Building a custom home has a steep learning curve that you can simplify with these six apps. While you’ll still have to make the final decisions about the design, features and colors, the apps take the hard work out of the process.
Photo Measures
This app will make the phrase, measure twice cut once, obsolete for everyone who uses it. All you need to do is open the app and point and shoot. The photo you take have options for text boxes, measurements and arrows to document sizes and descriptions you can give to your architect, engineers and designers.
Havenly
Anyone who feels challenged by interior design or doesn’t have the time it takes to explore all the options should take a look at Havenly. This app gives you the tools you need to achieve the look and feel you want in your home for a reasonable fee. The designer shows you options that fit your budget and your taste.
Adobe Color Capture
Instead of standing in front of the paint color chips at the home improvement center to find the perfect colors for each space in your custom home, this app gives you the ability to photograph the colors you want and identify them.
Houzz
If you get a lot from the website, Houzz, be sure to check out their free app. It contains millions of images along with tons of advice regarding remodels and new builds. You can pull up an image you like and actually sketch on it to illustrate what you’d like to change. Save the images and you can go back to use them later.
Sun Seeker
Anyone who strives to build a more energy efficient home by embedding passive solar design into it should get the Sun Seeker app. It does something that would otherwise be extremely tedious. Enter the logistical data about your custom home, and it will return information about the sun’s path over your home and into the windows all year long. It will help you find the best places to put the windows to capture the sun’s heat in the winter and avoid it in the summer.
RoOomy
This app helps you decorate your home once it’s built. You can take a picture of the room and then shop for furniture you’d like to fill it with. You can try different arrangements with this app and select the right one for you.
Each of these apps helps you build your custom home with a minimum of stress. The apps also make it more accurate, since they’re amazingly accurate. Using them will speed up the fitting and selection process and add to the enjoyment of the entire process.