The importance of a home designer for building a custom home can never be disputed. You can forget about building a decent custom home without hiring a designer. You cannot just hire some random designer that you find on the internet to work on your project. You need to hire an experienced professional who has done serious work in his career. You need to check the professional’s credentials and also enquire about his past work.
Once you have hired the custom home designer. You need to explain to the professional how you want your home to look. The designer will first work on the look and feel of the home. The integration of the facilities can be decided later on after discussing with the custom home builder.
Once the discussion with the designer and the builder is over, the designer would then work on creating a sketch of the home design. Once the first draft of the design is completed, you can take a look at it and suggest changes or additions if required. Once everything is completed, the designer would give you the blueprint of the home which you can then pass on to the custom home builder.