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Better Home Designer Suite Review: It was very helpful, but limited in scope

- by Reviewer: B. Keller (Granite Bay, USofA)

After reading each of the reviews for this product and competing products,
and then purchasing and using this software, I would suggest to any potential
buyer that they use an old statistical averaging method to get a fix on the Home
Designer software. Read all of the reviews, and then throw out the "OMIGOD! THIS
IS THE BEST SOFTWARE EVER INVENTED!" noise, and do the same with the slam
reviews.

This is a three to four star product, depending upon how deep is the level
that you want to go in configuring your project. The program is fairly intuitive
and easy to learn on the fly, with useful help information and a user manual
that allows for quick reference instead of tech-speak, however the available
features and the library are very limited.

I needed a program that would allow me to visualize the essence of the remodel
work that we are planning, and this product did achieve that goal. The various
perspectives are a fun way to view your project after you have completed the
setup work, and you can remodel in various ways and compare the views. This
program would also be useful for someone who wants to provide a "sketch" of
their proposed work to a designer or contractor and then let the pro take over
from there, hopefully with a much sharper idea of what you are trying to
achieve.

In a nutshell, it's a little pricey for a hobby software (check for rebates or
discounts), but when compared with the overall cost of a remodel project or home
building project it may save you significant costs in midcourse design changes
and mistakes. It has some WOW factor with it's 3D, dollhouse and glass house,
interior and exterior views, so you can amaze and delight your friends and
neighbors, who will put you on the technology pedestal we all crave so much
(yeah...c'mon...admit it). Sit down with a cold beer, plug it in, learn it, use
it, enjoy it, just don't expect too much.

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