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Digital Plan Purchase and Single-Use License Agreement
Version 1.0 · Effective August 11, 2026
This Digital Plan Purchase and Single-Use License Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into between Bassett Homes, LLC (“Bassett Homes”) and the person or entity identified in the Order Summary (“Purchaser” or “Licensee”). By signing electronically, checking the acceptance box, or completing the purchase after being presented with this Agreement, Licensee agrees to be bound by it.
1. Nature of Transaction.
Licensee is purchasing delivery of a digital home plan set and a limited license to use the copyrighted design only as stated in this Agreement. Licensee is not purchasing the copyright, ownership of the design, an exclusive right, an original drawing, a professional seal, a stamped permit set, custom or project-specific home design services, engineering services, or construction administration.
2. Included Plan Materials.
Unless the Order Summary expressly states otherwise, the delivered plan set includes only: (a) a title or cover sheet; (b) general notes; (c) a foundation boundary plan showing the non-structural footprint of the dwelling only; (d) a basement plan, where applicable to the design; (e) floor plan or floor plans; (f) a roof plan; and (g) exterior elevations of all four sides. The foundation boundary plan depicts building footprint and overall dimensions only and is not a structural foundation design. The exact sheet count, scale, detail level, and format may vary by plan.
3. Items Not Included.
The purchase does not include electrical plans; structural calculations or structural framing plans; building sections; wall sections; mechanical, electrical, or plumbing plans; structural foundation design, foundation engineering, footing design, or foundation details; civil plans; grading or drainage plans; a boundary or topographic survey; site plans; geotechnical or soil analysis; septic or well design; fire-protection design; energy-code calculations; truss engineering; shop drawings; landscape plans; interior-design specifications; material takeoffs; cost estimates; permit expediting; contractor selection; bidding; construction administration; site observation; inspections; or as-built drawings unless specifically listed as a paid deliverable in the Order Summary.
4. Grant of Single-Use License.
Subject to full payment and continued compliance, Bassett Homes grants Licensee a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, nonsublicensable, revocable license to use the selected plan solely to construct one dwelling at the Authorized Property. The license permits reasonable project copies and disclosures only to Licensee’s qualified local design professionals, licensed engineers or other licensed practitioners where required, surveyors, consultants, governmental reviewers, general contractor, subcontractors, suppliers, lender, insurer, and title professional who need the material solely for the Authorized Project and who receive no independent right to use it.
5. One Structure; One Property.
The license authorizes the construction of one completed dwelling at one Authorized Property. At the Authorized Property, Licensee may construct the design in its delivered orientation or in reverse (mirrored), but not both. The license does not authorize a second dwelling, a detached accessory dwelling, a model home, a speculative repeat, a subdivision, a multi-unit project, or construction at any address other than the Authorized Property. Each additional construction requires a separate written license and fee.
5.1 Reconstruction After Casualty.
If a dwelling lawfully constructed under this license is destroyed or materially damaged by fire, storm, or other casualty, Licensee or Licensee’s successor in title may use the plan to reconstruct that dwelling at the same Authorized Property without an additional license fee. This right does not extend to relocation, replication, or the construction of an additional structure.
6. No Transfer or Sublicense.
Licensee may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, lease, sublicense, donate, publish, or otherwise convey the plan, the license, or any copy. A sale of the Authorized Property before completion does not transfer the license unless Bassett Homes consents in a signed writing. Builders, contractors, consultants, and governmental reviewers receive access only as Licensee’s limited project participants and may not retain the plan for reuse.
7. Ownership and Reservation of Rights.
Bassett Homes retains all right, title, and interest in the original home design, building design, technical drawings, plan files, notes, images, renderings, revisions, adaptations, and related intellectual property. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. The purchase price is consideration for digital delivery and the limited license only; no transfer of copyright ownership is intended or implied.
8. Restrictions on Copying and Distribution.
Licensee may not post, upload, email, transmit, share, publish, display, sell, exchange, place in a plan library, provide to another owner or builder, or otherwise distribute any plan except to Authorized Project participants as reasonably necessary. Licensee may not upload the plan to a public or shared generative-AI, image-recognition, plan-comparison, cloud-training, or design-generation service. Any cloud storage used for the Authorized Project must be access-controlled.
9. Restrictions on Modification and Derivative Use.
Licensee may not trace, redraw, reverse engineer, create derivative plans from, or modify the design for resale, reuse, portfolio use, or construction elsewhere. A qualified local professional may adapt the delivered plan only as reasonably necessary for the Authorized Property, local code, structural system, site conditions, or interior finish and material selections. Adaptations that change the exterior composition, roof form, or overall massing of the design require Bassett Homes’ prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld. Such adaptation remains limited to the Authorized Project, does not transfer rights in the underlying design, and may not be represented as approved, authored, stamped, or sealed by Bassett Homes.
10. Copyright Notices and Identifiers.
Licensee must preserve every copyright notice, title block, watermark, proprietary legend, sheet identifier, and purchaser-specific digital identifier. No person may remove, crop, conceal, overwrite, or replace those items. Locally adapted sheets must retain a conspicuous statement identifying Bassett Homes as the source of the original design and identifying the local professional responsible for the adaptation.
11. No Project-Specific Design or Regulated Professional-Services Engagement.
Bassett Homes is not retained as the project’s local design professional, engineer of record, contractor, construction manager, code consultant, permit applicant, surveyor, or inspector for the Authorized Project. Purchase, delivery, limited product support, or general communications do not create a project-specific professional-services relationship. Any separately offered service must be governed by a written agreement identifying its scope, jurisdiction, responsible party, compensation, applicable standard, and insurance.
12. Non-Site-Specific Product.
The plan is a pre-designed product created without knowledge of the Authorized Property’s dimensions, setbacks, easements, topography, orientation, soil, groundwater, flood status, wind or seismic exposure, snow load, climate zone, utilities, access, HOA or deed restrictions, historic-district requirements, environmental conditions, or neighboring conditions. Licensee bears sole responsibility for determining whether the plan is suitable for the property.
13. Local Review and Adaptation Required.
Before applying for a permit or beginning construction, Licensee must retain qualified local professionals, including licensed engineers or other licensed practitioners where required by law, to review and, where required, adapt the plan for local laws, building codes, zoning, structural loads, site conditions, foundation design, energy requirements, fire protection, accessibility, engineering, and permitting. Licensee must obtain all required surveys, tests, calculations, professional certifications, seals, approvals, and permits.
14. Base-Plan Standards; No Local Code, Permit, or Approval Warranty.
Bassett Homes prepares the base home design with reasonable care and with reference to generally applicable residential code standards used at the time of preparation. Codes, ordinances, interpretations, product standards, and permitting practices vary by jurisdiction and change over time. Bassett Homes therefore does not warrant that the plan complies with every current or future national, state, local, HOA, covenant, lender, insurer, or utility requirement; that a permit will be issued; or that a local professional or authority will approve the plan without changes. A denial, correction request, required local revision, or additional professional fee does not constitute a defect or grounds for refund.
15. Foundation, Structural, and MEP Responsibility.
Because no structural foundation design, structural plan, building sections, or mechanical/electrical/plumbing design is included — the delivered foundation boundary plan being a non-structural footprint only — Licensee must obtain those designs from appropriately licensed professionals familiar with the site and construction system. No contractor may infer or fabricate structural, foundation, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing requirements from the home design plan without required professional review.
16. Construction and Field Verification.
Licensee and the contractor are solely responsible for construction means, methods, sequencing, safety, temporary support, supervision, workmanship, materials, product selection, field dimensions, existing conditions, coordination among trades, and compliance with approved documents. Before construction, the contractor must verify dimensions and conditions and promptly refer discrepancies to the responsible local professional. Bassett Homes is not responsible for contractor deviations, substitutions, errors, omissions, or failures to coordinate.
17. Measurements, Areas, and Renderings.
Dimensions and areas may be rounded, measured by a stated methodology, or affected by local adaptation, wall thickness, framing, finish, or measurement conventions. Renderings, photographs, furnishings, landscapes, materials, colors, and backgrounds are illustrative and may depict options or modifications not included. Licensee must not rely on marketing imagery as a construction document.
18. Digital Delivery and Inspection.
Because each plan set is prepared for and identified to the Authorized Property, Bassett Homes will issue and deliver the files within three to five business days after purchase. Delivery occurs when Bassett Homes sends the file, activates the download, or otherwise makes the plan available to the email or account provided by Licensee. Licensee must download, inspect, and securely store the files promptly. Licensee must notify Bassett Homes within five business days of a corrupted, unreadable, or materially incomplete file so Bassett Homes may replace the affected file. This limited replacement remedy does not apply to compatibility, site-fit, jurisdiction, preference, or construction concerns.
19. All Sales Final; No Refunds.
Because the product is digital, is prepared and identified to the Authorized Property, and the intellectual property cannot be returned, all sales are final and nonrefundable once the file or download access is delivered, except where required by non-waivable law. Before delivery, a purchaser may cancel the order by written notice to Bassett Homes at Bassetthomedesign@gmail.com, and Bassett Homes will refund the purchase price. Once the plan set has been sent to the email address provided at checkout, the order is final and no refund, credit, exchange, or cancellation is available. No refund, credit, exchange, cancellation, or chargeback is permitted because the plan does not fit a lot; violates a setback, zoning rule, HOA restriction, or local code; requires modification, engineering, or a different foundation; is not approved by an authority; exceeds a budget; is incompatible with software or printing preferences; or is no longer desired.
20. Pre-Purchase Due Diligence.
Before purchase, Licensee is responsible for reviewing published dimensions and features, confirming lot width and depth, setbacks, easements, height limits, square-footage limits, community design controls, and jurisdictional requirements, and consulting appropriate professionals. Bassett Homes may provide general product information but does not perform project due diligence for Licensee unless separately engaged in writing.
21. Taxes and Payment.
Licensee must pay the stated price, applicable sales or use taxes, payment-processing charges disclosed at checkout, and any separately agreed modification or commercial-license fees. Licensee represents that payment information is authorized and accurate. A disputed charge does not suspend the license restrictions or transfer ownership.
22. Attribution.
All permit, construction, and adapted copies should state: “Original residential home design © Bassett Homes, LLC. Used under a limited single-project license. Local adaptations and site-specific design, engineering, and other professional services are the responsibility of the identified local professional.” Builders and commercial participants must also comply with any attribution requirement in an applicable addendum.
23. Limited Product Conformity; Disclaimer of Other Warranties.
Bassett Homes warrants only that the delivered digital files will substantially conform to the plan description and include the materials identified in the Order Summary, subject to minor drafting corrections and reasonable design tolerances. EXCEPT FOR THIS LIMITED WARRANTY AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PLAN, DESIGN, FILES, NOTES, AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, LOCAL CODE COMPLIANCE, PERMIT APPROVAL, COMPLETENESS OF SITE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION, STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY, SITE SUITABILITY, CONSTRUCTABILITY, COST, RESULTS, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. NON-WAIVABLE WARRANTIES, IF ANY, ARE LIMITED TO THE MINIMUM SCOPE AND DURATION REQUIRED BY LAW.
24. Limitation of Liability.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BASSETT HOMES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ARISING FROM CONSTRUCTION, SITE CONDITIONS, ENGINEERING, CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE, OR LOCAL MODIFICATIONS; LOST PROFITS; DELAY; LOSS OF USE; FINANCING COSTS; INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS; OR COSTS OF SUBSTITUTE PLANS. BASSETT HOMES’ TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE PLAN, PURCHASE, LICENSE, OR AUTHORIZED PROJECT WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID TO BASSETT HOMES FOR THE SPECIFIC PLAN GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM. THIS LIMIT DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE LIMITED.
25. Allocation of Responsibility and Indemnification.
Licensee will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Bassett Homes and its owners, employees, and agents from third-party claims, liens, losses, damages, penalties, and reasonable costs to the extent caused by Licensee’s or its project participants’ unauthorized use, copying, construction, site selection, local adaptation, code or permit failure, contractor conduct, violation of law, or breach of this Agreement. This clause does not require Licensee to indemnify a party for that party’s own negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct where prohibited by applicable law.
26. Insurance.
Licensee is responsible for requiring the owner, builder, contractor, and project professionals to maintain insurance appropriate to their roles, including commercial general liability, workers’ compensation, builders risk, professional liability where applicable, and any coverage required by law, lender, or contract.
27. Unauthorized Use and Remedies.
Any use outside the license scope is unauthorized, constitutes a material breach, and may also infringe copyright. Bassett Homes may terminate the license, disable access, demand cessation and destruction, seek injunctive relief, recover unpaid license fees and contractual damages, issue platform takedown notices, and pursue any remedies available under federal or state law. Payment of a license fee after unauthorized use does not retroactively authorize that use unless Bassett Homes expressly agrees in writing.
28. Termination.
The license terminates automatically upon material breach. After termination, Licensee must stop all use, construction, copying, and distribution and must destroy or return all copies except those retained by a governmental authority or counsel as required by law. If construction has begun, Bassett Homes may elect in writing to condition continued project use on cure, payment of additional fees, and other reasonable protections; it is not obligated to do so.
29. Records and Cooperation.
Licensee must maintain records reasonably sufficient to identify the Authorized Property, builder, and project use. Upon reasonable evidence of unauthorized reuse, Licensee will provide written confirmation of the project address and number of structures built and will cooperate in stopping unauthorized distribution. Any inspection or audit must be reasonably scoped and conducted in a manner that protects unrelated confidential information.
30. Dispute Notice and Resolution.
A party must provide written notice of a dispute and allow thirty days for informal resolution. Except for eligible small-claims matters and claims for injunctive relief concerning intellectual property, confidentiality, or unauthorized use, disputes will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the then-current consumer rules of the American Arbitration Association. Class, collective, consolidated, and representative proceedings are waived. Licensee may opt out by written notice within thirty days after acceptance. Court proceedings permitted under this section must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts serving Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and the parties waive jury trial to the extent permitted by law. This Section 30 governs all disputes arising from or relating to the purchase, license, delivery, or use of a plan, and supersedes Section 16 of the Website Terms of Use as to those disputes. A Licensee who timely opts out under this Section is deemed to have opted out of arbitration under the Website Terms of Use as to plan-related disputes, regardless of whether an earlier opt-out period under those Terms has expired.
31. Governing Law.
North Carolina law governs this Agreement without regard to conflict-of-law principles, while federal law governs federal copyright claims. Non-waivable consumer protections apply to the minimum extent required by law.
32. Electronic Contracting.
Licensee consents to electronic records and signatures and confirms the ability to access, download, print, and retain this Agreement and the delivered PDF files. The stored electronic acceptance record, order data, and agreement version may be used to establish assent.
33. Entire Agreement and Order of Precedence.
This Agreement, the Order Summary, the Website Terms, the No-Refund Policy, and any signed addendum constitute the entire agreement regarding the plan purchase. The Order Summary and signed addenda control over conflicting general language. Oral statements, renderings, emails, and marketing materials do not amend the Agreement unless a signed writing expressly does so.
34. Amendment; Waiver; Severability.
An amendment to a completed purchase must be in a writing accepted by both parties. A waiver applies only to the specific instance stated. If a provision is invalid, it will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain effective.
35. Assignment.
Licensee may not assign this Agreement or the license without Bassett Homes’ written consent. Bassett Homes may assign this Agreement and the related copyrights in connection with a sale, merger, reorganization, financing, or transfer of the business or intellectual property.
36. Notices.
Contract notices must be sent to the email and mailing address shown in the Order Summary and to Bassett Homes at Bassetthomedesign@gmail.com. A notice is effective when received, except routine transaction notices may be delivered electronically to the address provided at checkout.
37. Acceptance.
LICENSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT LICENSEE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTANDS THE SINGLE-PROJECT LIMITATION, THE EXCLUDED DOCUMENTS, THE LOCAL-PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENT, THE NO-REFUND POLICY, THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMER, THE LIABILITY LIMIT, AND THE DISPUTE-RESOLUTION PROVISIONS, AND VOLUNTARILY AGREES TO THEM.