OFFGRID HOUSE PLANS
THE DESIGN PHASE
For our offgrid house plans, I bought a computer program to help with the design. I needed to learn how to use the program which took me a little while. Then I needed to modify everything because most programs like this were for stick built homes.
The only part of the program that I really had difficulty with was the roof design. But that was because I didn't understand the different styles of roofs.
I designed and redesigned and redesigned for about a year. The computer program allowed me a way of arranging furniture, sizes and number of the rooms and their location. I originally wanted pariput walls but Ron was concerned about water leakage if we did not get the slopes correct. So we changed the roof to a shed roof.
I was glad to have this program and the time to make changes as my circumstances were changing at that time.
This is the CAD design that I made from the computer program that I used.
This is the actual front of our house minus the battery storage room.
July 26, 2007-Courtesy of History.com-These pictures are from a Spanish Colonial living historical museum named Rancho De Las Golondrinas in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
The 3 D view of the floor plan allowed me to move or take down walls, doors, windows, and furniture. I did not use the outer landscape part of the design.
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