Minecraft House Ideas
15 houses, each with a free 3D preview and the full materials list, from 336 to 6,278 blocks: 3 easy, 7 medium, 3 hard and 2 expert.
Cottages, cabins and manors to live in, from a first shelter to a house worth showing off.
- Builds
- 15
- Blocks
- 336 to 6,278
- Build time
- 25 min to 6.5 hours
- Layers
- 11 to 33
Small houses
Under 800 blocks
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Viking
Laksholm Viking Fishing Hut
Easy About 25 min 18 × 7 336 blocks
A small Viking fishing hut on stilts over a lake: a timber hut with a jetty to the shore, a working deck with nets drying on a frame, barrels for the catch and a ladder down to the water. An easy first build for your Viking village.
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Rustic
Fernhill Cabin
Easy About 30 min 13 × 10 373 blocks
A small log cabin with a spruce roof, shuttered windows, a cobblestone chimney and lanterns by the door. A cosy first house you can finish before your first night.
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Viking
Ulfheim Viking House
Medium About 40 min 12 × 14 496 blocks
A Viking house with a stone ground floor, an upper floor of dark timber and daub that juts out over the door, and a steep dark oak roof with a cross gable, carved dragon heads and shields by the door.
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Cottage
Willowmere Cottage
Medium About 45 min 16 × 15 621 blocks
An L-shaped cottage with pale walls in a dark timber frame, a brick chimney, flower boxes and a little front garden with lantern posts.
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Rustic
Stillwater Rustic Lake Cabin
Easy About 50 min 21 × 27 745 blocks
A rustic A-frame cabin on a lake: a steep shingle roof down to the ground, a front of glass in a frame of honey-coloured logs, a deck on stilts over the water with a jetty, a fieldstone chimney and a sleeping loft inside.
Medium houses
800 to 1,600 blocks
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Modern
Harlow Modern House
Medium About 1 hour 24 × 20 1,019 blocks
A modern house of two long boxes: a white ground floor with a wall of glass, and an upper floor of wood and glass in a white frame that hangs out over a paved place on slim columns, with a balcony along its whole length, a roof terrace behind glass, flat roofs, a long pool and clipped hedges.
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Cottagecore
Rosemead Cottagecore Cottage
Medium About 1 hour 24 × 21 1,031 blocks
A cottagecore cottage in a flower garden: white walls under a steep roof of rosy jungle wood edged in white, two dormers with flower boxes, a brick chimney and ivy, and a fenced garden with a rose arch, beds of tulips and alliums, a pond with lily pads, a bench and beehives.
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Cottagecore
Petalbrook Cottagecore Stream Cottage
Medium About 1 hour 26 × 20 1,032 blocks
A cottagecore cottage by a stream: a tall white house of two floors under a steep roof of rosy jungle wood, a stone footbridge to the door, a balcony over the water, a garden room under a long sloping roof, a flower garden and a weeping willow.
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Fantasy
Puffcap Fantasy Mushroom House
Medium About 1 hour 25 × 21 1,084 blocks
A fantasy mushroom house: the round cream stem of a giant mushroom as the ground floor, a bedroom under the dome of a spotted red cap with two round windows, a smoking stove pipe, a mushroom table with stools, glowing mushroom lamps and a fenced mushroom garden.
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Modern
Saltwind Modern Beach Villa
Hard About 1.5 hours 31 × 30 1,369 blocks
A modern beach villa: a long low wing of white concrete and glass on a terrace with a pool, an upper bar of wood and glass that runs out towards the sea on slim columns, a roof terrace with a pergola, and steps down to a boardwalk and a jetty between the palms.
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Medieval
Ravenstone House
Hard About 1.5 hours 21 × 15 1,487 blocks
A medieval house with a stone ground floor and a timber upper floor that juts out on carved brackets. A steep roof with a front gable, a brick chimney on a stone breast, a side balcony and a staircase inside.
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Rustic
Elkhorn Rustic Hunting Lodge
Medium About 2 hours 35 × 18 1,506 blocks
A rustic hunting lodge: a log cabin of honey-coloured peeled logs with crossed corners on a fieldstone footing, a steep spruce shingle roof with a front gable, a deep veranda on log posts, a big fieldstone chimney, a woodshed, a fire pit with log benches and a hunting stand on stilts.
Large houses
More than 1,600 blocks
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Fantasy
Silverbough Fantasy Elven Treehouse
Hard About 4 hours 44 × 33 4,043 blocks
A fantasy elven treehouse: a giant gnarled silver birch with spreading roots, heavy limbs and a wide crown, a hollow trunk with a ladder inside, a round house under a tall orange hat on the lowest deck, an open pavilion under a sea-green hat higher up, a lookout under the leaves, and a hanging bridge to a watch post in a second tree.
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Viking
Frostmere Viking Longhouse
Expert About 5 hours 86 × 28 4,340 blocks
A great Viking hall of spruce logs on the shore of a frozen lake. Carved dragon heads on the gables, round shields by the doors and a long hearth inside. Outside: a longship hauled up on rollers, a storehouse on stilts, a fire pit and a rune stone in the snow.
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Medieval
Highgarden Manor
Expert About 6.5 hours 45 × 32 6,278 blocks
A grand manor round a stone courtyard: two wings, a four-storey entrance tower with a balcony, slate roofs that meet in valleys, dormers and four chimneys. A long project for a server spawn or a big survival base.
The blocks these builds use most
Added up over all 15 houses. A good palette to stock up on before you start.
| Block | Blocks in total | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| Spruce Planks | 3,551 | 11 of 15 builds |
| Dark Oak Planks | 1,885 | 5 of 15 builds |
| Spruce Log | 1,122 | 7 of 15 builds |
| Dark Oak Stairs | 1,112 | 7 of 15 builds |
| Dark Oak Log | 943 | 6 of 15 builds |
| Cobblestone | 833 | 11 of 15 builds |
| Glass Pane | 813 | 15 of 15 builds |
| Spruce Stairs | 756 | 10 of 15 builds |
Questions
How many blocks does a Minecraft house need?
The houses here take between 336 and 6,278 blocks. The smallest is Laksholm Viking Fishing Hut with 336 blocks, the largest is Highgarden Manor with 6,278.
How long does it take to make a house in Minecraft?
About 25 min for Laksholm Viking Fishing Hut, up to about 6.5 hours for Highgarden Manor, once you have gathered the blocks.
Which house is the easiest?
Laksholm Viking Fishing Hut. It is rated easy, takes 336 blocks and stands 18 by 7 blocks on the ground.
Can I build these in survival?
Yes. Every build lists each block you need with the number of stacks, so you can gather first and build after. All of them use blocks you can get in survival.
Do these houses come with a schematic?
Yes. Each build has a .schem file for Litematica, WorldEdit and Axiom, next to the layer-by-layer blueprints.
Are the blueprints free?
The 3D preview, the sizes and the full materials list of every build are free. The layer-by-layer blueprints and the schematic come with the build for €2.99, paid once, or with Pro for every build.
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