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Choosing a Custom Home Designer
Choose a home architect who has many years of experience designing fine homes. All architects don't have equal experience in the same style of architecture, or operating within the same budget. A custom designed house will cost you a lot more than a stock plan and therefore, it only makes sense to choose the best home architect you can find to design your home. This is not the time to be scrimping or cutting corners. A new architect may have lower fees, but he simply won't have the kind of experience that's necessary for a luxury home project. Make sure your Fort Worth area luxury home architect has plenty of experience designing the kind of homes that you have in mind.
A home architect should possess a professional degree from a reputed school of architecture. He should have membership of trade organizations and professional associations in his line of business. If you're looking for a Victorian or colonial style home with all the style elements involved, look for a contractor who has these kinds of homes as part of his portfolio. A new cutting edge design kind of firm might not be able to give you the kind of results you need. Make sure you visit these homes, and check to see if the architectural features that your needs are included. Look at the curb appeal, and also at the rear and side elevations. Look for the efficient use of space, and the use of natural ventilation inside the house. Look for the elements of greenery in the compound -- a responsible designer always makes it a point to include green patches by using his creative ingenuity.
The home architect that you're considering should function in a professional set up. The architect's job doesn't really end at designing a plan for you. He needs to be available along the building process, and he may need to provide his input regarding structural and architectural specifications. The luxury home architect firm should have a dedicated service staff that will help along the construction process. The firm should consist of more than one person operating out of a single room office. A full fledged support staff or assistant architects, and service personally ensure that your needs will be met even after the design plan has been delivered.
Recent Requests
We bought a one acre lot. We want to build a 8500-10,000 sq ft home. 4 Car attached garage. With a separate 3500 sq foot workshop/garage. Approximately what will it cost? We are not looking at the cheapest or the most expensive upgrades and expenses, just moderate. We have found floor plans we like that meet what we're looking for. They came from a book called ultimateplans.com. Plan # 161104. It has a main floor level, upper level floor plan and a basement level floor plan.
Susan Z
I need a one or two-story 3,000 sq. ft., 4br/3ba home built on 1 acre of land. How much?
Tracy M