Archive for February, 2011
How To Design Your Own New House
It can be a deeply American experience to build a house. For upholding traditional ideas of the family, there is nothing like building from a plan. These days it is possible for completely unqualified people to design their own house, thanks to the wealth of house plans available. Whether you are a traditionalist or are looking for truly contemporary design, you can be sure that a professional has already done the donkey work for you – all you have to do is name your specifications and pick up a design.
For anyone with a little imagination – or a dream – and a computer with a mouse, house design has become as easy as drawing is for children. After learning the basics of a package, which are comparable to paint or Photoshop in terms of level of difficulty the sky’s the limit. No wonder this cost and time saving solution is catching on. Architects already use it – so why not you?
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Build A New House Or Buy An Existing One? Use Your Head And Your Heart
I am living in living in the fourth house I have purchased during my 23 years of home ownership. To some that may seem like a lot of houses, to others it may seem like I’ve just started. The simple fact is we Americans move a lot… 11 or 12 times in a lifetime depending on whom you consult. Chances are you are going to purchase a house during quite a few of those moves and somewhere along the line you may have the opportunity to build a new home.
Should you?
Everyone has fantasized at some point about his or her dream house. You may want closets big enough to live in; a bathroom that doubles as a spa; a kitchen in which you could produce programs for the Food Network But, as in most fantasies, there is usually some epic journey required to achieve the goal. And building your dream house follows that plot line all too closely. Read the rest of this entry »
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Top 10 Things To Consider In A New House Plan
Seeing that I have recently finished building our new home I thought I’d share some insights into the design of a new home. There are many new house plans available today and the sky’s the limit on features and styles. The biggest problem with the design process is once we’ve decided that we’d like to build a new home human nature kicks in and we want it to happen over night. The problem with that is we typically don’t spend enough time evaluating and considering the design aspects of the new house. The most important thing to remember is spending extra time in the beginning will prevent you from having second thoughts once the house is done. The following list are ten important things to consider when choosing a new house plan. Read the rest of this entry »