Floor Plan DesignThis how I would take you through the process.Let’s talk about floor plan designing. If you went through the section on Home Design Questions then you will have a list of your needs and maybe a couple of wants detailed out by now. If I were meeting with you now I would be asking you questions about your family size and make up as well as the questions regarding number of bedrooms, life style preferences like living room and kitchen flow preferences.Topics We Would DiscussWe would discuss the budget you have in mind and I would cover average cost per square foot in our market so that we could establish a range of square footage size that should fall within your expected budget, So wherever you reside I will recommend you check your market for average cost to build per square foot as you will need this number to help establish your size range options. All too often I meet people who have decided on a home size with no reference to the cost to build only to be disappointed when they have to significantly downsize their expected dream home.
I Get New Product Updates Before The Public...Sign Up Now To Learn About New Home Improvement Products Before Anyone Else!I tend to go through the editing process a couple of times in each case before we really get it perfect and I will email PDF drawing to my clients for review to save them trips to my office. So you see, your process with a company like ePlans would not be that different to how I help my clients locally.
My Design SoftwareI use a very powerful architectural software package called softplan for all of my design and rendering work. This gives me the ability to do complete custom plan sets as well as photo realistic custom renderings including being able to superimpose the new home on a digital image of the actual site.A Couple of My Old Project Renderings
A Free Link to Try Designing YourselfI have decided to include on this page a link to the brand new Softplan Studio site which is a free online consumer version on my design software. This site will allow you to create your own floor plan design online if you would like to. A word of warning, do not expect to create a plan online and build that home yourself without having the plan reviewed by someone qualified in residential structural design.
From here I am going to encourage you to check out one of the plan sites I have displayed to start your search. I am also going to invite you to go to my Question for more information page Please send me your questions regarding this process. I will be happy to address them as promptly as possible, and please continue to browse through all the content on this site as each section will help you better understand the process whether you are building new or considering an addition project.
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