Home Designer 2026 and beyond will be subscription based


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7 hours ago, Renerabbitt said:

"I'm not sure why you don't want to wish me well, generally a good natured fellow that tries to help the community".

 

My comment was meant for the company, not you as an individual. I thought my wording made that clear, if not, then my apologies to you. The rant was strictly for CA.

 

 

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This is too bad!

I purchased this software for personal use 3 years ago upgrading every year and last year going from Home Architect to Home Designer Pro 2025. The only reason I went with this software was that they had purchasable versions for a reasonable price and loyalty upgrade pricing every year. I was just looking now to see about upgrading to Home Designer Pro 2026 and discovered they went to subscription.

Sad that they want to keep their hand in your pocket forcefully instead of making good software and updates you want to purchase. So I will not be making any further purchases of Chief Architect software.

 

They had their subscription base professional version for people who use it for business.

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On 12/2/2025 at 4:28 AM, Renerabbitt said:

I get to keep X15.. The last non subscription version

 

Did something change for Premier SSA subscribers?  I thought CA was allowing SSA upgrades and perpetual licenses as long as the SSA was kept current.

 

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1 hour ago, BalutFX said:

 

Did something change for Premier SSA subscribers?  I thought CA was allowing SSA upgrades and perpetual licenses as long as the SSA was kept current.

 

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I have never asked chief this as I have never planned on stopping my subscription. They should update their terms because that info is counter to the terms on the website

 

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