Universally designed for every body.
Thoughtfully designed home plans, finish packages, and expert design guidance—created to support real life, long-term living, and quiet accessibility without sacrificing aesthetics.
Thoughtfully designed home plans, finish packages, and expert design guidance—created to support real life, long-term living, and quiet accessibility without sacrificing aesthetics.
Guided. Optimized. Accessible. Timeless.
GOAT Homes is built on four guiding principles that shape every plan, finish package, and service we offer.
Guided - Every decision is intentional—rooted in experience, best practices, and a clear understanding of how homes are actually lived in.
Optimized - Layouts, finishes, and details are thoughtfully refined to work better—supporting flow, comfort, and long-term use without excess or waste.
Accessible - Design that supports real bodies, real movement, and real life—integrated seamlessly so it feels natural, not specialized.
Timeless - Grounded, livable design that avoids trends and endures through changing needs, seasons, and stages of life.
Universal design and aging-in-place principles aren’t added later—they’re quietly embedded from the beginning, creating homes that adapt naturally as life changes.
Thoughtfully Designed Home Plans
GOAT Homes house plans are created with universal design and long-term livability at the core—without looking specialized, institutional, or overdesigned.
Each plan is developed to support comfortable, independent living now and in the future, with thoughtful circulation, flexible spaces, and intentional accessibility planning built directly into the layout.
Unlike traditional stock plans, GOAT Homes plans provide architectural and interior design intent that can be professionally engineered and customized for your site, location, and local building requirements—giving you a smarter foundation for building a home that truly works.
GOAT Homes Finish Board Packages remove the guesswork from selecting finishes that are stylish, durable, and supportive of mobility, visibility, sensory comfort, and aging in place.
Each package includes thoughtfully selected finishes—flooring, paint, cabinetry, countertops, tile, and hardware—chosen to support real homes, real families, and long-term living.
These finish boards aren’t just beautiful—they’re functional, forward-thinking, and created to help you design a home that works for all ages and all abilities. It’s not medical. It’s not institutional. It’s simply smart, human-centered design that looks beautiful—and lasts.
Curated Finish Packages
Design Support
GOAT Homes offers virtual reviews, consultations, and specialty design services focused on real-life function, accessibility, and long-term livability.
Whether you’ve purchased a plan elsewhere and want it reviewed through a universal design and aging-in-place lens, are planning a renovation, or need guidance for a specific accessibility or functional need, these services focus on how a home actually works in real life—today and years from now.
From plan reviews and renovations to custom residential and selective commercial design, each service is designed to meet you where you are in the process, without unnecessary complexity.
Whether you’re building for a growing family, planning for retirement, or thinking ahead to future care needs, GOAT Homes prioritizes:
Intuitive flow and ease of movement
Adaptable spaces that evolve over time
Quiet accessibility that blends seamlessly into the design
Comfort, safety, and independence at every stage of life
This isn’t about designing for limitations.
It’s about designing for life.
Designed for Life -
Not Just Today
Designed by Someone Who Understands Both Sides
GOAT Homes was founded by Heather Love—NCIDQ Certified, North Carolina Registered Interior Designer, Licensed General Contractor, and University Educator in Interior Design and Construction Management.
With a background in commercial interiors and construction, Heather brings accessibility and universal design principles—long standard in commercial work—into residential spaces where they’re often overlooked.
GOAT Homes exists because bodies change, care needs shift, and good design should be ready for all of it—without ever feeling clinical or temporary.
