Best Building Designer

In this episode of the HousePlanGallery.com podcast, we'll be continuing on our talk about what are the most popular home design features that people, just like you, are looking for in their new house plans.

In part 3 of this 3 part series, we'll wrap this topic up by talking about a very important consideration, though not often talked about, and that is the "ease of maintainance" of one home design over another...

Again, before we get started, we'd love to hear your feedback on what features you'd like to see in your new house plans, so be sure to give us a call at 601-264-5028 or send us an email....

#4: Ease-of-Maintenance - Today's families live in a world with many day to day responsibilities and time constraints, that have only increased over the years. In addition, most households now include two full-time working parents, additional outside work commitments, professional commitments, family commitments, and 2.5 children of varying ages. Time, for all of us, is a extremely precious commodity for which home maintenance is ranked right below doing your taxes and going to the dentist for a root canal.

We've found, in talking to our clients, that today's homeowners want a home that is, not only, attractive and highly functional, but also one that includes low maintainance building materials and design features that greatly minimize the amount of time required for performing home maintenance like cleaning, painting, replacing, etc).

Now, one example of these type low-maintenance building materials is hardi board, which is a type of exterior covering similar, in look, to wood siding but made from an extremely durable concrete base. Hardy board/plank is the trade name for one brand of concrete fiber siding, however there are numerous other similar brands.

The product does not rot or deteriorate, and with proper installation and maintenance, can last for very long periods of time without deterioration. Additionally, the hardy board siding does need to be painted or re-finished, as any dirt, etc. can simply be washed away with a simple garden hose.

Building materials like this allow the home owners to improve their quality of life by minimizing the time and related costs associated with maintaining an attractive home.

For almost any type of application, there is an attractive, low maintainance material or solution that can be included when building your house, and you should keep in mind that, in most cases, any materials shown in your house plan blueprints can simply be substituted, on site, by your builder... So when choosing a stock plan, be sure to ask the designer if an alternative type of lower maintainance material is possible to be substituted in a particular area of the home.

In most cases, the answer will be a definate yes, and you'll be able to build your home with materials that best fit your lifestyle!

Now, as we wrap up this series on popular home design features, I just want to note that the items that we've discussed in these last 3 episodes are based on our experiences in dealing with customers all throughout the United states and canada.

If you're looking for a new home design, but think that you'd need to have a fully custom design developed, be sure and check out sites like house plan gallery.com, where you can find thousands of unique house plans, in a variety of architectural styles and sizes, for a FRACTION of the price of a fully-custom set of houseplans. In addition, if you find a plan thats very close to what you're looking for, but not exact, no problem. Reputable designers like house plan gallery can modify any of their plans to meet your EXACT needs, and again, the savings to you can be quite substantial...

Now if you're looking for a low maintainance type design, be sure to checkout one of our most popular home designs - HPG-2067-1 - The Morgan Landing - at http://www.houseplangallery.com/HPG-2067-1

This particular craftsman style home design has become very popular with our customers and has a tremendous amount of usable space, not to mention including many of the most requested floorplan features in 2,067 square feet of living space.

Again, you can view this plan online at http://www.houseplangallery.com/HPG-2067-1

Thanks for listening to this week's podcast. Join us for next week's episode, where we'll be de-mystifying the house plan buying process and walking you through each of the different plan packages that are available, and how to decide which plan package is best for your particular needs...

Finally, we're always here to help you find a house plan for your family, and you can always feel free to visit us online at http://www.HousePlanGallery.com or give us a call at 601-264-5028 if we can help you with your new house plans.

Thanks again, and let us know if we can help!

About The Author Mark Mathis runs the popular House Plan Galleryhome plans website where you can search hundreds of Award-winning popular house floor plans in a variety of Architectural styles.