How do my custom home plans differ from those of an Architect? I create stunning unique custom home designs with necessary code-compliant details to obtain permits and construct your home. I provide detailed structural & permit documents that a general…
Category: House Plans
Design, It is a process!
Design, It is a process! If I had a dollar for every time many over the years a client or prospective client has asked, “How long will it take?”, I would be a wealthy man! The answer in most cases,…
Engineering? What is Required?
Engineering is not always a hot question during preliminary design meetings! However, Engineering is the elephant in the room, a unknown, a hidden cost! The simple truth is, engineering usually is not a big deal, providing you plan ahead for…
Brookings, a Small but not Tiny House for Downsizing
Brookings, a Small but not Tiny House for Downsizing I have been doing quite a bit of looking at the tiny house concept, but I am not sure I want something that small. We have an RV for traveling, but…
Design Going Forward…
Design Updates Design Going Forward: After working with this layout for a few days, I ended up reversing the plan. We, “the client “and I played with the front entry trying to give it more appeal from the street. I…
Purchasing Plans Via The Internet
Purchasing plans via the internet can either be very fruitful or very frustrating! First, there are a wide array of excellent home plans available online, which is a good thing! The Annoying part which many don’t see coming are climate…
Preliminary Drawings
I am in the middle of starting a new project and finishing up another. The photos show the outside of the latest, or at least the preliminary shots of my latest project. This home is right at or just over…
North Santiam Cabin in Gates Oregon
North Santiam Cabin Just finishing up a new home Design on the North Santiam. The homeowners had some specific ideas in mind on this home. so I proceeded with their ideas and modified those ideas to coincide with the building…
South Santiam Cabin
I am nearing completion in the design of a 2547 sf South Santiam Cabin to be located just above Sweet Home Oregon. The clients purchased a river front property and wanted to take advantage of the idyllic setting with a…
Introducing the Lake Placid
Lake Placid Here is one of my most recent creations, the Lake Placid. 2027 square feet of modern convenience with a two car garage and features too many to mention in this brief post. I can modify this plan to…