Better By Design LLC House Plans

09/01/2026

New Member Alert! Better By Design New Albany

Better By Design LLC House Plans is a residential design and drafting firm founded in New Albany in 2001. With more than 4,000 house plans created for builders and homeowners, the company focuses on producing accurate, complete, and builder-tested plans that account for everything from structural loads to the flow of a home. Their goal is simple: help turn a dream home into a well-planned reality.

08/28/2026

🏡 DON’T JUST IMAGINE YOUR HOME — SEE IT BEFORE YOU BUILD IT.

A floor plan tells you where everything goes.
A 3D walkthrough lets you experience how it all comes together.

At Better By Design, we create detailed residential construction plans — and we can take your design one step further with 3D renderings and video walkthroughs that bring your future home to life before construction ever begins.

🎥 Take a look at some of our designs brought to life in 3D:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2XSLvfOUro

Whether you’re planning a:

🏠 Custom New Home
🔨 Remodel or Addition
✏️ Modification to an Existing Plan
🎥 3D Rendering or Walkthrough

Our team can help take your ideas from concept → plans → visualization → construction.

See the layout. Explore the exterior. Get a feel for the space. Make changes before they become expensive changes on the jobsite.

📍 Serving Southern Indiana & Greater Louisville
📞 812.725.8543
🌐 www.BBD-PLANS.com

Better By Design
We Plan To Make Your Dream Home A Reality.

What if you could walk through your new home before construction ev...

08/07/2026

Sometimes the designers need a little redesign too. 😆

We took an afternoon away from creating beautiful homes to give our own place a little TLC. Out with the old, in with the new! 🎨🔨 A fresh coat of paint, brand-new signs, and a few helping hands later… we’re looking pretty sharp!

Teamwork makes the dream work—and now we’re ready to welcome our clients with a fresh new look! 💙

07/22/2026

We just saw another BBD drafted beauty on FB and decided to share!! Check out this beautiful home listed on the river with gorgeous views. We remember drafting the plans for this home and hope someone snatches it up quick because it’s 💯 awesome! 😎 🏡 🚤 enjoy what’s left of the summer on the river!

07/21/2026

Happy birthday to our very on BBD Queen, Julie!! What a joy it is to work with you, we hope that you have increndible day! Thank you for all that you do for our clients, builders and team!! 🏠🎉🎂

07/13/2026

Heyyyy we remember this house!! House plans were drafted by Better By Design a few years ago, in conjuciton with the homeowner, builder and the amazing team at LL&A 🙌

07/03/2026

06/23/2026

Congratulations to INDIANA, ranked #1 for Affordability & Homebuilding. "Indiana's permit-to-population ratio of 1.02 is reflecting building activity roughly proportional to its population. Indiana separates itself is on the affordability side: The state’s median-priced home of $295,810 requires just 28.3% of the median household income of $71,469, comfortably below the 30% threshold that is commonly used to define affordability. Its REALTORS® Affordability Score of 0.89 is among the highest in the country. Combined with a moderate new-construction premium of 40.5%, Indiana delivers the kind of well-rounded performance that this report is designed to reward."

States have a clear mandate to address housing affordability, so we are assigning grades based on how they are doing now and how well they are addressing the future, by building affordable homes. Data now updated for 2026.

05/13/2026

✨ DREAMS TO REALITY ✨

One of our favorite projects has officially come to life! 🏡🌲
“A Hickory Haven” is now complete, and we couldn’t be more excited to share this stunning A-Frame getaway with you.

From the very first drafting concepts to seeing the finished home nestled in the woods, this project has been such a rewarding collaboration. The owners have created an absolutely beautiful retreat, and their new fly-through + interior tour video says it all. 🎥✨

A huge shout-out to the owners of A Hickory Haven for bringing this vision to life — and for allowing us to be part of the journey!

Looking for a cozy weekend escape? You can actually stay here!
Book your getaway airbnb.com/h/hickoryhavenaframe and make sure to follow them on IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWW7nMZiKWA/