Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design with Landscaping and Decks

2.8 2.8 out of 5 stars | 122 ratings

Price: 64

Last update: 01-05-2025


About this item

Easy! No design experience necessary
Fast! Wizard-driven interface means quick results!
Innovative! Use your own digital pictures to makeover any Room
Powerful! Photorealistic 3D technology with virtual walkaround
Flexible! Perfect for home and interior design, remodeling, landscaping and much more

From the manufacturer

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Plan Your Remodel in 3 Easy Steps

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Sketch

Just click and drag your mouse to draw new rooms and walls. Or use wizards for virtually any project to get started even faster! Even import existing home plans straight into the software.

Customize

Specify door and window styles. Then add window coverings, flooring, paint and more. It's easy to design your entire project in 3D.

Furnish

Add paint, lighting and furnishings. Then render your design in photorealistic 3D - and your plan is complete!

Redecorate or Remodel Any Living Space

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Paints, surfaces & fabrics

Replace your floors with hardwood, travertine or scores of other surfaces. Explore fabric and leather upholstery options for sofas and chairs. Even scan in your own texture or material to create a unique look.

Furniture & appliances

Hundreds of tables, chairs, sofas, dressers and more in virtually every style imaginable, plus a complete library of name-brand appliances and electronics. Import additional free 3D appliances online to access even more options.

Cabinets & countertops

Add style and function to any kitchen, bathroom, home office and more with our upper, lower and corner cabinetry collection. Then customize with choices of woods, paints and stains.

Home Design Software Has It All

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Digital Interior Design

Redecorate rooms using your digital photos. Just point and click to choose paint colors, stains, fabrics and more from our complete library of nationally-known name brand materials.

Remodeling

Easily plan room additions, remodeling and other projects. Then see the results in photorealistic 3D! Even take a virtual "walkaround" your new space.

Landscaping & Decks

Virtual Architect software delivers easy-to-use landscape design with a 7,500+ item plant encyclopedia, complete with climate, water and light requirements.

Kitchens & Baths

We've included all of the tools you need to refinish cabinets, lay new floors, and replace countertops with granite and marble surfaces.

Landscaping

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Digital photos

Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design software lets you import any photograph into your design using the Photo Board Wizard. Even add personal photographs to visualize your family or pets in your new home.

Hardscape & accessories

Make your property's outdoor living space your own with custom features for every season.

Plant encyclopedia

Our Plant Encyclopedia has more than 7,500 trees, plants, flowers, shrubs and groundcover options with important information about light, watering and soil requirements.

Decks & patios

Visualizing your new deck or patio is easy with the Deck Builder Wizard. Just select materials and dimensions to create, then add plants, fences and accessories.


Top reviews from the United States

william sheckells
1.0 out of 5 stars Super hard to use
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
Spend hours reading the Mand reading and viewing the tutorials that come with this program. Seems like no matter what yo, it doesn't work the way the book and the tutorials explain it out to me very difficult to use. Not user friend like it at all.I guess I'll have to spend the next 3 to 4 years of my life.And attempt to figure this thing out
Mark Gaiser
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product.
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021
Really easy to use. Put together a floor plan within a 1/2 hour of opening up the software. Instructions are great.
Johnny Case
4.0 out of 5 stars I received 7.0, not 8.0 as described above
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019
This is NOT ver 8.0 as described, but 7.0. It's fairly intuitive if you're familiar with CAD type tools, or even some MS Office tools for that matter. The objects are all organized logically (e.g. Building, Interior, Landscape, etc.). There are some quirks about things moving/resizing after you'd think that they'd be anchored. I don't want my exterior walls being resized when I'm trying to draw/resize interior walls. It's mostly for decorating and visualization than it is for actual construction specifications, so some of those features are less intuitive. It comes with a large book as well as tutorial videos on the DVD and a ton of documentation and help files. It also has a 30 day money back guarantee. I'll play with it for another week before trying to get the ver 8.0 that I thought I was getting. I'd wager some of the issues I'm seeing are likely resolved in 8.0. I'd also hope to see more vendor products in the updated version. I'll keep playing to see if this is a program that can help me get to plans/drawings, in which case I'll upgrade to ver 8.0, or return it for something else. But I was able to map out my whole house in a few hours, so it's not that complex to use.
Lawrence E. Miles
1.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Buy This Program (or anything else from the software developer, probably)
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2021
Editing my initial review. I HATE this software. I've tried to work with its limitation and have given up. The developer cares not for bad reviews on Amazon, apparently, so that speaks volumes.

Right away, I started to dislike this software. Let’s start with the fact that Amazon advertised it as Version 9 yet I received Version 8. The user interface is difficult to navigate (I’ve used CAD before) and many of the features described in the print User Manual and in the embedded Help subroutine are not actually present. For example, the guides boast of an automatic wiring feature which connects all the outlets in your blueprint. Not there! There is also no “Basement” selection, only Foundation, First Floor and 2nd Story. Don’t the programmers know that many houses have basements and many homeowners want to finish them (like us)? I’m particularly frustrated right now because I need to insert a door and the program simply won’t let me!

I bought the program because I need detailed plans for a building permit. I regret shelling out $105+ on this one.
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Lawrence E. Miles
1.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Buy This Program (or anything else from the software developer, probably)
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2021
Editing my initial review. I HATE this software. I've tried to work with its limitation and have given up. The developer cares not for bad reviews on Amazon, apparently, so that speaks volumes.

Right away, I started to dislike this software. Let’s start with the fact that Amazon advertised it as Version 9 yet I received Version 8. The user interface is difficult to navigate (I’ve used CAD before) and many of the features described in the print User Manual and in the embedded Help subroutine are not actually present. For example, the guides boast of an automatic wiring feature which connects all the outlets in your blueprint. Not there! There is also no “Basement” selection, only Foundation, First Floor and 2nd Story. Don’t the programmers know that many houses have basements and many homeowners want to finish them (like us)? I’m particularly frustrated right now because I need to insert a door and the program simply won’t let me!

I bought the program because I need detailed plans for a building permit. I regret shelling out $105+ on this one.
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Shelly F.
3.0 out of 5 stars Computer without disc drive
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2019
It states on the front of the box "bonus download, discless install for computers without disc drives", but until you go to install it via their web portal (softwaredownloadcard.com) you find out that this software is not on the list and you have to pay another $9.99 to be able to. Not only that I have to wait until Monday to be able to use since it is Saturday and the support line is only open Mon thru Fri. This should have been disclosed in the description. I probably would have bought anyway if they would've just raised the price the $10 and allow me to install without the use of technical support.
Ioannis Georgopoulos
5.0 out of 5 stars The software is powerful
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2021
I am very satisfied with the product I bought.
The software is very enjoyable and powerful.
Thanks to the seller.
Bhom Tell
2.0 out of 5 stars Not for a layman - Very Complex
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023
I have been in commercial real estate for 42 years and was looking for a replacement of an older software program for doing basic designs. I found that even though I consider myself tech savvy, the instructions provided were not user friendly.
Michael Mochan
4.0 out of 5 stars Packed full of features. Great buy for the price
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024
First of all, this product works on Windows 11, which was a concern when I bought it given that it's dated to 2016. It's a sophisticated CAD program that's packed with features. Some folks claim that it's interface is complicated, however, I found it to be well organized and logical. Yes, it takes a while to fully learn all of its features, but the tutorials are pretty good. If you're interested in detailed drafting and design of your new home and have the time to devote to it, this is a great bargain. I didn't rate the tech support because I didn't use it.

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