The DIY craze can now be taken a step further.

Whether you want to design the interior or exterior of your home, you can do using the Floorplan 3-D Home Design Suite.

The package contains a number of software applications covering all aspects of designing and re-modelling a home.

There are more than 1,000 editable home styles and floor plans and a kitchen design kit to create the setting for perfect cuisine.

Different roof types, customised stairs and layouts for heating and ventilation may be added to the basic design.

Easy-to-use drag-and-drop options for walls, windows, doors and furniture allow you to be as creative as you want without any of the hassle of actually moving furniture around. Switch views to 3-D and take an amazingly-realistic virtual walk through your dream home, which can be uploaded to the web so friends and family give their opinions.

You can design your own garden with as much attention to detail as the rest of the house. Experiment with the look and feel of balconies, decking, fencing, driveways and gates.

A strikingly detailed and photo-realistic 3-D rendering of the house and garden provides a blueprint for the next stage, which involves getting down to some good, old-fashioned, hard work.

Price: £39.99.

Contact: 020 7221 4600.

Feel good factor: 9 out of 10.