Tips To Find the Perfect House Plan

Finding the perfect plan for your new home isn't always easy, but we have some suggestions on how to narrow down your search. First if you're going to be financing your new home talk to a local banker or mortgage company to find out how big of a loan you will qualify for. Second, consider your living needs and family lifestyle. Are you newly married? How many children do you have? Will there be room for your family to grow? Also, make the most of an open plan. If you need additional space and adding to the home's footprint is not an option based on your budget, finishing the basement can easily be done. Don't forget visitors! Will you need a space for overnight guests? How much entertaining do you plan to do?

If you're planning a retirement home, a ranch style home might fit well with you needs. Plan for plenty of entertaining space, as well as extra sleeping quarters for visiting children and grandchildren. Next, compare your existing home to your dream home. Look at room sizes and how you use them. Do they need to be bigger or do they have wasted space? Measure the furniture you plan to have in each room to see if the your furniture will fit within the dimensions.

Don't forget to think about privacy. How much will you need and where do you need it?  Do you want your home to have an open floor plan where everyone can mingle? Look at the location of your bedrooms, especially the master bedroom. If you are an early-to-bed-early-to-rise person and have overnight guests, is the bedroom far enough away from the main living area? Also, consider how much privacy you need from neighbors. An L or U shaped floor plan may be right for you.

The design doesn't stop at the walls. Consider your outdoor living space, including garages, pools, landscaping, gardens, decks, patios and porches for entertaining and enjoying the out doors. Outdoor space is equally important for patio door and window placement.

There are many house plans out there and its often hard to find one that meets all your needs. To gather ideas, check out our sister site, Davis Timber Frame to see their 40+  house plans! All of the plans can be easily modified and here at eSIPS, we can help you create a custom design. We suggest finding a couple floor plans that appeal to you and we can go from there to create the home you have always dreamed of!

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Gathering Ideas for Your New Home

Dreaming of building a new home someday, but not quite ready? It's never too early to start the planning process. In fact, making a list of what you like about your current home and what you would like to change is a great way to get started. We also recommend starting a folder where you can store pictures and ideas during your research. You never know what you might come across and tearing it out of a magazine and placing it in a folder is a great way to keep track of your ideas.

If you are into technology, Pinterest is a great way to gather ideas for your new home. Pinterest is a relatively new social network that focuses on pictures! Once you sign up for an account, you can start pinning photos to your account under custom folders called "boards." Pinterest has categories such as home decor, architecture, travel, fashion, etc. You can start saving photos to your own custom boards for decor ideas, products you like, design and architecture or even setup boards for certain rooms. Start pinning today!

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Choosing Energy Efficient Windows for Your Home

This eSIPS panelized home features Eagle Windows and Doors with a custom exterior color.

Here at eSIPS, we can offer you a full weather tight shell package for your new panelized home! We will supply you with the panelized wall and roof system, as well as windows, doors, roofing and siding. We pride ourselves on on offering quality and energy efficient products in our weather tight shell packages.

Today, we wanted to let you know more about the windows that we supply. Choosing a quality and energy efficient window is important for your new home. With the rising cost of energy, you want to make sure you choose a window that will perform for many years. Windows are the biggest source of heat loss in all homes, so investing in a high performing window is important. We offer two different window options, Andersen Windows and Eagle Window and Doors.

Eagle Windows is a premium brand of Andersen and offers an Energy Star aluminum clad exterior and wood interior windows (supply Douglas fir to match timbers!). Eagle Windows are high performance and offer Low-E4 glass™. Eagle also provides endless design options, in terms of sizes and colors! You can completely customize your windows and doors and choose from over 50 exterior colors and there is a wide selection of wood species for the interior or the window. Eagle Windows provides a high quality and high performance window that allows many different design options. Many window companies offer limited wood species for the interior as well as limited colors for the exterior.

This custom home features Eagle Windows with a bronze frame.

We also supply Andersen Windows and Doors. Andersen also features Low-E4 glass™ to maximize the performance of their windows. Low-E4 windows will help protect your home and furniture from ultraviolet light. This specialized glass also helps to control your home's temperature and will keep your home cool during the warmer months and warm during the cold months. Andersen also offers a variety of wood species for the interior portion of the window as well a basic color selections to choose from for the exterior of the window.

Both of our window options, Eagle and Andersen offer a quality and high performance window that will not disappoint. If you are looking for more customization options, especially in color choices than Eagle will provide you with exactly what you need. For those that are looking for basic colors, Andersen is a great window option!

To learn more about our panelized home packages, call us today at 1-800-636-0993!