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[ad#Commission Junction-1]The most important thing you will need is your imagination and time and space to let your creativity flow. Discuss your ideas with your spouse, partner or family. What is your ‘Dream House’. You know your ‘Dream Home’ might just be possible. Don’t compromise on what you really want.

But we can’t afford it! Perhaps if more had heeded this advice we might not be in the global situation we are in right now. Price, however should not be a limiting factor at this stage. Write down everything you would dream yourself doing in your dream home: entertaining friends, playing music, raising your children in a safe, secure and loving environment, growing and eating you own vegetables, having an indoor cinema.

You know, I’ll bet that most of the things on your wish-list don’t have a big price tag. In my own home I wished for all of these things and most I’ve managed to fit into the design of my own home into a relatively small place. Most were things that didn’t cost a whole lot of extra money. The one extravagance was an indoor sauna which we built into the downstairs bathroom. We’ve haven’t used it just yet but when we do, it will be just a matter of hooking up the stove.

The point about it is Don’t be afraid to Dream!

Next useful tool is a blank sheet of paper (or several) Write. Draw. Scribble. Sketch. Keep all you efforts in a file together. It is such an interesting exercise to look back at earlier efforts and remark how you’ve progressed.

Next step might be to get your hands on some Computer Aided Design Software (CAD). Now in the past CAD software was hugely expensive, completely non-user friendly and in the end presented you with a one-dimensional set of black and white drawings which very often didn’t in any way reflect your vision of the house.

CAD software has undergone a revolution over the past few years with many programmes available to download for trial or for very reasonable fees. Even the most basic packages out there allow you to create realistic 3D, walk-through visualizations of your home without even the smallest degree of technical skill.

Newer packages such as PLAN3D – Home Design for Home Owners allow you to design your own house online for a small fee, while others offer a range of products for the amateur to the professional architect.

We get frequent requests here at House Design Online for Free House Plans. OK, reality is that if you are looking for something  cheap on the internet, you will get just that something cheap! At  House Design Online we want to promote the idea of people taking control of the design of their own homes. By engaging in the design proccess, you are saving  money but you are also ensuring a higher standard for your build.

There are a few sites out there however that offer “Free House Plans”. One such Stie is FREE GREEN House Plans.

The Beauty of Free Green House Plans is that they offer  different options. They have 1,000’s of professionally designed ecological House Plans available for Free. The Free House Plans are sponsored. This is in fact a useful service. It just means that by clicking on any product such as furniture, accessories, building materials – you can find out the name of the supplier. There is a discount arrangement if you chose to purchase any of these products but absolutely no obligation to purchase.  They then also have a premium facility where for a nominal membership fee, home owners of architects can download unlimited plans.

Free Green is an “Open Source”  venture with benefits to both home owners and people in the design community. Most importantly Free Green promotes the best practivce in ecologiacl architecture

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Passive solar homes are designed to take advantage of local climates by maximizing the energy from the sun to heat and cool the home. In the northern hemisphere, the sun’s path passes through the southern sky on its daily trip west so a passive solar home has the highest percentage of windows is on the south side. The sun warms the home in the winter, and shading devices, such as overhangs, are designed to block the sun in the summer months to reduce the amount of cooling necessary. Passive solar design creates an energy efficient, comfortable home that reduces energy consumption that save money as well as valuable resources.Passive solar design can easily be incorporated into any architectural style given you have the proper site. Such design strategies have been used effectively for hundreds of years. There is a small increase in the cost of construction, but the home has lower annual energy and maintenance costs overall.There are many benefits to passive solar design for the homeowner and the environment. By reducing energy consumption, the homeowner can save money on utility bills and help prevent air pollution from electricity generating plants that burn fossil fuels. Passive solar design elements make a home comfortable year round while bringing in natural light from the increased glass on the southern side. Natural light reduces energy consumption and provides a visual connection to the outdoors.This book provides the fundamentals and components of passive solar design. A collection of floor plans that work in a variety of sites in North Carolina are also included in this book. The passive solar house plans in this book are affordable homes that are less than 1300 square feet and focus on energy efficiency.

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