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How big should a house be for 2 people? For most couples, a home of 1,000 to 1,500 square feet (about 90 to 140 square meters) is comfortable, with two bedrooms or one bedroom plus a home office. A well-planned compact home of 600 to 900 square feet (about 55 to 85 square meters) works fine for two people who prefer a smaller fo...

The best Live Home 3D alternative for planning a complete house is Plan7Architect: besides rooms, furniture and 3D views, it builds real walls with layers, automatic roofs, foundations and stairs, and it creates sections, elevations, permit drawings and DWG/DXF files from the same model. It costs $169.99 once, with no subscription. If you only w...

The best Vectorworks alternative for planning a house is Plan7Architect: you work with real walls, floors, roofs and stairs, and the program creates floor plans, sections, elevations and permit drawings from one model, for a one-time price of $169.99. Vectorworks Architect costs $1,530 per year or $170 per month and is sold only as a subscriptio...

The best architecture software for homeowners, builders, designers and small firms who plan houses is Plan7Architect: it combines object-based walls, roofs, stairs and foundations with automatic sections, elevations, permit drawings and DWG/DXF export, and it costs $169.99 once instead of $1,500 to $3,000 every year. For large architecture firms...

If you want to plan a complete house yourself, Plan7Architect remains the best value: no alternative in this comparison combines object-based walls, roofs and stairs, automatic sections and elevations, permit drawings and DWG/DXF export with a one-time price of $169.99. The strongest alternatives are Chief Architect Premier for professional resi...