Introduction to Plan At HOME
Welcome to the first issue of the Plan At HOME newsletter.
This newsletter is for those thinking about HOME projects, including:
Remodeling projects of one room or a number of rooms
Additions to your HOME
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU)
Complete New HOME Projects
Plan At HOME can help you organize and help guide your HOME project for increased efficiency, effectiveness, and success — from the comfort and convenience of your HOME.
Our newsletters will include tips and information that you’ll be glad to know BEFORE you begin your project. Knowledge that can save you time, and help you avoid surprises, delays, frustration and increased costs of your HOME Project.
Plan At HOME will be your best starting point for your HOME Projects, to help your bring your thoughts and dreams into reality.
We’ll be covering topics, including: Kitchen Remodeling, Bath Remodeling, Home Offices, Home Additions, as well as how to begin Master Planning an entire new HOME Project.
We’ll be including information about product selection, material selection, guides as to how to evaluate and select appliances, as well as introducing new ideas, concepts and products for your consideration.
There will even be a library section of books and magazines about HOME projects. You’ll also have the ability to view and purchase/order products related to Plan At HOME articles topics.
In the first newsletter we include articles - About A Healthy Home and About Air Quality at Home that address pre-Covid and post-Covid issues about Health and Air Quality in the home and what things you should also be considering for your HOME Project in addition to the design and look of the spaces.
While Health is often an overlooked or secondary aspect of planning a HOME Project, recent developments with the COVID pandemic have moved these issues to the top of the list you should be considering in your HOME project — from the very beginning of your HOME Project along with the visual aspects of your HOME Project and your project costs and budget.
In future issues of the Plan At HOME newsletter we will be including information about:
Master Planning Your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be presenting information about where to begin and how to proceed with your HOME Project.
The Design of Your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be providing information regarding the look of your HOME Project Design so that you are familiar with the possibilities BEFORE you begin your HOME Project. From identifying what you like, to understanding how this gets incorporated into your HOME Project. This includes your own ideas, working with designers and how the interior design look of your project relates to the space layouts you need to accommodate the functional areas you wish to have in your home project.
Furnishing Your HOME Project -
Furnishing of your home from tables and chairs to couches and coffee tables to beds and dressers should all be part of your HOME Project from the beginning. Plan At HOME will be providing information about planning the furnishing of your home as you plan your HOME Project design.
Budget / Planning for Your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will help you get a handle on there range of what things cost and how to realistically plan and budget for the costs of your HOME Project, including how to understand and set priorities, and communicate your perspective on those issues to designers and contractors.
Schedule / Planning for Your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will gain awareness about how long things take so you can realistically plan the starting and completion of your HOME Project.
Experience and Advice From Professionals
Plan At HOME will provide decades of experience from professionals involved in residential HOME projects design and construction — Architects, engineers designers, and builders with HOME Project experience, for your to benefit from BEFORE you begin your project.
Experience and Advice From Homeowners
In addition to professionals, Plan At HOME will be including information about what homeowners wished they had known BEFORE they started their projects. You will benefit from the lessons learned from other homeowners on their HOME projects, so that you will know BEFORE you begin yours!
Experience and Advice from Government Review and Approval Agencies -
Plan At HOME will provide you with information about what the process of review and approval is all about, so that you will become aware of how it may affect the time schedule and cost of your project.
Experience and Advice From Product Manufacturers (paid content???)
What do Product Manufacturers want you to know about how to select the best products for your project? Plan At HOME will present information that Product Manufacturers want you to know about their new, advanced, improved products, as they become available.
Experience and Advice From Material Suppliers
Learn how and why to choose the right materials for the surfaces in your home project from the people who know. Plan At HOME will provide information about materials, from stones and wood, to metals and glass, to laminate and composite materials, from concrete to pavers, from clay and ceramic tiles to bricks — Plan At HOME can inform you of the materials to consider BEFORE you begin your HOME Project.
Planning of location of electrical outlets for your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be providing information outlet requirements and how to layout electrical outlet so they are convenient for you upon completion of your home project.
Planning the plumbing of Your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be providing information about sinks, showers, tubs, toilets, dishwashers and washing machines and how to achieve efficient and effective layouts for your home project.
Planning the Locations of supple and return air grilles of Your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be providing you information about the layout of your air ducts and location of air grilles thought your home project.
The Design of Lighting of your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be providing information about lighting fixtures, in-ceiling lighting, track lighting and table lamps and how important it is consider this at the beginning of your project planning.
The Design of Acoustics (Sound) of your HOME Project -
Plan At HOME will be providing information
The Pros and Cons of DIY HOME Projects -
Plan At HOME will be addressing how to realistically evaluate your reasons for undertaking or not doing a home project yourself (DIY).
The Pros and Cons of Building vs. Buying -
Plan At HOME will include ways to evaluate whether you should build or buy. How to consider the tradeoffs between a custom home designed just for you, to finding a house on the market that meets your needs, to buying in a planned community that provides amenities like a community center, garden areas, restaurants and other services.
Continuing articles about the Design for Health and Safety in your HOME project.
Plan At HOME will continue to provide information about Health and Safety for you to consider in your HOME Projects. Thoughtful design including safety in the home can reduce time and costs of doctor and hospital visits and can extend the duration in which a person can live in a house. This increases the value of your home to you. Plan At HOME will continue to provide updates and articles about these important issues that contribute to designing and creating new HOME Projects.
Plan At HOME will help prepare you and guide you through the process of your HOME project
GOALS:
The goals of Plan At HOME include:
keeping your HOME project from becoming overwhelming or confusing for you.
keeping you involved in the decisions in which you want to and need to be involved with in your HOME project.
helping you understand the work others are doing on your HOME Project.
There is so much to consider and know about for a successful HOME Project. Don’t let your HOME Project become overwhelming. Plan At HOME will help you consider, organize and include all of the important topics BEFORE you begin your HOME Project.
After you sign up for our free newsletter, you’ll receive special issues on topics important to every HOME project.
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Be sure to pass this along to friends and family who might be planning their own HOME projects in the near future.