Looking to build your new home, yourself? By leading Architect & Interior Designer in Bangalore India

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By Ashwin Architects, Architect & Interior Designer in Bangalore India

Yes you can get home map makers or architecture design firms to provide you the house plans…

House design and building your own house is well within the capabilities of most people, but it does take considerable research, plans and concentration.

By acting as your own contractor you can expect to save 15 to 20 percent on the cost homebuilding! And if you are generally handy with tools, and have some knowledge of the trade, especially masonry and carpentry, and are willing to build your own house yourself…you may cut costs even more. 

Keep in mind that home design, plans and homebuilding can be quite time consuming, and may be quite a strain on you and your family if you try to do too much yourself. It is a big job in itself just to do the new home plans, oversee construction and deal with the numerous, sometimes complex, situations involved in home designs and house building.

Read Top 3 architecture and home plan concerns for new home buyers this Christmas By leading Architect & Interior Designer in Bangalore India.

Plans for every aspect of building your home is the key to a successful project! By careful planning you can avoid the surprises that so often lay waste to dreams that were developed haphazardly. Every hour spent on blue prints is a good investment.

Are you looking for split level houses or all on one level?

By leading Architect & Interior Designer in Bangalore India

There are split level houses and those without stairs, where everything is on one level. Of course, the basement does not count.

Split-level homes used to be popular years ago. The Colonial type is more popular with new subdivisions. In New Hamsphire there are lot of such houses that are sloped, so the walkout basement is a natural design. Split levels offered that walkout as part of the design with some having attached garages off the lower portion. Colonials and Capes these days mostly offer the walkout with the garage under.

Then there are the Ranch style homes, with one level living. They offer lots of room and a full basement. Having a garage below and all bedrooms upstairs is probably not bad, but logging the groceries up can be a pain. I once saw an upside down house where kitchen, living and dining rooms were upstairs and bedrooms downstairs. And one could enter the home downstairs too!

Split levels, are usually amongst the lowest priced single family homes. Lots of people finish the 1st level into a large living room. For many families, it's a way to get out of condo living and into a single family. In a raised ranch style home, in which one has to climb a full flight of stairs to get to the main level, you can avoid the moisture/seepage problems forever in areas that have a higher water table. 

Then you might love the Victorian and Colonial style homes. You can get such home plans and you can build a brand new one without the headaches of restoration plus cost.

Some new home aspirants want to know about basements. Does that space count toward the total living area of the house, even if the basement is finished?

To answer that, if the basement is finished with all the utilities available, it can be considered in the square footage of living space. It depends on the law of that state.

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Ashwin Architects is the name for Interior and Architectural Design Services. The firm commenced its operations to "bridge the divide" between the buildings spaces emerging in the urban setup, and the peoples' perception regarding that space. Attention to develop meaningful interface between people and their surroundings in an efficient manner, helps them to offer eco-friendly and contemporary designs for residential & commercial spaces.

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