This house design is offered through Cottage Living magazine, and you can get construction plans for it at a very reasonable cost at the click of a mouse. It's a solid design, very nicely done; I wouldn't mind living in such a place!
So why use an architect or home designer at all when good stuff like this is available already done and ready to go?
I don't want to denigrate ready-made plans. This option could positively be the way for you to go, assuming you can find just what you want.
But there's the rub--finding just what you want. If you hire your own designer, you can work with him or her from the start to get exactly what you want in the end.
Even if you find a ready-made plan that you love stylistically, and which is about the right size, what about that extra storage space you might want? What about that one room you don't need? Maybe there is something about the style itself you want modified, perhaps to cut down on costs.
How will a ready-made plan fit your building site? Chances are it will not take full advantage of views and sunlight and other specific factors.
At a certain point, making modifications to a ready-made plan becomes almost as involved as starting from scratch with a designer; and modifying can be more subject to mistakes and problems than a simple linear design process from the ground up.
Working with a residential designer will take longer and may cost more than using ready-made plans, but if you find the right designer, your result is likely to be a lot more satisfying.
And we're not talking here about building a garden shed, but the place you will be living out your life for the days to come--your home! You deserve to have it designed just for you.
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