Do I need a custom plan?


by Mark Mathis - Date: 2007-09-21 - Word Count: 286 Share This!

For a typical set of well constructed custom plans, you can expect to pay between $3,000 and $5,000 for an average sized house. Plan costs can go up into the $20,000 - $50,000 for extremely elaborate homes. What benefit will an individual see by going this route and paying for custom drawn house plans? Well, it depends. A lot of people think that they have such custom needs that they will not be able to find a stock house plan that would satisfy them.

However, most people will typically only look at 10-20 different house plans before giving up their search. Or they will settle on a plan and want modifications when there was probably one that fit their needs much closer if they had just spent more time searching. My recommendation to house plan searchers is to be disciplined! Plan on spending several hours at a time looking at a lot of plans and taking specific notes about what you like and don't like. Go to a website like http://www.houseplancentral.com that will give you a lot of flexibility in the way that you search. Don't get too emotionally tied to one plan if it has a lot of items that you want to change. When you do settle on a plan, use a modification tool similar to the tool found here http://www.houseplancentral.com/modifications. This will save you a lot of money in the design process down the road. Good luck in your search!


Kevin Carden is a publisher of several stock house plan websites and informational resources, the most famous being www.houseplancentral.com. House Plan Central has a large collection of home plans and unique house plans in many different architectural styles, from the nation's top house designers and architects.


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Kevin Carden is a publisher of several stock house plan websites and informational resources, the most famous being www.houseplancentral.com. House Plan Central has a large collection of home plans and unique house plans in many different architectural styles, from the nation's top house designers and architects. Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles

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