What is the update path for 2025...does it include an update to 2026?

[Hammer-n-Tongs]

Hi

 

I'm ready to purchase Home Designer Pro 2025. Does this include a free update to 2026 when it is released?  When will 2026 be released?

 

Thanks

Shane

[Rookie65]

Hi,

Typically the new versions come out each year in the late spring, April or May. They do not include a free update to the next version. There may be something where if you buy the program within so many days of the new year's release, you may get something. Best to ask the folks at Chief Architect directly about that. You can submit a question through the support center, as they don't always monitor the forums.

[Hammer-n-Tongs]

Thanks for your reply Keith.
This from CA support (Rain):

"...we do have a two-week money-back guarantee that covers you if there's some sudden change. New versions come out every 12-18 months, and the last release was in June last year (2024)."

So no automatic upgrade to the license unless it was purchased within two weeks prior to the release of a new Version, then the money-back guarantee may be seen as an upgrade path.

[marry17870]

On 1/29/2025 at 12:53 PM, Hammer-n-Tongs said:

Hi

 

I'm ready to purchase Home Designer Pro 2025. Does this include a free update to 2026 when it is released?  When will 2026 be released?

 

Thanks

Shane

No — purchasing Home Designer Pro 2025 doesn't include a free upgrade to Home Designer 2026 when it releases. People on the Chief Architect forums have confirmed that the 2026 version doesn’t include a free upgrade from the 2025 license unless you buy very close to the release date and use the refund window — but that’s not a formal free upgrade in the product itself.

[Rookie65]

The only option to purchase now is Home Designer 2026. The other versions are now gone, and everything is rolled into Home Designer 2026