Virtual Architect Home & Landscape Platinum Suite

absolute garbage , dont waste your money . 26 yrs in the landscape business and wouldnt let a 4th grader use it for a class project.

Just wanted a simple way to drag and drop and adjust a whole house floor plan that can be modified as desired. There used to be a simple wizard driven program that I used to design and build our house with. This program is not that. Way to complicated and time consuming to operate if that is all you are trying to do.

This program has brought hours of entertainment for our family as well as helping my husband design our basement. It is easy to figure out for users of all levels.

eNJOYED USING THIS PROGRAM. IT IS ALSO EASY TO FOLLOW

We are remodeling and were hoping to use this to do our makeover project. It is so complicated to use that we are discouraged. We have some computer know how and still are unable to understand the program. This must be for more advanced builders and drafters.

This program has very much capability however I have not had much time to learn how to set everything up and understand it as yet.

I have been working with this program for a short time I have noticed that it is starting to shut down on its own,. I have been having trouble installing some of the fixtures in the bathroom. I am not pleased with this program thus far.

What a disaster! Spent hours just trying to lay out three planes of a basic rectangular rear yard perimeter block wall with equally spaced pilasters. This is not something super complicated or which should require much time. After wasting a good chunk of an evening, I tried to input a floor plan as it advertises you can - another disaster. I followed every step and yet after many attempts, it either wasnt accepting the format of the original plan or it simply doesnt do what it is advertised to do. DO NOT PURCHASE THIS WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.

I bought this software to do a basic home design, after spending countless hours trying to install it, i finally had to contact support to find out why the password/ID did not work. After multiply e-mails and calls to Tech Support i was notified that the program was no longer supported by Nova Development, although they are happy to still sell an unsupported and useless product. Do NOT purchase any product from Nova, period!

It is not a bad program (not sure exactly which HGTV I bought, may have been Ultimate (computer no longer works)) but has a few quirks, like you can always see a shadow of the furniture and walls on the floor beneath, which drove me crazy. It also took awhile to figure things out that I think could have been made easier. But at least it has much more flexibility and detail then the Chief Architect Home design essentials which was a complete waste of my money. Guess you have to spend much more to get one that works well. I looked at sketch up and noticed it looks just like HGTVs, the icons and set up looks identical, but I have not tried sketch up at $695!