Our guest, Shawnna Steele, of ReDesign HP, shares insider tips on modifying stock house plans.  If you are planning to build a home from an online house plan, Shawnna shares tips to make the process go easier. 

What you will learn:

- What is the driving force for many common home modifications?

- Two reasons why starting out with a stock plan and then modifying it can be a better for you than working with a local architect

- How many houses does a homeowner need to build to get the "perfect" house? Of course, that is subjective!

- What should you focus upon when selecting a house plan - and you might be pretty surprised by this.

- You should know a common and natural modification request that homeowners ask for - which is actually quite difficult to achieve

- How search engines on stockplan websites can help you narrow down the type of houseplan that you want

- A few fun yet functional modifications that you might want to consider - even for remodels

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