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[UNDEAD 1]

Apple unveils software to permit Windows use

[UNDEAD 1]

you designed your house on the computer? a built from scratch or did you remodel? i only ask because when i sell here (a.s.a.p. ) im going to build a house or if i find one i like on the acrege i want i will remodel. if i could design it before looking ,that could save time! effort and 5 trips to N.C. ,lol!

[HammaTime]

you designed your house on the computer? a built from scratch or did you remodel? i only ask because when i sell here (a.s.a.p. ) im going to build a house or if i find one i like on the acrege i want i will remodel. if i could design it before looking ,that could save time! effort and 5 trips to N.C. ,lol!

I designed a brand spanking new house using an architectural CAD program. Learning curve wasn't too steep and I knew a lot about house construction (although that wasn't really necessary). We spent a lot of time looking at other homes and figuring out what worked best for us. The hardest part was clearing the land! The property was heavily forested (except for the golf course on our east side). I spent a good chunk of 9 months working my Stihl Farmboss chainsaw as I cleared hundreds of trees. It was a really cool experience. In fact, it was so much fun that I'd love to be able to do it again, but we can't imagine finding a more ideal spot ... and we now have our own blood and sweat invested in the house so it would be very, very tough to move.

I'd highly encourage you to take a look at the software out there for home design. Some of it is INCREDIBLY user-friendly. You can then take the prints from the program and have a draftsman create the blue prints. With 20/20 hindsight, I think it would have been valuable to take the additional step of sitting down with an architect once I had my rough design, but that certainly wasn't necessary. The program allowed me to design everything, including the electrical service. It was a lot of fun figuring out where all the recessed lighting was going. Once it was completed, we could "turn on the lights" and do a virtual walk through the house. It is uncanny how accurate that virtual walk-through is to the finished house. We were even able to put in our existing furniture and see how it would look. Computers are kick ass!!!