Of course, the choice really is yours, but the results may be as different as day is from night in the long run. Whether you are building a log cabin, a townhouse, an investment property, or a luxury home, you want to make sure that you have the right blueprints for your new home construction.
Custom house plans will provide you with…
A Greater Flexibility in Design
As you look at existing home plans that you find here or there, you will discover that they all are based on someone else’s needs and ideas. Your own dream home, however, should be just that – your dream home. When designing your own custom house plans, you need to consider all possibilities to make your vision come to pass.
One option that you may want to consider as you think about your custom floor plans, is the possibility of alternative home designs. This can include unique homes like green homes, earthen homes, solar homes, barn conversions, straw-bale, and so much more. Some of these home designs can greatly lower the cost of your new home construction.
An Increased Level of Functionality
As you work with a professional to make your own floor plans, you are free to put into them the special features you want. One idea may be to put the laundry room on the same floor as the bedrooms. This way you do not have to carry loads of clothes and other things unnecessarily from floor to floor.
Another advantage of a custom home plan is that you can put bathrooms where you want, extra closets, add an island and a pantry in the kitchen, have walk-in closets, and put anything else in that you desire. Your new home can be built to your convenience – you can have it made your way. With your own custom house plans, you can add ceiling fans, fireplaces, all the outlets you want, and even put in zone heating if you want. It will be your unique architectural design.
A Higher Plane of Satisfaction
After you have built your own custom home, you will be the one that is happier having followed your own ideas and tastes in design. You will be glad that you made original floor plans and did not follow someone else’s ideas. Even better yet, you can talk to your floor plan designer about ideas you have and receive consultation from someone who has experience in what kind of features work well – and which ones might be better left out, or changed.
