Home-Plan Sources Cater To Buyer Interests
There are literally dozens of sources for home plans.
Prices of the “books,” actually magazines or bound catalogs, range from about $3 to $20 or more. Some are available on newsstands only.
Buyers with special interests should inquire whether a given plan firm also offers “niche” books, such as designs for vacation homes or houses for narrow lots.
Here are a few plan firms, several of whose plans also are offered through shelter magazines:
Home Planners Inc., 3275 W. Ina Rd., Suite 110, Tucson, AZ 85741; (800) 322-6797; general- and special-interest publications.
Design Basics, 11112 John Galt Blvd., Omaha, NE 68137-2384; (800) 401-4020; publishes Gold Seal Home Plans series.
HomeStyles Plan Service, P.O. Box 50670, Minneapolis, MN 58405-0670; (800) 547-5570; general- and special-interest publications.
Garlinghouse Co., P.O. Box 1717, Middletown, CT 06450; (800) 235-5700; general- and specialinterest publications.
Donald A. Gardner Architects Inc., P.O. Box 16045, Greenville SC 29606; (800) 388-7580.
Deltec, 604 College St., Asheville, NC 28801; (800) 233-5832; round houses.
Geodesic Domes Inc., 10290 Davison Road, Davison, MI 48423; (800) 854-9977; custom dome homes.
Lindal Cedar Homes, P.O. Box 24426, Seattle, WA 98124; (800) 426-0536.
Magazines that feature home plans or have special home-plan issues include:
Southern Living, P.O. Box 830349, Birmingham, AL 35283-0349; (800) 755-1122; publishes Southern Living Plans quarterly, and features a home plan each month in Southern Living magazine.
Old-House Journal, 2 Main St., Gloucester, MA 01930; (508) 281-8803; features house plans in its monthly magazine, plus an annual guide to its house plans.
Hachette Publications, 1633 Broadway, 45th floor, New York, NY 10019; (800) 526-4667; publishes plans in Home magazine each month, publishes BestSelling Home Plans from Home Magazine monthly, and publishes Women’s Day Favorite House Plans four times a year.
Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications publishes Home Plan Ideas magazine, a quarterly sold on newsstands only; no subscriptions; (515) 284-2584.
Country Living Dream Homes is published annually (newsstands only; no subscriptions) by Hearst Publications; Country Living magazine features home plans each month; for information on the monthly, (800) 888-0128.
In addition, you should check shelter magazines’ ads and syndicated newspaper design features for more sources.
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