Our Green Dream Home

At some point they may all start to look similar

but keep searching. You will find one out there that fits you just right

Start looking at websites for ideas of floor plans.

• You can narrow down the search for the floor plan you want by putting in keywords in the search
  1. Example –  3 bedroom, 3 bath, traditional, one story, ranch
  2. Stick with the sites the give you options to narrow down your search with drop down boxes.  A good site is eplan.com

Don’t find exactly what you want

• Buy software and create your own
  1. I used Punch! Super home suite  www.punchsoftware.com
  2. It not only provides you with predefined floor plans, it offers the abililty for you can to print templates.
  3. I used the templates to build a model of the house I designed. It helped me make changes to my design seeing it in miniture.

Remember - The more basic the plan the least expensive

1. If you have several levels within the stories of your design, this will cause more expense
2. Try to find floor plans where the Kitchen and bathrooms are in the same area, even if  they are on different floors.  Hot and cold water take miles of pipes, and we know that home building supplies are going up in price.  If you can shorten that run it will save you money
3. Several roof lines also will add to the price of your new home.
4. The least expensive way to add square footage is with a basement
•  I used Microsoft Excel to do the initial lfloor plans. See the electrical /plumbing tab for an example of my Excel docments.