Dream House
It's a two-story home, surrounded by a picket fence, with a huge backyard, and a great shade tree in the front yard. A cobble stone path leads from the house to a country road. Children run through the grass. This could describe a dream house for many people. Some people may have other ideas. But most people have some type of ideal for the home in which they live. There are many places online to find the perfect house for you.
One site where people can search for their dream house is DreamHomeSource.com. It contains floor plans, drawings, and blueprints of some of the top homes designed by some of the top home designers in the country. The site promises the visitor can save money by downloading these plans. This is because hiring an architect to design a home is very expensive.
Like many home sites this site that helps people find their dream house includes a detailed search. Users can enter the square footage they desire, the dimensions of the house in width and height, the number of bedrooms, the number of bathrooms, how many stories the house has, and even how many cars would fit in the garage. But unlike with other websites this one returns plans. There is a cost to purchase each plan which can then be downloaded as either a reproducible master or various number of sets of blueprints. Because many blueprints can be made from the master it is the most expensive option.
Some of these plans cost $1000 or more. That seems like a lot to pay just for a drawing of a dream house. But it's not. These are plans and blueprints ready for the contractor and builders to use to build a home. An architect would charge many times this price to design a home. The savings comes from using a plant found in a pool of home designs rather than having one custom-made.
The same company who runs the website for a dream house distributes plans in magazines, consumer books, and special publications. The company has been around for over 50 years.
Almost any kind of dream house can be found here. There are categories of styles including Spanish style homes, beach homes, homes for first time buyers, and even luxury homes. The plans can even be customized. The site also includes a cost to build calculator. This begins with the plan, then moves to the choice of materials and customizations. In two days the cost to build estimate is delivered. It even comes with an online budget tool. The cost for this service is only $29.95.
If you're looking for a dream house, this is only one example of the many resources that can be found on the Internet.