Case study · E-commerce
The House Designers: House Plan Search and Sales Sites
The House Designers (thehousedesigners.com) sells pre-designed house plans from architects and designers in the US and Canada, including exclusive plans, with instant PDF downloads and plan modifications. Its sister site, Direct From The Designers (dfdhouseplans.com), sells stock plans that began as custom designs. Soft Pyramid built both sites for the same client and supports them.
- Industry
- E-commerce
- Services
- Custom Software, Data Integration, Ongoing Care
- Focus
- Laravel, Custom Software
Applications built for this customer
The House Designers, 1 of 2
thehousedesigners.com(opens in a new tab)The problem
A house plan seller needs buyers to find the right plan quickly, understand exactly what is included, and ask for changes when a plan almost fits. Homeowners plan a build from the site, and builders, developers and real estate agents use it too.
The technical side
Plans come from many architects and designers, so the sites need one consistent way to search by size, bedrooms, baths and floors and to show each plan's details. Both sites also have to take modification requests and give buyers planning tools, such as a cost-to-build estimator.
What we built
Plan search
Buyers filter plans by minimum and maximum square footage, bedrooms, baths and floors.
Plan details
Each plan page lists what is included, such as elevations, foundation plans and window and door schedules.
Modification requests
Buyers can ask for changes to a plan and get an estimate through the site.
Planning tools
A cost-to-build estimator and budgeting worksheets help buyers plan before they build.
Two sites, one client
The House Designers and Direct From The Designers are built and supported by the same team.
Stack
Laravel
How we support it
Soft Pyramid builds and maintains the platform with ongoing care: new features, fixes and monitoring, handled by the same team that built it.
Related services
- Custom software development
Web apps built around how your business works, then supported in production.
- Laravel development
Laravel applications planned, built and supported by one team.
- AI agent development
Agents that work inside your systems, with a person approving the steps that matter.
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