Online House Designs – Design A House Online

In the past, if you wanted to build a new house you had two basic options:

1. You could hire an architect to design the plans for you (which can be expensive)

2. You could wade through large books of blueprints to find the one that most closely matched your dream house (and then hire an architect to customize the design before ordering the plan).

That‘s all changed with OriginalHome.com. This unique web site lets users choose from a wide selection of features to easily design a new house. Once happy with their design, customers can order structurally sound, ready-to-build blueprints right online. With Original Home, designing a new home and acquiring blueprints takes less time and costs signigicantly less money than would be possible with traditional methods.

The brainchild of Connecticut architect David Moore, OriginalHome.com is the realization of Moore's vision to combine interactive web technology with sound home design concepts. Working in partnership with Gravity Switch, a Northampton, MA interactive media firm, the result is nothing short of revolutionary!

According to Moore "Anyone planning to build a new home needs a home design alternative which combines the flexibility and options of a custom design with the convenience and affordability of a stock plan. Thanks to the Internet and our creative partnership with Gravity Switch, this is now possible. OriginalHome.com provides an exceptional resource for creating original home designs and ordering customized blueprints for constructing those designs."

One of the most compelling features of the web site is the "Design Your Own" tool, which allows users to select from a myriad of architectural options and see instantaneous changes to interior and exterior plans. Since this tool offers literally millions of possible feature combinations, Moore and Gravity Switch worked together to devise a patent-pending methodology so the tool "knows" how to draw the house based on selected options. Every design feature on OriginalHome.com has been reviewed by an architect for attractiveness and functionality (the tool will disallow non-functional designs, warning users during the process).

Other interesting features of OriginalHome.com include:

1. The Design Gallery where customers can view homes that other customers have designed.

2. The option to order "study plans," which are limited versions of actual Construction Plans and can be used to evaluate a design or obtain preliminary cost estimates.

3. The option to save and email your designs to friends, family and contractors.

4. A listing of valuable architecture and design resources.

5. The ability to order a complete set of technical drawings that are accurate, detailed and ready to build.

The site is fully integrated with an internal back-end system so that OriginalHome.com can receive online orders and mail structurally sound, architecturally approved blueprints directly to the customer. The Site currently allows users to design Colonial type houses, with plans to expand home types to include Victorian, Contemporary, Cape, and Ranch among others.

OriginalHome.com is currently exploring strategic partnerships with several national home design and home construction companies. The company is also seeking promotional alliances with building material manufacturers to generate advertising revenue and further enhance the site’s features. In addition, they are inviting feedback on the site from those within and outside the building community.

As a complement to their on-line designs, Original Home offers complete custom design services. Any design you create on-line can be further customized off-line to suit your individual needs.

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About The Author:

Mark Harris is a successful author and regular contributor to http://www.home-n-house-plans.com. The best place to find new home plans, home designs & houseplans is the Internet.