We specialize in designing homes & additions for homeowners, creating home plans you can understand, supporting you throughout the design and building process. The video below is a quick explanation and video tour of addition for an in-laws suite or a master suite addition in an easy to understand format. Custom house design and addition design for homeowners is our forte.
Creating custom home designs for homeowners and watching them come to life is our passion! Our clients typically call us residential architects creating architectural custom house designs. We show, explain, and educate, alleviating your fear regarding the unknowns of having your custom home designed and built. We are your best advocate throughout the design and building process answering your questions and giving guidance in every stage of designing and building your new house or addition.
Our job starts when you walk through our door, and only finishes when you walk through yours. Seeing is Believing. Our state of the art computer generated images and videos allow you to live in your custom home before you live in your house.
Creating custom home designs for homeowners and watching them come to life is our passion! Our clients typically call us residential architects creating architectural custom house designs. We show, explain, and educate, alleviating your fear regarding the unknowns of having your custom home designed and built. We are your best advocate throughout the design and building process answering your questions and giving guidance in every stage of designing and building your new house or addition.
Our job starts when you walk through our door, and only finishes when you walk through yours. Seeing is Believing. Our state of the art computer generated images and videos allow you to live in your custom home before you live in your house.
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3. We are your reliable source for needed information on your project.
Whether it is a question from the builder or anyone else involved in your home design we will have or find the required answer.
IE: If someone states that can't be done.
Call 1-800 Ken for the real solution.
4. Our home design video updates, online meetings, and 3d presentations will keep you informed and updated.
We provide the structural coordination for all of the i-joist and truss in your home to be sure they match our design layouts.
Whether it is a question from the builder or anyone else involved in your home design we will have or find the required answer.
IE: If someone states that can't be done.
Call 1-800 Ken for the real solution.
4. Our home design video updates, online meetings, and 3d presentations will keep you informed and updated.
We provide the structural coordination for all of the i-joist and truss in your home to be sure they match our design layouts.
About Us
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The Design Guy is our new easy to remember branding name.
While we used SD & D Designs for over twenty years, the name did not reflect our us in the manner we needed.
We are using the latest in 3d cad technology creating videos of your project and use online meetings to save your valuable time after our initial meeting.
We specialize in 3d residential design for new construction, remodeling and additions.
Ken Latham, CPBD, owner of The Design Guy has achieved the credentials of Certified Professional Building Designer and has over 20 years experience in the building industry.
While we used SD & D Designs for over twenty years, the name did not reflect our us in the manner we needed.
We are using the latest in 3d cad technology creating videos of your project and use online meetings to save your valuable time after our initial meeting.
We specialize in 3d residential design for new construction, remodeling and additions.
Ken Latham, CPBD, owner of The Design Guy has achieved the credentials of Certified Professional Building Designer and has over 20 years experience in the building industry.
Additions Where To Start, We Have The Answers
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Many of our clients know about what they want in their addition but are not sure where to start.
Our specialty is advising homeowners of choices and ideas they would never have thought of to include in the design and informing you if we see problem areas or ways to improve the project.
Heres a quick overview of our home addition design process.
We start with a telephone conversation, checking to see your needs and budget.
Then we can compare to other homes in your neighborhood to see if adding to your home makes financial sense.
Our specialty is advising homeowners of choices and ideas they would never have thought of to include in the design and informing you if we see problem areas or ways to improve the project.
Heres a quick overview of our home addition design process.
We start with a telephone conversation, checking to see your needs and budget.
Then we can compare to other homes in your neighborhood to see if adding to your home makes financial sense.
Clarity In Design
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The Design Guy believes that clarity is the single most crucial potion of design.
With clarity in the design process, we can deliver to you the peace of mind in understanding how your home will function, how much it will cost to build, what your home will look like and much more.
We begin with a meeting in-person or online.
During this initial meeting, we discuss your project, understand your goals and manage your expectations.
We review your budget and how best to move forward in the most professional and timely way.
With clarity in the design process, we can deliver to you the peace of mind in understanding how your home will function, how much it will cost to build, what your home will look like and much more.
We begin with a meeting in-person or online.
During this initial meeting, we discuss your project, understand your goals and manage your expectations.
We review your budget and how best to move forward in the most professional and timely way.
The Plan Gamble
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In past years Henrico County in Virginia rejected 75% of plans submitted for a building permit and Chesterfield County follows closely behind.
The high rejection rate indicates a lack of knowledge of codes and/or attention to detail.
We average 98.5% pass rate on the 1st submittal, saving you time, money, and unnecessary stressful trips to the inspections department.
Internet plans are flawed or unbuildable within today's code at an astounding rate so why take the gamble.
You don't know where the home was designed to be built, maybe Virginia or it could be Alaska with very heavy snow loads.
The high rejection rate indicates a lack of knowledge of codes and/or attention to detail.
We average 98.5% pass rate on the 1st submittal, saving you time, money, and unnecessary stressful trips to the inspections department.
Internet plans are flawed or unbuildable within today's code at an astounding rate so why take the gamble.
You don't know where the home was designed to be built, maybe Virginia or it could be Alaska with very heavy snow loads.
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