Avid A Vision In Design

AVID Home Studios has developed a set of residential house plans that impact many green construction programs. These plans, known as the A-Value Specialty Package, are created by analyzing a standard set of floor plans for maximum material and labor efficiency. Once the analysis is complete, a new set of plans is created showing how to cut and install each major framing, flooring, wall and roofing component. Home builders use the A-Value plan set to build more energy efficient homes with less materials and labor costs.
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This entry was posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 9:31 am and is filed under Green.
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To build a new home, builders need home plans. Today, professional home design firms like AVID Home Studios use sophisticated web sites to help builders find the perfect home plan. Home design services have expanded far beyond the traditional architect and anyone with a web browser can purchase a plan from a number of e-commerce warehouses. But, most people are unaware of strict copyright laws that protect the intellectual rights of these home designs and the penalties that go with them. Not understanding the license restrictions of a purchased home plan may come back to haunt the builder with severe consequences.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 11:25 am and is filed under House Plans.
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Packed with great information about what makes a good home plan.  More than 20 illustrations and easy to follow narrative.  Get the details on why so many online home plans look good online, but don’t work so well at the job site.   Click here to read the document: 10 Things You Should Know Before You Buy a Home Plan

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 3:59 pm and is filed under House Plans.
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By Scott Lee McElyea

I know it might seem a little unusual for a designer to bring up family dynamics, but I believe the home plan can actually affect the way the family interacts with each other. I believe that this effect is multiplied when children are living in the house. Today, so many working people are being pressured to work longer hours, travel more, and bring their work home, making it possible to go multiple days without even seeing children living in the same house. (more…)

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This entry was posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 12:05 pm and is filed under House Plans.
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By Scott Lee McElyea

Here lately, most of us are looking for ways to cut costs in many different ways. Many of us experienced great finical growth that is now being followed by a large down turn. A large amount of people are in houses that were with-in their budget before but now it is not a practical house plan and is looking to down size. Don’t worry; living in a smaller house can be a wonderful change of pace to those who are leaving a house that was as bigger than they actually needed before. (more…)

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This entry was posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 11:29 am and is filed under House Plans.
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