| Building a new home presents many opportunities to | | | | waste a lot of money and time! There is an enormous |
| showcase a homeowner's style, individuality, and | | | | amount and large variety of stock plans available (for |
| dreams. Within these opportunities, often many | | | | example - house plans for building a bungalow) that |
| challenges and questions arise. Besides special | | | | are truly impressive, encompassing the most |
| features and amenities, location size and budget are all | | | | up-to-date features in square footage, room |
| important factors. When you examine everything that | | | | dimensions, layout, and amenities. With some patience |
| needs to be taken into account, it can become | | | | and determination, sorting through the thousands of |
| overwhelming to search for your dream home. Before | | | | available stock plans can produce a dream home with |
| you get too stressed, start the process with this | | | | plans that can be easily purchased and ready to go |
| question: Will you be building a customized home plan | | | | almost immediately. Many stock plans also include the |
| or can you use stock home plans? | | | | option to customize the plan. For example, perhaps |
| Both types of home plans have good and bad qualities; | | | | you see a country house living magazine plan that is |
| what is "best" can only be determined by your lifestyle, | | | | almost perfect, but you wish the mudroom was slightly |
| budget, and time. A customized home plan is one that | | | | larger. Rather than go through the cost and time of |
| a homeowner and designer work together to develop | | | | having a customized design, you could submit a stock |
| from scratch, taking ideas and putting them down on | | | | home plan modification and have your new dream |
| paper. These plans require much patience, as it may | | | | home plans ready to go in absolutely no time. Also, |
| be months before the architect has them ready. A | | | | pre-drawn or stock home plans often include a |
| stock plan is a pre-developed plan that fits the needs | | | | materials list, helping to eliminate unknown costs from |
| and desires of a group of people or general population. | | | | developing during construction. |
| These are often available within days of purchasing | | | | It's often a good idea to speak with someone who has |
| and typically cost up to one-tenth the price of custom | | | | recently built authentic english country cottage house |
| home plans. | | | | plans, for example. Did they use stock or custom |
| When compared to a customized plan, some | | | | home plans? What would they recommend? Can they |
| homeowners fear that a stock home will produce | | | | recommend professionals that will help you narrow |
| carbon copy homes within a neighborhood, sapping the | | | | down your options and ideas? Browse home plan |
| opportunities for individualism and creating a unique | | | | books and magazines, making notes of questions or |
| home. This is a common misconception that can | | | | inquiries. |