Demo / Rebuild House Plans

[Andrej Petrovski]

Looking to do my first demo / new build onsite. Wondering if most people work with a local architect to design a house plan, or order from the many online home plan retailers? The online route seems to be way more economically friendly. 

Thoughts and input? 

Thanks!

[Travis Lloyd]

Talk to your builder... if you want to keep it economical, and you're using a builder who has been active in the area (hopefully you are), then they will have a few plans and/or architects that they have already been working with. You can take one of their more common "builds" and make a few little changes here and there (move interior doors, non load bearing walls, the simple stuff) so that its not a total cookie cutter. And your builder along with all of his subs will already have the pricing down. Less guess work = less built in oops factor. Good luck!