Design

Some time ago I posted my opinion of the top 10 web places to find good house plans.  I have now updated that posting by dropping in one new name.  LaMiDesign has been inserted into the number 4 position.  It is a great place to find truly modern house plans. Please check out the revised top 10 list. Top 10 House Plan Websites

In my real job (non-blogging) I am finding that more and more people are interested in building a more environmentally responsible and healthy home.   Leaving political discussions and arguments about “climate change” behind (I don’t like being preached to and I don’t like preaching), I believe there are many common sense reasons to build a “Green” home .   Here are two pretty good ones: Save you money $$$ in the long run Reduce your stress level – improve your quality of life If you want to build a Green Home there is an abundant amount of information available to you.   But start investigating Green and you begin to realize there can be a daunting number of decisions to make – and they all impact your construction budget in some way.   Building Green can start to look incredibly complicated and expensive - and neither of these notions is inherently “Green”.   Well it does not  have to work that way. So what I want to do, starting with this posting is to help you simp...

There are probably a million house plan companies selling zillions of plans through the internet .  Most are terrible.  In my business I create one of a kind custom homes.  I can't tell you how many clients of mine have come to me after being frustrated looking through one plan book (or plan website) after another.  After exhaustive searching they will eventually break down and hire a competent house designer or an Architect. I definitely believe that if your needs are truly unique then you should hire a residential architect.  But if your needs and tastes are less specific you might be able to save yourself some time and money by going the pre-designed plan route. So I decided to publish a list of the top 10 house plan websites that I have run across.  Here goes. 8. Southern Living House plans  - Large collection of traditionally styled house plans.  All shapes, sizes and configurations. 7. John Tee Architect   - Architect designed homes in predominantly southern american st...