Is anyone here an .............

[DennisAJC]

You want a toilet installed in the middle of your bed?

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

do you specialize in toilets ?

[devilsfan]

If you're serious...I'm an interior designer, mostly commercial space planning.

I can give you tips on installing a toilet in the middle of your bed, tho.

Stacy

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by devilsfan

If you're serious...I'm an interior designer, mostly commercial space planning.

I can give you tips on installing a toilet in the middle of your bed, tho. thanks..........

Stacy

Thanks,

Its not the interior but the exterior home design and drawings I want to get. I've looked on the net at pre-drawn homes/house plans and still haven't found exactly what I want, but I've only looked at about 500 plans...there must be another 20000 to 30000 more to look at. I've also looked at lots of books and magazines of design plans.

I've talked to several arctitects and just can't justify the cost to have them draw plans, so i thought maybe a home/house designer draftsperson, residential designer, etc would come out less expensive.

What I want is a large 2 master bedroom 2 1/2 bath with a great room/kitchen/dining in the middle dividing the bedrooms, no hallway, 12/12 pitch roof and a free standing large 2 car garage with a master suite above it...in a farm house/country/southern style...

Any suggestions would be appreciated...

michael

[KenP]

You finally sold those homes? I hope you did.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

No not yet, but I'm working on it...

[TXSUT]

RYD, I'm kinda in the same boat as you...we're looking to have a small weekend lakehouse built, and I have been flipping through hundreds of pages of plans from books bought at Home Depot. The cost of those plans is roughly 50% of the cost of a custom set from an architect, but what concerns me most is that I don't know how good the plans actually are, mainly with respect to building materials (2x6 vs. 2x4 on first story walls of 2-story plans), plumbing layout, electrical, etc. I have called the companies that produce the books to ask specific questions, but I get the "We'll have to call the architect and get back to you" run-around.

Are you building it yourself? I'm not, so I want to be sure that I have a set of plans (5-8 sets are needed) that won't cause any trouble for the builder, i.e., done by a licensed professional. I realize that a good builder can make changes to the plans on the fly, but they'll charge for it and I might wind up eating up the money I saved on the plans in no time.

Anyway, thanks for posting your question...I might get something good out of it also.

-Pete

[BKLYNH2]

RYD
You would still need an architect in the state you are building to stamp the plans, and some filing. If they are not involved in the design drawings you will pay quite a premium for that.