| Customer Reviews
Same clunky interface as always I have been using Home Design software off and on for the last ten years, and was dissapointed when I bought Home Designer Deluxe, and its usability was little improved over the first product I used years ago. Sure, there are loads of new features, but the feel of the program still seems clunky, slow, and unintuitive to me. It may be great for somebody who is willing to immerse themselves in this software and learn every detail, but it is very difficult for a casual user to use very many of the features.
mostly satisfied I found the program to be mostly user friendly overall, the roof tool has continued to be a thorn in my side. Maybe my own fault but have not found help within the program or on line to allow me to manipulate the roof structure with any sense of satisfaction. I will spend and hour or two building a structure plan and then spend endless hours trying to get the rood the way I want it and then just start over because it never comes out.
should be called home daydreamer rather than designer i purchased this product with the intention of designing a small home for myself. while the 3d views are helpful visualization tools this program seems best suited to design of the "what would my living room look like painted green" or "what would the front yard look like with some juniper" variety. sure there are some cool features, but in the end you can't produce a plan to work off of or modify the framing to suit specific design needs. the most obvious drawback for me was the inability to easily modify wall height for a simple one and a half story structure. that said, the dimensioning and the library of common household objects help to plan space usage. however, if you want to do anything besides computer assisted daydreaming you'll probably want to kick down the cash for pro, since it supposedly allows you to manually edit framing and produce dimensioned blue prints. | 
