Housing: Copy Cats, Design-Builds Set Bad Example

Housing: Copy Cats, Design-Builds Set Bad Example

Architectural Designer Plans for Change: Why Build a Home like Others, Build for Thee Your Own World

A person builds their new home bringing too much of their neighbours design and too little of their own. They drag after them the same kitchen layout, soon the same floor plan, finally the same house in entirety; and the home-owner who fully appreciates the advantages which they built their home to secure, feels themselves impelled to build again something new.

Registered designer Andrew E. feels it a waste of energy to plan a house hap-hazard, to hit-or-miss, an already distorted condition of building a home. So this partial solution of a new home for an individual, which will be truly individual, begins at the beginning and assumes a system of design that is deserved by the home-owner and creates a house that is a tribute to that owner.

Andrew, from Andrew E. Design, states “many Design-Build companies who claim to design your home usually do not have any formal design training within their company, this leads to designs being copied from previous clients and even taken from design magazines or standard design packages.” The result, Andrew includes, “is a negative effect on your new home making it the same as one or even many of the other houses in the area.”

Andrew’s solution to “copy cat” housing is a system of design which originates from the individual and creates a monument to that individual. It is also important to note that a design can not be copied without the consent of the designer. This is why Design implements a one-of-a-kind design philosophy, ensuring once your design is finalized it will not be given to any future client for reproduction.

Speaking with a professional Designer or a professional Architect is the first step that should be taken to ensure a design which will fully incorporate your needs and beliefs as an individual.