1001 All Time Best Selling Home Plans

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Summary: save your dough
Review: I had looked at soooo many house plans and thought I was never going to find a plan I liked. I bought this book as a last resort. Well, let me tell everyone...it is an awesome book. Not only did I find the plan I wanted, I called and ordered it. The girl was very helpful and explained all the ins and outs of buying this plan. I would recommend the book and the company highly.

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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: I had looked at soooo many house plans and thought I was never going to find a plan I liked. I bought this book as a last resort. Well, let me tell everyone...it is an awesome book. Not only did I find the plan I wanted, I called and ordered it. The girl was very helpful and explained all the ins and outs of buying this plan. I would recommend the book and the company highly.

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Summary: A lot, yet not much
Review: I realize there are one thousand plans in this book, but many are so small on the page I couldn't really make out the names of the various rooms. Maybe I'm getting old, but I'd rather have 200 plans that are big enough to adequately review than 1001 plans that are too small to see.

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Summary: A lot, yet not much
Review: If you are looking for a book just to give you some ideas on different home designs, then this book might be useful.
If however, your thinking of actually purchasing plans from this book, DON'T!!!
The companies represented are not exactly full of integrity and do not fulfill their promises of what you will recieve for your money.
The plans that I have seen are not nearly complete enough to be of any realistic use.
The best way I could describe this whole operation is to call it a "Dairy Farm", looking for ways to entice you to spend a large amount of money only to discover you have to spend a good deal more to get what they already promised you in your original purchase. It's a very flaky set-up, and you will find their representatives less than helpful.

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Summary: A diverse collection of home plans
Review: If you are one of those individuals who enjoys spending time studying floor plans, this book is definitely for you. As the title says, "1001 All Time Best Selling Home Plans" contains a huge number of home designs. Each design is presented in a similar format: detailed plans of each major floor, a short paragraph describing the design, and an artist's rendition (or, in some cases, a photograph) of the home's exterior.

This is a truly eclectic collection of plans, ranging from modest cottages to luxurious estates. One- and two-story designs, as well as designs for hillside properties, are represented. Another bonus is the presence of a great variety of architectural styles: Victorian, Pueblo, Greek Revival, Tudor, contemporary, and more.

The only drawback to the book is the fact that often more than one design is crammed onto a single page. Thus some of the details are hard to make out. You might find yourself reaching for a magnifying glass on some designs.

This negative point aside, this is an outstanding collection. It would make a great gift for someone interested in home architecture.

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Summary: Helps keep the most popular plans in one place
Review: Over the years, we have picked up various "plan books". I t seems like there are always a few good plans in every book. However, the task does become daunting over time as the number of books in our reference library grows.

This book is very handy for keeping the 1,001 Best Selling PLans at your finger tips. The book is laid out well and the arrangment of the plans within the books sections makes sense. I particulary like the plans by Design Basics. The Design Basic plans are very popular with our clients.

The ONLY negative comment I have about the book is that when the prints are shown 2 to a page or 4 plans with the book open, the details of the plans become so small that without a microscope, they are very hard to read. This book would have gotten 5 stars but didn't, simply because of the microscopic plan details in many of the plans.

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Summary: Hours of house hunting fun!
Review: The bulk and variety of plans in this volumnous catalog is tremendous. Most of the plans are legible, clear, and colorful. However, some that are printed 4-up on the pages made the plans "Barbie" size - impossible to read without a magnifying glass. You are reading along enjoying the homes and then suddenly come to one that is almost as small as a postage stamp! Without this one faux pas, I would have given it 5 stars.

Still, a must have for those who love to peruse floor plans!

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Summary: save your dough
Review: The plans are so small you cant even see the room sizes on most of them.

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Summary: 1001 All Time Best Selling Home Plans
Review: This book was cumbersome to say the least. When looking for a plan I narrowed down my wants to 1) Garage not facing the street 2) 3800 sq feet and up 3) Master Suite very large. After that I found several plans, and pondered them down to my dream house. Then I ordered the plan, spent $1200 and got absolutely nothing useful. These plans are not as advertised. One cannot actually build a house from the prints that are bought. My many phone calls were not returned, the company rep angrily argued with my contractor, my money was not returned and I was lightly threatened. Overall, the plans are nice to look at with a magnifying glass, but performance of promises is nil. I know that my dream house was dashed by this book.