Log Homes and Timber Frame Homes Architect and Designer, Rand Soellner - Designs luxury log homes, timber frame homes, post and beam homes, log and timber homes and other heavy timber construction styles. These rustic homes are often designed with a unique use of rock and glass. Rand's many log home designs and log lodge building designs have given him specialized experience in both residential and commercial log and heavy timber projects. Rand Soellner is a North Carolina Architect and is also licensed in South Carolina and Florida.

Rand Soellner, Architect - Luxury Home Architect - Log Homes and Timber Frame Homes Designer - Rand Soellner, Architect - Designs Luxury Homes and commercial structures in post and beam and heavy timber construction.

Western North Carolina Architect - Rand Soellner designs Luxury Home Plans and commercial projects

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Log and timber frame homes architect - Homes Designed to Sell

Wealth Building with Timber Frame and Log Homes Architect Rand Soellner - Building Luxury Mountain Homes in North Carolina

Rand Soellner Architect does much more than design nice mountain homes: given the right circumstances, WE CAN HELP PEOPLE CREATE WEALTH!

We have been helping many of our clients increase their asset wealth for some time now and are often told that in addition to having a nice mountain home designed and built for your own enjoyment, that you want to resell the home at some point in the future and realize a handsome profit.

Although historical data are no promise of future returns, we have documented proof that our projects often appraise for 200% to 300% of their construction cost! Realtors have told us that nationally, homes can expect to appreciate annually at the rate of about 6 percent, and that in good areas, perhaps 15 percent. This is why our typical appreciation is so remarkable. Our designs are uniquely appealing. The value per square foot of one of our homes is typically significantly worth more than the majority of other homes. Your investment in good design is recouped many times over when you sell. This is one of the main reasons to engage us to design your home, as well as your enjoyment of a custom-crafted mountain home. Most developers are delighted to hear this. This means that most investors and clients will probably earn a lot more profit selling one of our homes, because of the design.

Our homes are Designed To Sell

How do we do this?

By designing homes with features for which buyers are willing to pay top dollar.

Some people say: "Why should I hire an architect?"
Architects that are based in the mountains understand the unique geology, which affects your structure, and the other environmental demands of an Alpine rain forest. We also design features into the project that today's luxury mountain home buyers demand and whom are willing to pay for with significant dollars to maximize your return on your investment.

Our designs typically make your home worth more per square foot. All designs are not created equal, as your realtor and appraiser will tell you. When thinking about why to spend the money to hire an architect, ask yourself if receiving several hundred thousand dollars more for your house when you sell it is worth it. We believe you will agree that it is. For instance, on one project, one of our yet-to-be clients had a home under construction; she had the foundations about complete. She and her realtor examined the design and felt it could be better. She contacted me. During a meeting, I examined the design documents and she asked me if they could be better. I said yes; I knew they could be much better for resale as a luxury Mountain Home.

She engaged me to redesign the project and I did, using the existing foundation. A month later when we had completed the redesign, her realtor examined our new design and he told her that our new design was worth $420,000 MORE than the previous design. Both designs sat on the same foundation. Square footage was fairly similar, although we squeezed a little more out of it. Therefore, OUR DESIGN IS WORTH ABOUT $123 MORE PER SQUARE FOOT than the previous scheme. Isn't that worth hiring a licensed professional and paying a reasonable design fee? It is sort of like searching for a specialist doctor for an operation. Doesn't it make the most sense to find the surgeon who can cure you rather than looking for a general practitioner with lower fees? Why take chances with your financial health? Successful developers know: hire the licensed architect who is a specialist in that building type and pay their fees; you will recoup your design investment many-fold when you sell the project.

Our designs create the openness, functional logic, relationships and detailed features that serious buyers want.

So how do the people at Rand Soellner Architect know what to put into their homes?

Very simple: we ask.
Who do we ask? The people that compose the major segments of our market. Who are they?

We have conducted detailed research every week for the past several years on a grassroots level. When we get together with you, we will be happy to disclose these sources.

We know what the buyers' demographics are for our main market area and are constantly expanding our network of resources to provide knowledge-based data elsewhere. We know where the people come from that buy nice mountain homes, their ages, the percentages from each State and Region, and what is important to them.

This crucial, proprietary information is one of the reasons our architecture is so strong in terms of appeal.

Quite simply:
WE KNOW WHAT THE MARKETPLACE WANTS.
Our homes are Designed To Sell

So, if you are interested in making money by investing in the design and construction of nice mountain homes and projects, please contact us to help you get started: randsoellner@earthlink.net

See the Wealth page for financial reasons why you should hire an architect