Anyone who is on Rent-to-Own, you can forget a free upgrade to the 2026 version


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Based on the Chief Architect reply to a user's question in the "Sales Related" forum about his rent-to-own subscription, it doesn't look like Chief Architect will honor their free upgrade to the next version. Oh and none of us will get the same courtesy as the Chief Architect Premium customers to get a chance to be grandfathered in and upgrade at least to the 2026 version as a perpetual license, before they switch over to subscriptions.  Sure, we aren't paying for SSA, but that was essentially paying for an upgrade every year, which I would do at the Home Designer level, for a software version that doesn't die at the end of my subscription. 

 

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Home Designer Suite, Architectural, and Professional will be retired later this summer.  A new singular product will be announced soon simply called Home Designer.  There will be discount pricing if you own a current Home Designer product 2020 or newer.  Details will be forthcoming as the product is announced.

If you are renting, and you continue through the rent-to-own period, you would own a license of Home Designer Pro 2025.

 

 

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