| When you're looking to invest in a new property you | | | | area and even outdoor planting plans. Designers can |
| know you need to make a very careful and calculated | | | | then make any adjustments to the building plans that |
| decision. This is going to be the biggest investment of | | | | are necessary and that couldn't be visualised simply |
| your life and you will probably be living in it for quite | | | | from a 2D drawing. |
| some time. Estate agents paper details are all very | | | | 3D floor plans are also very useful when it comes to |
| well but they don't tell a true story of how the property | | | | gaining planning permission or funding for a building |
| looks and feels. It doesn't give you a way to visualise | | | | project. To show your prospective lenders or council |
| yourself or your belongings in the property. | | | | leaders the plans in full blown colour so that they can |
| Floor plans have become increasing popular with | | | | gauge the impact on the buildings and environment |
| estate agents to give you a better idea of the layout | | | | surrounding your proposed building is absolutely |
| of a property and are all very well if you can read | | | | invaluable and can make the difference between a |
| them and have a good imagination. However, it still | | | | yes and a no. |
| doesn't really give you the chance to get a proper feel | | | | Property developers will often use 3D floor plans to |
| for the place. This is where 3D floor plans can be an | | | | market their properties before they are even built. |
| invaluable aid. They give you chance to see not just | | | | Whenever you see a new complex being constructed, |
| the layout but the relation of the space and furniture as | | | | you can bet half of them are already sold. This early |
| well as surrounding grounds. | | | | revenue often allows builders to access the funds to |
| 3D floor plans are being used more frequently in lots | | | | actually finish the project, buy more space or finish the |
| of professions now and have proved the ideal tool, | | | | proposed building to a higher spec. |
| particularly for properties that are yet to be built. They | | | | These types of plans are not just useful for the bigger |
| are similar to traditional floor plans but give you so | | | | project but can also be used in an existing home to |
| much more detail. 3D floor plans give you a much | | | | get a better vision when remodelling a room. The |
| more realistic sense of the volume, flow and | | | | kitchen is probably the most widely used area of the |
| relationship of spaces. To look at, a 3D floor plan looks | | | | home for this because so much has to be taken into |
| as though the roof of a property has been cut away | | | | consideration. |
| and you are looking down from above. | | | | Given that the kitchen is where a family spends most |
| Furniture can be added as can colour and texture. You | | | | of its time and the fact that it needs to be well |
| are given a much more accurate perspective of the | | | | equipped and planned out is probably what makes 3D |
| way light enters a building and how much space there | | | | floor plans useful here. Once established with pipe |
| is once furniture is in. But these 3D floor plans are not | | | | work and fuel, a kitchen cannot be altered on a whim |
| just ideal for selling properties, they are perfect for all | | | | and you have to make entirely sure you are happy |
| those involved in the process of implementing | | | | with your placement. A 3d floor plan will give you a |
| someone's dream of creating a building, whether it be | | | | good indication of where everything will fit and on top |
| commercial or residential. | | | | of that, the ease with which you will be able to move |
| An architect is given measurements of what the | | | | around it. |
| finished project is hoped to resemble. He can then build | | | | There are many areas where 3D floor plans come in |
| a 3D floor plan from these on the computer, adding in | | | | useful, from architecture to building, from designing to |
| as much detail as necessary, down to the surrounding | | | | marketing and all will find it an invaluable aid. |