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Tell HN: Take my idea: dream home designer

3 points by forgottenacc56 ↗ HN
If I was building a new home for myself I'd love some incredible dream home deigned software to help me design a home I love, incorporating a library of ideas, and a community to share a collaborate with.

Some smart YC company should build this.

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mod
SketchUp can help you. It has a learning curve, though.
brudgers
Falling Water is the product of a skill set orthogonal to that acquired by mastering Sketchup. There is 10x residential design.
LarryMade2
Secondlife is good for idea visualization

I think the big challenge is getting the wall dimensions right for the hidden stuff, like piping wiring, central Heat/AC, etc.

ljk
houzz.com has a lot of "inspiration" photos
tmaly
I would love to see it load various zoning laws and as well as building requirements for a particular city and then work within those constraints. There is not a lot of regular sized conforming building lots in bigger cities. In many cases, you have to get a variance from the zoning board before you can even get a building permit.

What might be a cool feature also is a renovation tool that can sort of plan what you see on a show like Property Brothers. Given a blue print of the existing house, the tool can help you visually plan a renovation.