Designing..

[Shannon X.]

When you buy a property, and it's in need of a new design such as the layout of the house and deciding on adding or removing walls, ect.. do you do it your self or have a designers/architect?

Thanks

[Karen Margrave]

How much do you know about construction? If you know what walls are load bearing, etc. so as not to tear them down, and have the skills for doing design, go for it. There's a thread I started several months ago about a design tool, that is very easy to use. You drag and drop.

Our son uses a really good program for doing layout and virtual visualization, however; we do new construction. For your purposes, the program
http://www.homestyler.com will work.

Here's the link:
https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/72912-great-program-to-design-remodeling-and-visualize