door upgrade, it works as a near-suite for an older parent who wants their own outside access.
The shared bath sits at the front of the wing with a tub and shower combination and a single vanity. The corridor itself is the part most builders skip on a four-bedroom plan. It puts a buffer between the kids' rooms and the great room, so the master and the family hub stay quiet during the morning chaos at school-bus time.
Great room as the family hub
Because the master is on one wing and the bedrooms are on the other, the great room and kitchen carry the load as the family hub during the day. Kids head from their wing to the kitchen for breakfast, parents come from the opposite wing to the same kitchen, and everyone meets at the dining table or on the lanai. Furniture flow is straightforward: a sectional facing the back wall slider, the dining table to the kitchen side, and a tv wall along the master side of the great room. Nothing has to fight a hallway or a passthrough.
Covered lanai for outdoor living
The 216 square foot covered lanai stretches across the back-top of the home, behind the dining area and the kitchen. That is roughly 50 percent more outdoor space than the Aspen lanai, which matters once you are setting up patio furniture, a grill, and a kid-sized table at the same time. The lanai is built into the structure, not bolted on, so the roof line carries through cleanly and the slab is engineered with the rest of the home.
You can leave it as a covered slab, screen it during customization, add a pavered extension out into the yard, or step it up to a full outdoor kitchen package with gas, water, and a vent hood pre-roughed.
Laundry, garage, and the practical stuff
The laundry sits inside the home along the bedroom wing corridor, which keeps the noise contained and puts the dirty-clothes hamper steps from the kids' rooms. The garage itself is 477 square feet of two-car storage with room for a workbench at the back, sitting at the bottom-right of the floor plan with the door facing the front of the lot. That orientation frees the side of the home for utility access and keeps the curb view clean.
Built for Florida
Engineered for Hernando County wind, weather, and water
Every Juniper is engineered to the 8th Edition Florida Building Code, which adopted ASCE 7-22 wind load methodology in 2024. Hernando, Pasco, and Citrus counties sit in Wind Zone 3, with a design wind speed range of 150 to 160 mph for Risk Category II residential structures. The Juniper meets that load path from the slab to the ridge.
Concrete block and a monolithic slab
Exterior walls are 8-inch CMU with reinforced cells at every corner and opening, finished in stucco with stone accents at the entry. The foundation is a monolithic slab on grade, engineered for Hernando County's soil profile and water table conditions. There is no crawl space, no termite-bait wood subfloor, and no second story to add wind exposure.
Engineered roof tied to the structure
The traditional shingle hip roof is built from engineered trusses with hurricane straps at every truss-to-wall connection. Roof sheathing is glued and ring-shank-nailed at upgraded spacing, and the roof covering is a 30-year architectural shingle as standard. If you choose the Designer Juniper exterior package, the shingle is replaced with a standing-seam metal roof, which qualifies for a wind mitigation discount on most Florida homeowners policies (typically 30 to 40 percent off the windstorm portion of the premium).
Windows and the impact upgrade
Standard windows are single-hung, low-E, and rated to the FBC opening protection requirements with shutters or panels. Most owners upgrade to laminated impact glass during customization, which removes the need for shutters and pulls in another layer of insurance credit.
HVAC sized correctly, not bumped up
One of the quiet differences between a real custom build and a production shell shows up here. The Juniper's conditioned envelope is larger than the Aspen's, so the HVAC tonnage goes up to match. The system is sized to the actual conditioned square footage and the actual envelope performance, not bumped up a half-ton to cover for thin insulation or sloppy air sealing. That keeps the monthly electric bill in line with what a 1,978 square foot home in Hernando County should cost to run, instead of paying a penalty for the rest of the home's life because the builder oversized the equipment.
Energy and efficiency built in
Air handler sits in the conditioned space where it should, not in the hot attic. Attic insulation is R-30 as a base, with an R-38 upgrade available. Windows are low-E across the board. Energy-Star appliances are an optional package most Juniper owners select, and a solar-ready roof with conduit and main-panel space reserved is on the standard upgrade list.
What’s Included
What’s in your Juniper build
The Juniper base specification covers everything you would expect on a real custom build, not a production-builder shell with a $40,000 list of "options" tacked on at the design center.
Site and structure
- Site preparation: Clearing, grading, fill, compaction, and silt fencing per Hernando County permitting.
- Foundation: Engineered monolithic slab on grade with reinforcement, sized for the Juniper's wider footprint.
- Exterior walls: 8-inch CMU with reinforced cells, smooth or knockdown stucco finish, stone accent at the front entry.
- Roof system: Engineered trusses, hurricane straps, glued and nailed sheathing, 30-year architectural shingle.
- Windows: Single-hung low-E with code-compliant opening protection. Impact-glass upgrade available.
Interior finishes
- Cabinets: Wood construction with soft-close drawers from a curated finish palette.
- Countertops: Quartz or granite from the standard selection.
- Appliances: Stainless range, dishwasher, microwave, and disposal.
- Flooring: Tile in main living areas, kitchen, and baths. Carpet in bedrooms with hardwood or LVP available as an upgrade.
- Trim and doors: 5 1/4-inch baseboard, raised-panel interior doors, lever hardware.
- Lighting and electrical: Recessed LEDs in living spaces, ceiling fan rough-ins in all four bedrooms and the great room, pre-wire for the front entry, dedicated circuit for the lanai.
Mechanical and warranty
- HVAC: 14 SEER central system sized to the conditioned envelope, with a programmable thermostat.
- Plumbing: Standard fixture package, gas or electric water heater, hose bibs front, side, and rear.
- Insulation: R-30 attic, foam-sealed top plates, fully insulated exterior walls.
- Builder warranty: 1-year workmanship, 2-year systems, 10-year structural through our third-party warranty partner.
Make It Yours
Customization options
Every Juniper we build is a real custom, not a model home with three trim packages. The base plan is the starting point, not the ceiling. Because the Juniper is a four-bedroom layout, most of the popular adjustments have to do with how you actually use that fourth room.
Exterior package
Pick the standard Juniper exterior (traditional shingle hip roof, stucco walls, stone accents at the entry), or step up to the Designer Juniper package, which swaps the shingle for a standing-seam metal roof, modernizes the stone columns at a deeper covered entry, and updates the window trim. Same floor plan, premium curb appeal, and a measurable wind mitigation insurance credit.
Bedroom wing options
- Bed 4 to a home office: Built-in desk wall, French doors to the corridor, additional outlets and data drops. We still rough in the closet and a standard door so the room is easy to convert back at resale.
- Jack-and-Jill bath between Bed 3 and Bed 4: Splits the shared bath into private vanities and a shared tub-shower core, so two kids each get their own sink without a second full bath.
- Private lanai door from Bed 4: Turns Bed 4 into a near-suite for an in-law or an older parent who wants outside access without crossing the great room.
- Pocket office along the corridor: Carves a small built-in desk niche off the bedroom wing corridor for homework or a second remote-work spot.
Master suite options
- Master suite extension over part of the lanai for a sitting area or coffee bar
- Zero-entry walk-in shower with a built-in bench
- Soaking tub upgrade or full deletion in favor of a larger shower
- Walk-in closet expansion with a built-in dresser island
Kitchen and baths
- Cabinet color, door style, and hardware finish
- Countertop selection across the standard quartz and granite palette, with a premium upgrade option
- Backsplash tile, pattern, and grout color
- Plumbing fixture finish: chrome, brushed nickel, matte black, or champagne bronze
- Walk-in pantry expansion off the kitchen
Lanai and outdoor living
- Screened lanai enclosure with a roof-tied frame
- Pavered extension off the back of the lanai
- Outdoor kitchen rough-in with gas, water, and a vent hood
- Pool pre-plumb with a pad position picked during plan customization
Smart and energy upgrades
- Whole-home smart home pre-wire
- Solar-ready roof with conduit and main-panel space reserved
- R-38 attic insulation upgrade
- Tankless water heater
- EV charger circuit pre-installed in the garage
Where We Build
Building the Juniper across three counties
We build every plan, including the The Juniper, on owner-supplied lots and on land we help you find across:
From Plan to Keys
How a Juniper build actually goes
The path from your first call to the day you turn the key is a known process, not a mystery. Here is what it looks like with Protech.
- Plan packet review. You request the Juniper Plan Packet from this page. It arrives in your inbox with the floor plan, included features, customization options, and a build timeline.
- Free consultation. We meet at your lot, your home, or our office in Brooksville for about an hour. You bring questions, we bring honest answers about budget, timeline, and what the Juniper will look like on your specific lot.
- Lot evaluation. If you already own land, we visit the lot to check soil, access, setbacks, and HOA conditions. The Juniper's wider footprint makes lot frontage matter more, so we confirm the home fits cleanly inside your setback envelope before we draw anything. If you do not own a lot yet, we point you toward what is moving in Hernando, Pasco, and Citrus.
- Plan customization meeting. We walk through every selection together, lock in your finishes, and confirm any floor plan adjustments (Bed 4 conversion, Jack-and-Jill bath, master extension, lanai package). The output is a fixed-price contract.
- Permit submittal. Plans go to the Hernando County Building Division. Plan review currently runs 10 to 21 days depending on workload, with permits issued shortly after.
- Loan close. If you are using a construction-to-permanent loan, this is where the single closing happens. One loan, one set of paperwork, and the lender pays the builder in draws as we hit milestones.
- Site work and slab. Clearing, grading, footers, plumbing rough, and slab pour. Three to four weeks.
- Vertical construction. Block and tie beam, truss set, dry-in, mechanicals, drywall, finishes, cabinets, and countertops. Five to six months.
- Final inspections and walkthrough. County inspector, our project manager, and you. Punch list gets handled before close.
- Certificate of Occupancy and keys. You move in.
Total runway from contract to keys for a typical Juniper build is eight to ten months. We give you a real schedule, not a marketing one.
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