People often ask if a house plan comes with a material list. Some designers have material lists for their plans and some designers don’t. If they do, this is only an estimation of what is needed. Many times during the building process, homeowners make changes in what materials are going to be used. Sometimes this is unforeseen. Most often material lists are an extra cost in addition to home plan sets and are often not needed. All building supply companies where you would buy you’re framing and truss packages, etc. figure what materials you need by looking at your house plans. There is almost never a fee for this. Again, check with your local professionals. It is part of their job. That’s why most customers order at least four sets of their plans, so they can pass them out to the subcontractors to figure materials needed for the job (electricians, plumbers, HVAC, framers, etc). A material list can be helpful at times but is not a necessity.

Most of our country house plans can be reversed. Some designers can only do a mirror reverse where the plan is printed in reverse but the writing is backwards like it would be if you read something looking into a mirror. There is usually a fee for mirror reverse however, the fee does vary depending on the designer. A right-reading reverse or true reverse is where the house plan is reversed and all of the writing is reversed also so that you can read it properly. If the designer can do this it is better than mirror reverse but does cost more. Again the fee does vary among the designers. Be advised that some local building departments may not accept a mirrored version of the house floor plan.