What do you need from us?
Floor plans and elevations with levels, as PDFs, and the topographical survey. Sections help on anything with vaulted ceilings or split levels. Photos of the existing building are useful on conversions.
What if there is no topographical survey yet?
We can model the building on a flat or simply sloped site and add the real ground when the survey arrives, as a round of amends. The outside will look generic until then.
How accurate is the model?
Very close to your drawings, but it is a model for understanding the design, not a measured or construction drawing. Where the drawings leave something open we make a sensible call and note it. Your drawings always take precedence.
Can we use it in a planning application?
Not as a submitted drawing or a verified view. It is most useful before submission, to get a client comfortable with the scheme and to talk neighbours or family through it.
How long does a model take?
Usually within two weeks of receiving complete drawings. We give you a date when we confirm the order.
We already draw in 3D. Do we need this?
Probably not for your own team. What you are buying is the client's experience: one link, nothing to install, works on a phone, walk-round views and simple plans they can print and measure.
What can the client do with it?
Walk round inside and out, lift the roof off, switch furniture and dimensions on and off, measure between walls, list rooms with their areas, and print simple floor plans to scale. It is for viewing only, so the design cannot be changed.
How do changes work?
One round of amends is included: one list of changes, sent together. After that each round is £100 plus VAT. Clients send their changes to you, and you decide what comes to us.
How do renders work, and who pays?
You or your client frame a view in the model and send it from the page. We confirm by email before starting, with the price, and check the render against the plans so what is in the picture is where it is in the drawing. We invoice whoever you tell us to.
How do we pay?
Half the model fee on order and the balance when the included amends are done. Invoices can be paid by card or bank transfer. All prices exclude VAT.
What happens after the first year?
The link stays live for 12 months. After that it is £100 plus VAT a year to keep it running, or we take it down and keep the model on file in case you need it again.
Is it private?
Each scheme has its own password-protected link, hidden from search engines. We do not publish or reuse your drawings or your client's model without your permission.
Can it carry our branding?
Yes, ask us. Your business name can sit on the client's page alongside ours.