All of us at Associated Designs would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support, and to wish you and your loved ones – HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
If you ever find our plans for less on another site, we will not only match that price, we’ll give you another 10% off! GURANTEED! Plus, you’ll have the benefit of purchasing your plans direct from the source that designed and created the blueprints. That means you receive the best customer service from the knowledgeable staff who are most familiar with the plans. We can answer your questions directly and immediately, not only with the initial purchase, but during the construction process as well.
The Longview plan is a recently released design that has climbed to the top of the best selling list for October. This shingle-style beach house features a covered patio that wraps around two sides of the home, a great room, mud room, and a luxurious owners’ suite. The Longview is a modification of our Cedar View plan designed by Tim Thompson, a member of Associated Designs staff.
Fall is here! Now is the time to start planning that new construction project for next spring. Crazy you say?! Not really, a well planned home takes time. Whether you are starting from scratch with a custom design or modifying one of our many existing designs, giving yourself the time to consider all the elements without the constraints of impending deadlines will be an asset to the completed project!
We’re here to help you get started in the process. Our catalog currently features over 550 house plans in a variety of styles and sizes and is available for $15.00. You can also search through our inventory of available designs on our website www.AssociatedDesigns.com. It’s a good thing to check our website often as new plans are added regularly.
If starting from scratch and creating your own unique design is more of what you have in mind, we can do that too! Gather up your sketches, photos, and magazines you’ve been collecting and we can set into motion creating the home of your dreams!
Photos! The response to our request for photos of completed designs has been good. You’ll begin to see some of the artwork on our site replaced with photos. Photo’s showing designs under construction and such can also be viewed on the home plan blog. Do you have photos of one of our designs constructed? Email them to to blog@associateddesigns.com and you’ll be entered into a January drawing for a $200 rebate on your construction drawing package.
Material Lists! Need a material list? We can get one for you. Call for cost and availability.
To help start planning for next year, from now through November 15th, our Home Plan Collection is available for $5 (essentially the cost of shipping!). Just use promotion code CA1011 when placing your order online.
Construction is complete on the Camas house plan we’ve been following on the home plan blog. The clients have moved into their home over the 4th of July weekend. We invite you to take the photo tour of the completed home.
This young couple took advantage of the first time homeowner tax rebate to make their dreams happen. It’s not to late to take advantage of that!
Our blog also features a photo tour of our Ottawa 30-601 house plan courtesy of KLS Construction. This ranch-style cabin home is nestled in the scenic McKenzie River Valley of Oregon.
We feature the most comprehensive price guarantee in the industry. We not only match the lowest price, but we will give you an additional 10% off the plan package purchase. You won’t find that guarantee anywhere else!
If you’re looking to build a new home and would like to take advantage of the best talent in a competitive market, now may be the best time to act. Sales of newly built single-family homes rose 11 percent in June, according to U.S. Commerce Department numbers, which marks a third consecutive month of improved sales activity. The Commerce Department also reported nationwide housing starts and permits posted substantial gains in June. Both signs that the housing market is starting to pick up and the best building environment in over a decade may be passing you by.
Recent market surveys have indicated that people are looking for smaller more efficient floor plans. We have over 300 home plans on our site that are less than 2000 square feet. A new home built with today’s energy efficient standards and environmentally friendly products and construction techniques will contribute to your and the planets well being for years to come.
Purchase any construction drawing package through September 15 and take 10% off. Use promotion code 08CD02 when placing your order.
The advantages of homeownership don’t just benefit individuals homeowners; it also has a positive impact on your community and country as well. In recognition of the incredible rewards of homeownership Associated Designs is celebrating National Homeownership Month throughout the month of June.
There is no better time to take advantage of the benefits of homeownership - interest rates are at 40-year record lows, home prices are more affordable, there is a great selection of homes and building lots on the market to choose from, and first-time home buyers can benefit from an $8,000 tax credit.
To find the answers to your questions on how to make homeownership a reality for you, contact the your local chapter of the Home Builders Association or visit one of these websites:
National Association of Home Builders/Consumer
HUD FHA Celebrates Homeownership
National Association of Realtors
To help celebrate we are offering one of our best deals ever! Purchase reproducible masters or electronic files and receive any “minimum revision” free. Up to a $780 value. You can customize the plans to your exact specifications. Need a basement plan, slab foundation, or crawl space? Want to redesign the kitchen or master bath? How about adding a fireplace? These revisions and more can usually be completed with our minimum revision service. Key to getting started is pick a plan. Visit our website and then give us a call. We’ll have one of our expert designers help you with your changes.
We asked for photos, and we were fortunate to receive photos. In fact, it’s our biggest photo tour on our blog of a completed house plan yet! We invite you to tour through the completed Arborgate house plan constructed by Weston Booher of Booher Builders. This home sits in a beautiful scenic valley just outside of Springfield, Oregon. We’re thrilled that our clients wanted to share their beautiful home.
The Camas plan under construction, featured on the blog, is now in the finishing stages. Trim work, doors, cabinets, and painting. We’ll have new photos coming as soon as the paint dries! Everything is on track for the clients to move in by the end of this month!
If you have photos of your home under construction or completed, we’d love to see and profile them! You can email your photos to blog@associateddesigns.com. If we use your photos, be assured we’ll protect your privacy and property address.
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First our apologies! Yesterday’s distribution of our Home Design newsletter was a result of a programming error caused by a recent change of our website host and email server. This caused the newsletter to be distributed in an unreadable format. Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience.
The results are in! The Heartville is Associated Designs 2009 Home from the Heart Survey plan. This year ranch-style reigned. Green building features with advanced insulation also topped the list. Great rooms favored over formal living spaces. The desire for fireplaces and woodstoves continue to decline, close to 100% from the results 10 years ago. We appreciate everyone who participated in this annual tradition.
As mentioned last month, we are privileged to profile the construction of the Camas design. This is the first home for our clients who are really enjoying the process and working with their contractor from Gansen Construction. Each week we post photographs of the progress made on the home plan blog, and the home is going up fast!
If you have constructed or are working on completing one of our home plans, we’d love to profile your project as well. Simply email your photographs to blog@associateddesigns.com. Check out the “Completed Home Plans” on the blog. We’ve featured photos of homes completed by Steven W. Johnson Construction, Regal Custom Homes, Castro Construction, and we’d love to profile yours too.
Find a house plan that’s close, but need a few changes made? That’s no problem! We provide free modification quotes. The process is easy too. Either call, email, or mail us with your ideas and/or sketches and speak with one of our designers. There is always a designer available 9-5 pacific time, Monday - Friday and you can call toll free at (800) 634-0123. They’ll discuss and review your changes, and provide you with a firm quote and time frame to complete the project. Our design staff have worked with hundreds of folks across the country create the perfect home. We’d love the opportunity to help you with your home plan dreams!
We’ve increased purchasing options of our construction drawing packages. We now have a 5 set construction drawing package available as well as PDF master construction drawing files via email. With the PDF option you will find you not only save shipping costs, but you will have your construction drawings the same or by next business day.
Receive 20% off any 5 set, 8 set, Reproducible Masters, or Electronic File package when placing your order online. Use promotion code CD592 when placing your order.
We are very pleased to have our first blog post following the course of construction of one of our house plans. A modified version of the Camas design is under construction in the near by community of Junction City by Gansen Construction. This project received permit just last week and building has begun. Watch this home progress, from start to finish!
This months featured plan the Glenview, has photos of the completed design on the home plan blog too. This home was built on the beautiful Oregon coast.
If you are building or have built one of our house plans we’d love to feature your photos too! Simply email the photos and any comments about your home or the process to blog@associateddesigns.com.
Spring is officially here, time to get building! From now through May 15th take 15% off construction drawing packages using promotion code ACD15.
If you haven’t done so already, here’s your last chance to participate in our annual “Home from the Heart” survey. The 2009 Home from the Heart Survey tally will close by the end of the week and we’ll begin compiling the results and for release of this year’s “Home from the Heart”.
Spring is right around the corner! Time to select your new house plans and get started. Now is really a good time to build a home. Quality contractors are more available, and good prices offered on finishes and fixtures. A good start is of course a quality set of construction plans and we’re here to help whether it’s custom design, pre-designed home plans, or plan modification services.
This month the featured plans include the Strathmore a comfortable and welcoming Bungalow style ranch house with an open floor plan. The Belle Vista is a luxurious estate-sized Mediterranean style design. You’ll find contemporary living within the walls of the Windsor’s Craftsman ranch style facade. Hexagon house designs allow you to take in all your view has to offer and the McKinley is one of many that we have available on our site. There’s a hexagon style plan to suite about every exterior flavor and style. To view our current hexagon style designs click here.
This month’s special promotion:
This month special promotions are free ground shipping throughout the Continental US on any construction package purchase with promotion code FS0309. Upgrade an 8 set construction drawing package to PDF electronic format for no additional cost. You’ll have to call us at 800-634-0123 M-F 9-5 Pacific Time to request this upgrade special.
It’s time for you to participate in our annual “Home from the Heart” survey. If you’ve ever considered designing the home that’s in your heart, here’s your chance. The 2009 Home from the Heart Survey makes it fun and easy.
You and other readers are the true experts when it comes to what contemporary families really want. Some like a formal dining or living room, while others would fill that space with a home office and exercise room. For others, a great room open to the kitchen is the only gathering space they need. With ecological awareness on the rise, many more families are considering “green building” techniques and projects. But what do most people actually want?
Once we have compiled the responses, we will design a home based on the preferences that emerge. That home will be ready for publication in approximately three months. Last year resulted in the Heartington 10-550, a stately ranch style home.
Best Selling home plans for 2008
Our site has been updated to reflect the most popular plans for 2008. This is another way to watch the trends. We have consistent favorites such as the Arden, Palermo, Carrington, and the Tillamook. We’ve also seen a few come back such as the Winchester and the Kingsley. Of course, new designs have emerged. Plans such as the Stratford, Brightwood, and the Saddlebrook. For the first time a craftsman style garage plan is also included with the Best of 2008.
The first few weeks of January have shown a substantial increase in calls, visits to our website and plan orders. It seems that folks are feeling the sense of relief and optimism that the New Year can bring.
Our focus at Associated Designs is to provide customer service that exceeds your expectations. During office hours you can count having your call answered by a friendly voice who will help you with your questions or connect you with the person can. If an occasional call makes it to our voicemail system, your call is returned promptly. We strive to process orders by the next business day, and provide tracking information on all construction drawing orders.
In 2009 we plan to continue making improvements to our website and home plan blog. We are working to create incentive and buyers programs, a builder directory, and the continued “Greening” of our home designs and business practice.
This month’s featured plans are a good example of the variety to be found on our website. The Prichard is old-fashioned simplicity of a ranch style house plan perfect for a starter home or for empty nesters. The Viewcrest is designed for a sloped lot with plenty of elbow space and the Cascade would make a comfortable vacation retreat; both designs are well suited to take in a view. The Fairfield is a classic Craftsman style bungalow design with a detached garage.
Purchase any construction drawing package through February 15th and take 20% off. Use promotion code 09CD01 when placing your order. Don’t forget Associated Designs has a lowest price guarantee. Find our plan on another website for less and we will not only match the price, we will take an additional 10% of the plan purchase price.
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