Archive for January, 2010

How to draw floor plans online

With Floorplanner you can easily create your own floor plans in both 2D as 3D. More info at www.floorplanner.com

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Tour Luxury Log Home by Wisconsin Log Homes

Wisconsin Log Homes designs and builds custom hybrid log and timber frame floor plans & designs and commercial buildings utilizing their Thermal-Log™ building system that will not shrink or settle like other log home manufacturers and companies. Log on to http://www.wisconsinloghomes.com for more information about our exclusive log and timber homes.

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Free House Plans Catalog Online

http://www.GetHousePlan.com – Click or call 601-264-5028 and for a limited time only, download your Free House Plan Catalog ($20 VALUE) from House Plan Gallery – one of the nation’s leading home designers.

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Sweet Home 3D 1.7 tutorial

This 9′43″ video shows how to use Sweet Home 3D 1.7, a free interior design application that helps you place furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview (written and audio comments in English). Sweet Home 3D may be downloaded at http://www.sweethome3d.eu/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d

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where can I find gothic/victorian home floor plans?

I’m looking for some very old and beautiful large gothic blueprints, but so far everything Ive found was too modernized can someone assist me in where to look (online)? thank you

Try this site:

http://www.victorian-home-plans.com/index.html

We are planning to build a log home. I am trying to get all kinds of catologs & don’t seem to get anywhere.

Anyone, out there with any tips or help? Or knows someones who can? Much appreciated.

Along the highway from Missoula,MT to Hamilton, MT there are 3-4 log home manufacturers. Towns between there are Lolo, Victor, Stevensville, Florence. Counties are Johnson and Ravalli. Try the yellow pages up there. Sorry can’t remember any exact names of companaies.

Where can I find KB Home house plans?

I have been looking for KB Home Plans, but all I can come up with are the martha designs and the Kb web site doesn’t seem to offer any plans. Where can I find KB Home house plans?

Hey there I am in the process of buying a Kb home as well (well hopefully our loan is at underwriting today).
There website is:
http://www.kbhome.com/
Go to home search and choose what state/community you want to live in. At the bottom of the page it will give you a list of the homes they are building. For example it will say plan 1569. You click on that and it will give you all of the info including the floor plan and if its already modeled a virtual tour.

I am assuming you mean floor plan if not what do you mean by plans?
Good luck

what is an easy CAD program for home use?

I need a program to build a simple home, but good enough to turn into the planning department of the City. Any suggestions? Ihad used 3D Home Arcitedt in the past but it crashed on me and is no longer supported by Broderbund. Then I tried a trial of FloorPlan3D but it didn’t work either. Help, I need to get this done by 8/11/06!

Try Google Sketchup …

Whispering Pines Log Homes

Whenever we decide to build our own home, we dream for it to portray our personality, fulfill all of our life expectations, and provide for all of our needs. We want to be comfortable, safe, but we also want to show off our place’s facilities for holding dinner parties, family reunions and the like.

It is a reality that “No two sites on earth are alike. No two buildings have the same purpose. The purpose, the site, the material determine the shape. Nothing can be reasonable or beautiful unless it’s made by one central idea, and the idea sets every detail. A building is alive, like a man. Its integrity is to follow its own truth, its one single theme, and to serve its own single purpose.”[1] Ayn Rand was expecting to find architects and engineers as the ones at WP Log Homes, Inc when she wrote “The Fountainhead”.

If you, as me, love unique handcrafts and appreciate nature and the unlimited inspiration it evokes you will learn that WP Log Homes, Inc is not about quantity but about quality. This team concentrates on you and your plans. Your goal is theirs until the product is delivered, your dreamed home. And because perfection is not achieved from one day to the next limited homes are built and sold each year. Hurry up! And make it into this coming year’s list before it is too late!

These Construction Managers do their very best to assist you in everything possible to make the experience smoother. We all know what a hazard construction planning and permit acquisitions can be. But the closer your construction site is of WP Log Homes’ offices –say, within 300 miles of Verndale, Minnesota—the more assistance you obtain when getting the paperwork done. Feel free to visit their website to learn more about this company www.wploghomes.com

Accomplish your dreams and give yourself the treat you deserve, TODAY!

[1] The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand, Howard to his Faculty Dean, page Chapter 1, page 13

Carlotta Rodriguez
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Dealing With Neighbour Objections to Your Home Addition Plans

Under most State planning laws, locals Councils are required to notify neighbours and owners of other nearby properties that may be impacted by the construction of your home addition. These owners are given a certain period of time, call the Notification Period, in which to lodge any objection to the plans that have been lodged with the Development Application.
Objections can range from worries about the construction process (noise, traffic, etc),   concerns about loss of privacy, loss of views, overshadowing, etc. Councils may have objections of their own – these are not dealt with here.
Delays due to objections, whether upheld or not, can be time consuming and costly. It is important therefore to be proactive with your neighbours – communicate your intentions to them, look at it from their point of view and be prepared to modify your design before lodgement where their concerns are reasonable. Being proactive in addressing neighbour concerns before they are notified of your Development Application by Council can save a great deal of time in having your plans approved. There are 3 main aspects to consider here.
1. Communicate – Sound out your neighbours about your home extension plans before the plans are finalised and lodged to Council. It may be that your neighbours have no concerns, or many concerns. Try to think about it from their perspective. If you do not know your neighbour, or even if you have had a negative history, talking about it at this point at the very least gets you forewarned.

2. Compromise – Where possible, find a compromise solution that meets your neighbours concerns without negatively impacting on your own needs. If privacy issues are justified, consider adding privacy screens. Explain to your neighbour what you are doing. It may not meet their full demands, but your neighbour will appreciate your efforts to meet their requirements and it may prevent them objecting.

3. Contend – When your DA submission is being prepared, note all of the compromises you have made to address potential neighbour concerns. If you are expecting your neighbours to complain, have a strategy already in place to deal with the problem.

Involving experts in the process can often avoid many of the hassles and costs involved in dealing with neighbour objections. Before engaging an “expert”, however, check his or her credentials, including:

* Understanding of Planning Laws and experience with your Council’s specific requirements
* Practical knowledge of cost-effective ways to design and build, including alternative options available should objections need to be dealt with

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