At least calculating rough material requirements ( I’d like to evaluate doing the whole building in concrete, even hollow core flooring and roofing I expect to need to go to suppliers/contractors with plans and material requirement estimates)ģ. Compare rough costs for different material types, particularly for the walls, floors, roofing, foundation, insulation, etc. Allow me to explore large building, multi-family options and layouts for investment property (renting, selling townhome units, but not necessarily row-style townhomes…)Ģ. 3D interior and exterior move through would be nice.ġ. Must have: At least something quick and easy to use for floor plans and shells, to then take to an architect and engineer, get the process started on better than me with grid paper.Īlmost a must: Exterior architectural elements to conceptualize at least 2d Exterior view and styles. Instead, you must include drought-tolerant plants and an efficient way to keep them watered, such as drip irrigation.Anyone have any recommendations for home design software, and what to look for? Water districts are offering rebates for removing lawns, but many won’t give you money for installing artificial turf (which keeps water from flowing into the ground, potentially killing trees and beneficial micro-organisms in the soil) or a bunch of rocks and a couple of cacti. Public parks might arguably be good locations for large expanses of turf in Southern California’s low-rain climate, but around our houses? That’s become a pipe dream this summer for many Angelenos whose outdoor water use has been curtailed to a few minutes a week, not nearly enough to keep a lawn alive, let alone green. In case you missed the memo: Glossy green lawns fed by sprinklers arcing water into the sky just don’t work anymore in these days of lingering drought.Īs the supply of water in reservoirs and wells continues to shrink around California, we need to change what and how we’re irrigating.
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