Harlie
I’m Harlie, Associated Designs new office dog. I’m a 7 week old Chocolate Labrador and I’m really sweet.
I’m eyeing my new dream home, the Timerberfield. This house features a built in kennel with an accessible outdoor dog run, perfect! Associated Designs even does plan modifications, they can add the same feature to just about any house plan.
If you’re ever in the neighborhood, stop by! I love people!
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We have new house plan purchasing options available through Associated Designs!
You can now purchase a 5 set construction drawing package or opt to have a PDF master emailed. Both packages offer the advantage of less resources used, which add up to time and money savings to you, the customer! Package pricing is determined on living square footage of the home and can be found on the website’s individual plan detail page.
Regardless of the package you choose, Associated Designs guarantees that if you find our house plans anywhere for less, we’ll not only match the price, but we’ll take give you an additional 10% off. That’s our 110% Guarantee!
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(click image to view plan details)
When the Associated Designs staff tallied the results of our 2009 Home from the Heart Survey, it wasn’t surprising to find that families wanted to spend about $30,000 less than last year for about the same square footage. Money is tight, but dreaming hasn’t downsized.
Several months ago, Associated Designs asked our readers to choose the features and layout they envisioned in their ideal home. Readers like you from all over the United States and Canada took part in our 2009 Home from the Heart Survey. Now that the survey results have been tallied, we’re ready to share what we’ve learned. Taking it a step further, we’ve designed the Heartville, a home based on the survey results.
When it comes to exteriors, the ranch style home is nearly three times as popular as its closest competitor. About half want a one-story home between 1800 and 2600 square feet with a basement.
Across the board, people want more green building features, with advanced insulation topping the list. “Good insulation is very, very important,” noted a woman from Utah. More than 40% want heat pumps, water efficiency, energy efficient design, advanced framing and increased use of recycled materials.
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We hope 2009 brings you health, happiness & peace!
From all of us at Associated Designs -
Rick, Debbie, Tim, Kelly & Jessica
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While we will miss the sentimental value of our good old blueprint machine, the fact is it was not very friendly when it came to the environment. The chemically treated paper was not recyclable and the ammonia based development process was smelly.
With the addition of a new large format digital printer we now print on paper that is 100% recyclable. We are even starting with recycled paper which uses 30% post consumer fiber, is SFI (sustainable forestry initiative) certified and is acid free. The new printer is also a copier and scanner, so if you need copies up to 36″ wide and 500′ long we can do that. We can also scan and create electronic files of your plans.
In addition to greening up our printing process we are working on switching to a digital plan development process, which will substantially reduce paper consumption within our office. Most of our clients now are reviewing the early preliminary plans via email. (It’s still a good idea to review the final stages of the design development using large format, scaled prints.)
Also, a number of the companies that are involved in the plan development are joining the “paperless” process. Engineers, truss manufactures, lumber yards, and a ever expanding number of contractors and trades people are now receiving plans electronically.
We welcome any ideas as to how we can continue to work toward being the most environmentally friendly design firm we can be.
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We are very excited that our website has a fresh new look!
The new site is more user friendly with double the number of search criteria in the advance search, the ability to view side and rear elevations, and many more new features.
One unique new feature is our “Spin-Off Plans” button. This differs from the “Similar Plans” button in that it only shows the plans that are a revision of the plan you are viewing.
Newspaper publishers now have the ability to create a custom schedule based on plans they want to feature. A publication running a feature on cabins, for instance, can now get column materials for any available cabin design right online!
Since we have added more criteria to our search options, we are still feverishly entering the elevation views and additional data. If you happen across a plan that does not feature side or rear elevations, give us a quick call or email; we’ll get it entered for you!
Check out our new website and let us know what you think. We’d love to hear your feedback! Post your comments here on our blog!
Visit the new site here: Associated Designs or click the AssociatedDesigns.com button on the side bar.
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(to view photos from the Street of Dreams click photo and then to Tour of Homes)
We are excited and honored to have our Pacifica 30-686 (aka The Summit) design featured on this year’s Portland Oregon Street of Dreams. Built by Westlake Development on Mt. Scott in Portland Oregon, this house plan captured the amazing views that the hillside building lot had to offer.
Westlake’s Gerald Rowlett said the feedback from visitors of this years’ tour was very positive. Comments heard from visitors were ”I could see myself living in this house”, “A home I could kick my feet up in”, and “comfortable, livable home”. People really appreciated the way the home captured the view also saying how much they loved tub in the owners’ suite, “I’d never leave that bathtub”, said one person.
The front entrance was serene and inviting, featuring 3 waterfalls that flowed beneath the walkway to a pond nestled between the garage and porch area. Pro Landscaping of Oregon won the Realtors choice “Best Landscaping” for this years tour!
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Those of you who have been following the progress of the Bailey 30-262 and the Adkins 30-197 can now view photos of the finished house. Both of these house plans were constructed by Steven W Johnson Construction of Eugene, Oregon.
To view the blogroll on the Bailey 30-262 click here.
To view the blogroll on the Adkins 30-197 click here.
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From now until August 15th, all Garage Plan packages are 15% off AND free ground shipping to anywhere in the Continental United States!! Just use promotional code FSGP08 when placing your order. To view all of our garage plans click here.
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The Home Builders Association of Lane County has constructed the Tazewell 30-477 house plan to showcase on the Tour of Homes held July 26th through August 3rd. Associated Designs has donated design services for the HBA PAC house for 9 years. This year’s HBA PAC house will highlight the use of green building techniques.
To view an article on construction of this years PAC house from On the Level, the June 2008 Newsletter of the Home Builders Association of Lane County click: hba-home-article.pdf
To view plan details of the Tazewell 30-477 click here. To view photos of this house’s progress, view comments.
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