Your House Plan

You can use your home plans with the StartBuild program. If you have already chosen a stock plan, have plans designed by an architect, selected a green home plan or chosen an alternative building method home plan you can use your home design with StartBuild services.
Bottom line, you will eventually need a house plan to build an new home. With StartBuild services you can use home plans from just about any house plan resource.

Stock House Plans

Stock home plans give good value for low cost. There are over 50,000 published stock home plans available for you to choose from. You can usually find a home plan design that can meet all of your needs. Generally stock home plan cost less than $2,000 or less than a $1.00 a SqFt. Stock plan can also save you time that you would spend designing and working with an architect. With the StartBuild program you can use just about any stock home plan that you like and want to build.

Here are some stock home plan websites that use StartBuild services and technology:

Green House Plans

Green construction is a hot trend in home plans. Green building considers the environmental impact during the design, construction, living and use of a house. These include building lot impact, use of energy efficient building materials, conservation of water and use of sustainable building materials. Green construction can mean many different things to you. With the StartBuild program you can choose the green factors that are important to you. You can help global impact, reduce waist and still build your dream home.

Architect Home Plans

Many StartBuild customers use local Architectural firms to design their new homes. Often customers need special designs to take advantage of a unique building lot or location. Customers may also need design help to turn their ideas and dreams into actual construction drawings. Good Architects will listen to your dreams and situation and translate them into a viable construction project. Good architects can cost over $2.00 to $8.00 a SqFt and can take many months to develop your final house plans.

To find a local Architect in your are you can search from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) website: Find A Architect

Any or Alternative Home Plans

StartBuild has also helped customers with other types of home designs and plans. Some of these home plans include alternative forms of construction, or types of construction other than traditional wood frame construction. These other forms of home plans can include: