The decision to construct one's dream home often comes with lots of joy. However, the ever-rising cost of constructing a house soon becomes the major challenge. It all starts from picking the correct house plans all the way to putting up the foundation. Without adequate knowledge, all your dollars might go to waste and no one is definitely willing to suffer the pinch of such a loss.
On the other hand, stock house plans are substantial past drawn designs by a skilled designer or architect ideally of a specific purpose or general use. The question is, why choose a stock plan over a custom drawn plan? It all amounts to various reasons that are discussed below.
House Plans Options ; There are many options available when it comes to house plans. Home plans usually come in "sets" which can be broken down as follows: CAD Set - This is a complete set of house plans that is available in electronic file format. Usually this type of house plan is requested from professionals. A CAD set is useful if you are planning on making a lot of changes to the initial house plan purchased. This isn't usually something a novice would be interested in, unless they are working very closely with a designer.
Drawing a good set of custom home plans involves integrating many different concepts and ideas into a solid and usable working plan. Many designers are able to come up with a unique or interesting preliminary design, but fail to deliver when its time to detail the house structure. They draw a pretty picture but have little or no understanding of how to translate that nice design into a working plan which the builder can understand.