Which CAD software for the home?

Hello dear building community!

I browsed a bit in the forum but unfortunately didn’t find any suitable answer to my question:

Which CAD software would you use for planning your own home including the property?

- CAD software is not foreign to me
- I’m willing to pay a bit
- A mix of user-friendliness and professionalism
- Properties with elevation data (sloping terrain) should be modellable
- Up-to-dateness, usability, 3D

I have 1-2 years for planning and want to try drawing it myself based on the geoinformation and building law aspects, to see what fits best.
If at some point it meets my requirements, I would hand it over to the architect to get a professional model that I can then submit.
I have looked at, for example, "Die Hausplaner" Houseplanner 3D Master or immocado’s 3D Architect Professional.

What do you think? Alternatives? Suggestions?

I assume you will get 2 types of answers here. Neither will help you.

Answer 1:
Don't restrict the architect who has studied for many semesters in his creativity. Let him plan himself and not just implement your amateurish design.

Answer 2:
An initial plan on paper without 3D flashy stuff is completely sufficient for now and even those get regularly criticized here.

I would ask the desired architect what he uses and then use that.

Of course, I'm happy to use my architect's software, AutoCAD Revit or Allplan are practically thrown at you at those prices :D

Seriously though, if anyone here knows/tried a decent CAD program for around ~200€ and was quite satisfied with it, please let me know, thanks.

Sketchup offers many possibilities at first, is in my opinion quite user-friendly, and if you are willing to invest the time, you get many options. There are literally tons of plugins and extensions as well as many tutorials, pre-made objects, etc. Yes, the professional will complain again and it is not an AutoCAD or similar when it comes to references, but I found it very user-friendly with sufficient degrees of freedom. As long as you don't need exports (.dxf), it would even be free.

- price-wise it can definitely cost a bit

You perhaps should have mentioned right away that 200 EUR is the upper limit.