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- Welcome to the Homebuilding & Renovating Design Your Dream Home CD Rom. This CD
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- Rom is designed to offer you every tool you need to help you design your home, from
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- concept to completion.
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- The main focus of this product is to get you thinking creatively and practically about the
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- space you want to live in and to help you achieve that vital balance between a visually
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- appealing and exciting structure and the practicality of a home that will suit you and your
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- family's needs.
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- To help you work through the vast content of this CD Rom we have divided the information
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- into main sections to guide you through everything from working out your budget to choosing
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- an architect and planning your kitchen and bathroom.
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- As you travel through the CD Rom you will be able to save information you feel will be
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- relevant to your project in your own personal, Design Folder which you can then take to your
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- Architect or Designer.
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- The first stage in the process of is to work through the Tutorial Section. This section of the
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- site - written by Architect and House Designer George Baxter will guide you through the
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- elements of creating your design. Subjects include: The Advantages of Good Design and
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- Analysing your Requirements to Designing in Practice and How Planning and Building
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- Regulations will affect your end result. In this section you will also find editorial features from
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- Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine that we feel will be of most use to you at this stage of
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- your project.
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- Next you will move on to the House Plans section of the CD Rom. Here you will find over
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- 800 house plan designs complete with elevations, provided by a variety of home designers
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- working in the UK today, including full contact information. Within this section you will also
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- be given the opportunity to work with our sponsor's 3D Software package which will
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- effectively bring these plans to life.
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- The ArCon+ 5 CD is a professional product used by Architects, Builders and Self-Builders.
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- With ArCon+ 5 you can design your own property and visualise this as a 3D model. You can
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- also furnish your house and complete the decoration with carpet, wall tiles and floor tiles
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- using your own scans or supplied textures.
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- At any stage you can walk through your design, examining features that are not apparent in
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- your 2D plan. You are also supplied with brick and tile textures allowing you try out different
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- colours and brick types. Additional brick textures can be acquired from most brick and tile
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- manufacturers web sites.
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- The copy of ArCon+ 5 is fully functional for 30 days after installation. Beyond 30 days, the
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- program will revert to a 'Read only mode', but you can still make good use of the product by
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- downloading 'Readers projects' from the Homebuilding and Renovating website. If you wish
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- to continue to use the full features of ArCon+ 5, please see the special offer that Home
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- Building & Renovating Magazine has reserved for its readers.
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- Although this is a professional product, that produces professional results, you will find that it
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- is simple to use. Just follow the easy to understand tutorial that is also supplied on this CD.
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- At this stage you can take a look at our feature about planning your build to include a
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- basement - making the most of that essential extra storey.
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- Now that you have a better idea of the type of house you are looking to design, it's down to
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- practicalities with the Beginner's Guide to Self-build, which includes our Build Cost
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- Estimator. Use the Estimator in conjunction with the Beginner's Guide to help you plan your
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- project. The Beginner's Guide will give you tips and advice on deciding Who Should
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- Manage Your Project, Raising Money, How to Estimate Your Build Costs, How to Get
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- Planning Permission and a useful Step-by-Step Self-build Schedule.
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- You will also find included a Guide to Stage Payment Mortgages for Self-builders and a
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- Mortgage Cost Calculator.
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- Now that you have your project estimated and have an idea of the house you want to build
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- you will need to source the contacts who can turn you dream into a reality. The Design Your
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- Dream Home Contact Book contains details of thousands of companies and products
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- divided into easy to find sections.
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- The Contact Book will give you the opportunity to save the contacts of your choice into your
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- Design Folder, to help keep your project notes all together. From Architects and Designers,
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- Mortgage and Insurance Providers to Timber Frame and Brick and Block Manufacturers and
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- Kitchen and Bathroom Suppliers you will find the companies you will need to move your
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- design forward.
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- On this CD you will also find downloadable copies of technical literature provided by a
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- selection of companies for even greater depth of information.
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- Remember that at any stage of your visit through the CD Rom you can click onto the Home
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- page to take you back to the contents for an overview of the information available to you.
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- And don't forget to fill in your unique CD Rom number from the link on the Homepage to see
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- if you are one of our lucky winners - details of how to claim your prize can be also be found
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- by following the link on the Homepage…Good Luck.
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- Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine is available every month with valuable advice on all
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- stages of building, renovating or converting your own home. Including inspiring and practical
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- advice from Reader's own homes. You can also find further information by visiting
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- www.homebuilding.co.uk