Building your own home is an exciting, yet challenging endeavor. You can help eliminate some of the anxiety by selecting the right house plan for your needs, lifestyle and budget. The House Designers provide consumers and builders with over thousands of best-selling stock blueprints from small vacation cottages to magnificent mansions. All their construction drawings […]
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Participate in the WaterSense Campaign
As part of the EPA’s WaterSense new We’re for Water campaign they’re sending their “spokesgallon” Flo on a road trip across America that will go from Los Angeles to New York starting July 14th. She’ll stop at national landmarks in each city to educate people about water efficiency. You can follow her on Twitter and […]
New design packed with amenities
Every month we continue to add new house plans to our collection of over 5,000 best-selling stock house plans to meet the growing needs and styles of consumers looking to build their dream home. Some of the most popular home design features that consumers are looking for in their new house plan are green features […]
Small, Stylish & Green Home Plans
In honor of Earth Day, we have assembled a collection of small ENERGY STAR®/Green house plans, which are all designed with the same features and amenities of a much larger plan, but without the high cost to build and operate. Now is a great time to think about how green your home “really” is and […]
Go Green with ENERGY STAR® Home Plans
With Earth Day April 22, now is the perfect month to think about building your dream green home. We have taken the stress out of wondering if your house plan will meet the high level of green standards once it’s built by offering you our exclusive ENERGY STAR® approved house plans. And we mean EXCLUSIVE, […]
Top Traditional House Plans
Our collection of traditional house plans combine, architectural details from a variety of house styles from ranch to Mediterranean. You’ll find that all our plans feature familiar architectural styles presented in a modern and flexible floor plan to suit your needs and lifestyle. This week’s Dream Designs features some of our most popular traditional designs, […]
Money saving coupons and rebates
I hope you caught this week’s issue of Dream Savings from The House Designers, featuring money savings coupons and rebates from companies like Lumber Liquidators, Wayne-Dalton and a real interesting rebate called “Cash for Appliances†on select ENERGY STAR® products to help you save money on building your new home. If you missed the e-newsletter […]
Great ENERGY STAR® house plans
Our ENERGY STAR® and green home plans have all been selected from our best-selling collections and architectural styles, which include everything from tiny house plans, country home plans, fabulous kitchens to luxury one story and two story house plans. Our ENERGY STAR® house plans have a wide range of energy saving elements that can help […]
Companies utilizing Cash for Appliances
With consumers expected to spend millions of dollars on new refrigerators and dishwashers as part of the “Cash for Appliances” state-federal rebate program, manufactures like Whirlpool have busily been building an online tool to make it easier for consumers to apply for rebates. Whirlpool has launched a rebate finder tool for its Whirlpool, Maytag and […]
Editor’s Top 10 Green Products 2009
The editorial staff of The House Designers has spent several months working with their architects, designers and builders to find out what green building products they would recommend to consumers looking to build their dream home. Here is our list of Top 10 Green Home Building Products for 2009 based on performance, innovation and design: […]