Questions and Answers

You can pay for the house plan or custom home design with Credit Card and Debit Card or make a Bank Transfer payment. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, JCB, etc. In order to make a Bank Transfer payment, please contact us at [email protected] and we will send you online invoice.

We offer to create a site plan with your chosen floor plan - for free. Send us your site topography photo and we will send you a floor plan drawing placed on your property. This will give you a better understanding of the house behavior within your lot. Key site assessment factors are - site entrance location, sun path, best lot views, privacy from the road and neighbors, house relationship with surrounded buildings and site vegetation, etc. 

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Originally all house plans are designed with 6" exterior stud walls and 4" interior stud walls. All plans can be customized to use different walls structure such as Masonry, Log, Insulated Concrete Form (ICF), Structural Insulated Panel (SIP), etc.

Yes, the wall structure is customizable and stud sizes can be modified upon request to meet your local building standards. 

We provide Custom Home design service for those that want a distinctive house design. Our main focus for a new house is functionality, affordability and overall house aesthetics. Our quick response time with suggested design development options ensures reliable house design development process. We always give more than one option to choose from, this could mean a half bath layout design or entire house façade design. We will guide you through the entire design process and the final house design is reached only when you are certain that the house is what you really wanted. Learn more at Custom Home page.

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All house plans are designed in accordance to the International Residential Code. Each country and state has its own building codes and regulations. In most cases, local codes don't alter house design. You would need to consult with local engineer or architect to make sure it complies with your local regulations.

There are two types of drawing files - PDF and CAD.

PDF set allows you to make multiple copies of the plan drawings and send digital copies to everyone involved in the construction process. You can print the plan set locally if required paper version.

CAD set is Computer Aided Design files that allow you to make changes to the construction drawings with your local architect, designer or builder.

All drawings have imperial units. However, drawing with metric units are also available upon request.

All houses are designed to be flexible and adaptable to different living needs. Some customization examples are listed below:

 

- Requesting a reverse house plan

- Redesigning kitchen, living room, bedrooms, bathrooms, garage etc.

- Change exterior design with different siding layout, materials and colors.

- Extending rooms and rearranging room layout.

- Adding or removing rooms.

- Changing foundation type to the basement.

- Custom house structure such as masonry, ICF, etc. or changing 2"x 6" framing to 2"x 4", 2"x 8", etc.

- Adding garage space for additional car or changing garage entry location.

- Changing, adding or removing doors and windows.

- Changing roof pitch or change roof type to gable, hip, flat, lean-to roof, etc.

- Adding a floor with new room layout design.

Customization costs with examples are listed below. Once we receive your list of house plan changes, the customization cost will be calculated according to your specific request. 

 

MINOR CHANGES

Cost $100 - $500

 

Example:

- Reverse house plan

- Minor layout redesign for kitchen, living room, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc.

- Change exterior design with different siding layout, materials and colors.

- Extending 1-2 rooms and rearranging room layout.

- Adding or removing 1-2 rooms (depending on complexity and square footage).

- Custom house structure such as masonry, ICF, etc. or changing 2"x 6" framing to 2"x 4", 2"x 8", etc.

- Adding garage space for additional car or changing garage entry location.

- Changing, adding or removing doors and windows.

- Changing roof pitch.

 

MEDIUM CHANGES

Cost $500 - $1000

 

Example:

- Redesigning kitchen, living room, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. and rearranging room location in the floor plan.

- Change roof type to gable, hip, flat, lean-to roof, etc.

- House expansion with additional rooms (depending on complexity and additional square footage).

- Significant exterior changes with additional building massing design, different siding layout, materials and colors.

 

MAJOR CHANGES

Cost $1000 +

 

Example:

- Redesigning over 50% of the floor plan.

- Adding significant square footage.

- Adding a floor with new room layout design.

During house customization process there is no revision limit. Customization process continues until you are absolutely sure the house plan is for you and there is nothing else you would like to change.

Yes, during customization process you will receive 2D drawings indicating your requested changes. Additionally, 3D images can be produced to show a spatial arrangement.

Customization price estimate is free. Fill customization form describing your required house plan changes and we will send you customization cost estimate within 24 hours.

Fill Customization Form

Depending on your requirements, customization process can take between 1-4 weeks. Once you send customization request you will receive drawings indicating your changes within 48 hours. There is no upfront payment and customization revision limit. During the customization process for each additional change request, you will receive updated plan drawings indicating these changes.

Generally, it takes up to 1 week to produce final plan set drawings. 

Yes, customizations are still available. You will not be required to pay the House Plan Set fee again, you will only pay additional customization fee.