Design

I am working on a new home for a client through our   Custom Home Design  process at Simply Elegant Home Designs.  I thought I would give you a sneak peak of our initial concept sketches.  This is a 3 bedroom home to be constructed on a wooded lot overlooking a marvelous Minnesota lake. Our design work always begins with plan sketches and 3d massing studies.  A 3d model beats exterior elevation sketches every time when trying to communicate a design. Garage with bonus is left - entry link in the middle - main volume of house on the right.  A pretty straight forward concept designed to work with the topography of the land. Above and below is an initial color study.  The client is looking for a home with an arts and crafts feel appropriate for  its wooded setting.  I'll typically do several color studies - so I'll pass those along as completed. The custom home design process I have created provides a nice compromise between purchasing a pre-d...

Folks are pretty familiar with the fact that we offer some pretty good Architect Designed House Plans at Simply Elegant Home Designs. In fact all of our plans are Architect designed. But it is less known that we also offer Custom Home Design Services . We are trying to spread the good word. For this reason we are offering during the month of August a 30% discount from our normal rates for Custom Architect Designed House Plans. Now you can work with us to design a one of a kind home tailored to your needs and your building site at rates that we have never before offered. For information on our custom home design package please click " Custom Home Design ". Then give us a call. We are ready to help. This offer will only be valid for the month of August - and it is first come first serve so you should act quickly.

So how much does good home design cost? To have an Architect tailor a home design specifically for you and your building site it can cost quite a bit. Full service Architectural fees can cost anywhere from 8% to 15% of the construction cost of your home. As an example a $400,000 home could run from $32,000 to $60,000 in architectural fees. Many clients however do not have the budget to accommodate those kinds of fees. So are there any alternatives to this approach? You can spend countless hours searching through pre -designed house plans trying to find one that fits your needs. You can try to find a residential designer that has lower rates (but you might sacrifice on design quality and creativity). Y ou can find a Residential Architect that has created a special package of services to provide a home design tailored for you and your site for around $10,000. This is exactly what we have done at Simply Elegant Home Designs. We call this the $10k home design solution. We be...

So how much does good home design cost? To have an Architect tailor a home design specifically for you and your building site it can cost quite a bit. Full service Architectural fees can cost anywhere from 8% to 15% of the construction cost of your home. As an example a $400,000 home could run from $32,000 to $60,000 in architectural fees. Many clients however do not have the budget to accommodate those kinds of fees. So are there any alternatives to this approach? You can spend countless hours searching through pre -designed house plans trying to find one that fits your needs. You can try to find a residential designer that has lower rates (but you might sacrifice on design quality and creativity). Y ou can find a Residential Architect that has created a special package of services to provide a home design tailored for you and your site for around $10,000. This is exactly what we have done at Simply Elegant Home Designs. We call this the $10k home design solution. We be...