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5 Steps for Developing Home Remodeling Plans
How to Start your Home Remodeling or Custom
Home Construction Project off on the Right Foot
By: Mark J. Donovan
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The first step you need to do in
order to tackle a home remodeling or custom home construction project is develop
a set of plans. There are 5 key steps that should be followed when developing
your home remodeling or custom home construction plans.
Step 1: Specify
your Home Remodeling Design Objectives
With paper and pencil, or computer,
list your home remodeling / construction objects. For example, are you looking
to add another bedroom, build a family room, remodel a kitchen or build a custom
home? Include in your home remodeling design objectives the dimensions of the
new living space(s), the budget available, and the timeline for completing the
project.
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Step 2: Sketch Out
Your High Level Home Remodeling Plans
Using quad-ruled paper and pencil, or
a computer and a home remodeling software package, sketch out the basics of your
home remodeling plans. Include in your sketches top level dimensional
information, wall locations, door and window locations, and any key features of
particular interest to you. You may want to take a look at a few house plan
books to gets some ideas in sketching out your high level home remodeling plans.
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Step 3: Review
Existing House Plans
If your home remodeling or house
plans are relatively straight forward, you may be able to purchase a set of
detailed plans on-line or via a house plan magazine, that meet your specific
needs. Pick up a few house plan magazines and/or look on-line to see what might
work for you. There are literally thousands of home styles and sizes to choose
from, and the cost of these plans is relatively inexpensive compared to
employing an architect to develop a unique set of home remodeling or house
plans.
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Step 4 Develop
Detailed Home Remodeling Plans or House Plans
After documenting your high level
home remodeling or house plan objectives, you can now get down to work fleshing
out all of the details. This includes specifying the actual dimensions of all
the rooms in your home remodeling or house plans, as well as specifying the
myriad of details such as lighting and flooring choices and their locations,
appliance makes and models, cabinets, plumbing fixtures, paint colors, interior
trim styles and colors, and even landscape items when applicable.
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All of this information is critical
for having meaningful house plan or home remodeling plan discussions with an
architect or designer.
Step 5: Meeting with an Architect or Designer
With a clear understanding of what
you are looking for in your specific home remodeling project or house plans, you
are now in a good position to meet with an architect or designer if you feel no
stock house plans meet your needs.
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| The architect or designer can then take your home remodeling objectives and
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