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Should I hire an architect to design my house?

I am planning to build a house for my family. It's relatively simple and modest by modern American standards. I plan to do much of the work myself, and want to keep costs down. I have been working on some designs, but I wonder what a professional…
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UK Land Registry plan confusion

I'm in the process of buying a property, I've just received the land registry plan from the solicitors and I'm confused as to what the grey line through the property is. Also why the bounds of the property extend over the road. Anyone have any…
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Should I hire a structural engineer or an architect?

Our house is a standard 2-up 2-down terrace (well, end terrace) with the usual kitchen / bathroom extension on the back done many years ago. Beside the kitchen, in the gap between our kitchen and the neighbours, is currently a temporary style…
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What's a good tool create a floorplan with?

My brother just moved into a new house, and it has quite a lot of rooms that we aren't entirely sure what to do with. As a result, I thought it'd be a good idea to create a floor plan that I can print out and then they can sketch what they think…
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Understand a floorplan of an apartment?

I have some questions about the above floor plan of a two-level apartment. On the second level, is the stair closer to the bigger bedroom or the smaller bedroom? How can you tell from the drawing? Is the "deck" on the back of the apartment? Is the…
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What tools auto-populate a floorplan with measurements?

I have a home floorplan that I want to add measurements too. Assuming I have an initial scale (like X" on paper = Y' feet in real-life), are there tools (apps or websites) that can auto-populate my floorplan with measurements?
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I have an exposed ceiling in the basement. Want to come off a daisy chain and connect 2 light fixtures and one independent switch

I have 5 fluorescent lights connected in series two way switches. I want to jump out of the daisy chain to power two recessed LED lights and control only those two lights by a single light switch. When complete the daisy chain operators as it did…
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Gazebo Height Planning

I am planning a gazebo which will be positioned against my boundary fence, the overall height of the pitched roof is 3.0m. The guidelines say I can only have a structure that is 2.5m tall, if I lower the ground level by half a meter so from the…
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