We just bought a plan from family house plans (gargling house) was a complete waste of money ,except we got floor plan . We just paid architect 3500. To fix what they did. Just find local architect to do it. We found a guy that our builder knows who charged us a $1. Per square foot. Somif you are seriously building a house stay away from online plans . Just find floor plan you like and take it to a real architect. And don’t use there modification service either they screwed up main beam in basement when they added basement . Unless you want to baby set them . Good luck with your project! What you are suggesting is copyright infringement and no licensed architect worth his license would agree to do that. Maybe a CAD designer, but not someone licensed.

Did you ever find any additional photos? We had these plans serve as a jumping off place for us and have a modified version that will be finished in less than 6 weeks and then I can show you what we have. Would love to see what your place looks like when finished too. This is such a beautiful home.

"Value" is often in the eye of the beholder as is art. Especially when the beholder is the homeowner or potential buyer. There are things that an appraiser will deem to be of value based upon square footage that a homeowner or potential buyer may consider less or even more valuable, depending upon how it will be used and/or the immediate need. A size appropriate front porch -- such as would likely be on a site built home of the same size and style (rather than the bare minimum required by code to exit from a trailer park trailer) -- could add more value than an appraiser might assign to it. A well built garage could well add value, especially if appropriately placed and its appearance melds well with the home and landscaping. You wouldn't want to block a great view or desirable sunlight but having it close enough to be useful for the intended purposes -- and not just parking cars -- can matter. A sheltered breezeway between house and garage can double as a porch or patio, whether that breezeway links to the garage attic or the garage itself if the structure were built on a nearby slope and the homeowner had no difficulty climbing the stairs. Even the shape of the driveway and how it links home and garage and road and provide parking space can affect curb appeal -- important to attracting potential buyers. Outlining a gravel driveway with landscaping posts and/or pavers ( placed with their tops at ground level) and/or low growing plants can make the yard and driveway much easier to maintain as well as make it visually more appealing -- yet an appraiser may not even decide the considerable investment in gravel is noteworthy. Unless a homeowner is intending to sell in the foreseeable future, it would be better to have any project contemplated be done to suit the likes and wants and needs of the home owner.

MNDutch RoseGuy Thank you for the fantastic report on nurseries, I never buy from Edmunds roses after googling "The scoop on .. name of nursery", this gives customers' reviews on any nursery. https://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/123/0/ How do you like the own-roots bought from Roses Unlimited this summer sale? Nurseries that I bought own-root roses from are: Regan, Burlington, Heirloom, Chamblee's, High Country Roses, Roses Unlimited. Right now I'm debating if I should buy State of Grace for $16 from Northland Rosarium ... shipping charge is $20 for 2 roses, but Andrew is excellent in customer service. Della Reese is wimpy as grafted-on-Dr.Huey (got from local Menards store for $6 as bare-root). It didn't even flower for 1st year, so I killed it. Grafted-on-Dr.Huey declines drastically after 2nd-year in my zone 5, so I no longer buy grafted-on-Dr.Huey unless it's flowering lots in a pot at local store. Very happy with the 6 roses I bought from Roses Unlimited this June 2020 summer sale, they are 3 times taller than the 4 bands I got from High Country Roses late May 2020. The bands from High Country Roses are so short that they got eaten by bunnies this fall. For dense & thick and alkaline clay like mine, just a bare-stick Dr.Huey-roostock doesn't sprout roots well, even when bought from Regan Nursery, such as Young Lycidas (grafted-on-Dr.Huey) died through its first zone 5 winter. The blooming power of 3 own-roots roses (large bare-sticks) from Regan Nursery is less than the blooming power of 3 own-roots roses (in pots) from Roses Unlimited. In the past decade of buying 130 own-root varieties, I find that alfalfa meal is a must for growth-hormone, it's worth making a special trip to the feed-store for a 40 lb. bag of alfalfa meal to mix with potting soil or to top my clay. Roses Unlimited recommends mixing 2 cups of alfalfa meal or 1 cup Mills Magic Rose Mix in the planting hole. Below is a tiny band of Crimson Glory (bought from Burlington) producing 4 bud/blooms after 1 month of purchase, fertilized with alfalfa meal.