CUSTOM DRAWN HOME PLANS
Design the home of your dreams
Custom Home Design Process
The type of house you choose to live in is more than a matter of personal style or taste- it's about your lifestyle, too. With our partners at Advanced House Plans, their designers and drafters have over 100 years of combined experience in helping people bring their vision to reality. They work with a wide range of architectural influences to create home designs in styles such as contemporary, Mediterranean, modern, craftsman, traditional, and more. We try to make the home design process simple by splitting it up into five phases. Plus, you will work with their designers and drafters directly!
Introduction
During this phase, Advanced House Plans will get to know you and get a better understanding of what you are looking for in your custom home. They will guide you on what to gather to help them get started designing your dream home.
Gathering Phase
During this phase you will send Advance House Plans the Menards® Questionnaire form along with ideas for your home including photos, Pinterest posts, Houzz photo books, Google, HGTV site plans (lot survey), and any other information that will give them an idea of how you want your home to look. The more information you can provide the better to make a smoother process. Also, this is a good time to talk to your local permitting officiant to gather any local code requirements that may need to be represented on the plan.
Preliminary Phase
With your ideas and goals in mind, our Advanced House Plans designers will produce sketches of floor plans and elevations that meet your criteria. You'll have an opportunity to review the designs (maximum of three reviews) and they will adjust the drawings as necessary. Once you approve of the preliminary plans, they will move on to the Design Phase.
Design Phase
During this phase, the major components of the design are in place and we move forward with adding details as Advanced House Plans develops the plans inside and out. Advanced House Plans continues to incorporate your feedback as they work to draw your plans into their software. Advanced House Plans will provide you with rough drafts of the floor plans, electrical plans, and gray-scale images, to help you understand your home design taking shape and to see where we are in the process. Only minimal changes may be made during this phase, and anything that substantially changes the scope or concept of the design from the preliminary phase may be considered overages. But don't worry, they will let you know if something you ask for starts to get to that point. Most importantly Advanced House Plans and Menards® want to ensure you're completely satisfied with the design!
Construction Document Phase
Once the plans have been modified during the Design Phase and we've received your approval, the project enters the Construction Documents Phase, when you will receive a watermarked final review set with all the major drawings completed. Let us know any final minor adjustments, and we'll incorporate your feedback as we conduct a thorough review of your plans to make sure they are clear, consistent, and ready for your next steps toward building your home!
Once your plans are complete, a paper set is mailed, as well as emailed, to you in a PDF.
Note: Plans may require reviewing and stamping by your local engineer to obtain a building permit. Fees may apply.
Once your plans are complete, a paper set is mailed, as well as emailed, to you in a PDF.
Note: Plans may require reviewing and stamping by your local engineer to obtain a building permit. Fees may apply.
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To purchase the correct square foot range to get your journey started on the plans for your dream home, calculate the square footage by multiplying the width and length of each level. Add all levels together to achieve the total square footage of the home. Also include any attached and detached garages or other living quarters under a roof area.