How to Build a Dream House Online

You can build a dream house online for less than $1,000... well, in a manner of speaking, this is true.
There are many web sites that can serve as your virtual architect as you plan and envision building your dream house.

Instructions

1. Register with a site such as DreamHomeSource.com or ePlans.com, so that you can have access to the technology that will allow you to build your dream home online.

2. Enter your search criteria using these factors as your baseline:
   1. Square Footage
   2. Number of bedrooms
   3. Number of bathrooms
   4. Number of stories
   By entering this information, you will tell the online home building site to show you only plans that match your criteria. It is less expensive to start with existing plans and customize them to suit your needs rather than having plans designed from scratch. Additionally, it will help you to crystallize the exact vision of what you want in your dream house.

3. 

   Review the results of the search. Select the plans that most closely match your dream house, both in form and functionality. To make your finalize selection, ask yourself these questions:
   1. Is it necessary to customize the selected plans?
   2. What interior areas need to be customized to match what I need or want in my dream home?
   3. What exterior areas need to be customized to match what I need or want?

4. Construct your budget. The dream home online building sites have built-in applications that allow you to plug in data so that you can crunch the numbers for your construction budget.

5. 

   Choose your builder. Choose a builder from the list available on the web site or you may already have someone in your mind that you know and trust. Set up a meeting to share the plans you created online. After this meeting and once you have made your final selection of who your builder will be, the builder will confirm your budget as well as continue the offline aspects of building a dream house.

Resources

• Designing Your Dream Home: Every Question to Ask, Every Detail to Consider, and Everything to Know Before You Build or Remodel
• ePlans.com
• Dream Home Source