Home Designer Architectural

Chief Architect Home Designer packages are great, started with most economical package and then upgraded to next level. Easy to use and you can just layout your fantasy homes or work on serious designs and remolding. Now retired I enjoy drawing with it and it won’t break the bank like some drawing packages.

Very Easy to use, Good amount of features that you get for the money. I use this program for fun and to design homes and other buildings. Budget friendly, went through chief architect to upgrade from a previous version. Love the new rendering engine for 3D views. It will take some time to get the lighting just right but once you get the hang of it very easy from that point on. Followed manual and you will be up in no time. I highly recommend this software. Five Stars. Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

I have used AutoCAD for several years at work and it is over priced & can be not user friendly from time to time. Im retired now & wanted something to design houses. I couldnt believe how many features this software has for the price. Plus the help files & videos do a good job providing the inexperienced cad designer with good software instructions.

I ordered it in USB and received a disc. WTH??? Good thing I have an external disc drive or I would be returning it since the intended recipient has no way to load it.

Were remodeling or home now since all of our kids have left the nest. My wife has a hard time visualizing our concept and I have a strong CAD background- this was a perfect software package for us. I modeled our home with great accuracy which will benefit us moving forward. I downloaded many optional catalogs which allowed me to provide conceptual layouts for both my wife and our contractor. I can easily print material lists for the entire project or separate rooms for reference. I have great faith that our project will turn out exactly as we hope because this software made our project come to life on our computer screen.

I usually dont write a review but I decided to do one on this product. I have been buying this product since 2007 and upgrading when new ones come out and have enjoyed using them. But along the way they have gotten rid of alot of their stuff in their core catalage which now you have to purchase. I upgraded from 2021 to 2023 and was not inpress with the product. I would not pay the full price for this product.

I have had program for 5 months. It is difficult to change a plan once you start it. If you spend considerable time on a house plan but then want to modify it such as change terrain, modify walls, delete a basement etc it is a very cumbersome process and often easier to start over. Modifying stair riser height is not available so matching stairs to lofts is difficult. Having said that there are many great features in the program.

Software works great but of course you have to purchase the highest version of the product to be able to really do any customization to the roofs. If you want to work on anything other than a very basic plan this product isnt for you unless you willing to pay for the $500 version of the software.

When youre already paying $199 for a product, you shouldnt be nickled and dimed for additional content, particularly when the additional content doesnt even contain what is advertised. I paid an additional $4.99 for Docks and Waterways, and after I downloaded it, I realized that it didnt contain anything about adding docks and nothing about waterways. A complete waste of my money and time.

Crashed my computer