3D Floor Plan: 5 Reasons Why you Must Add it to Your Property Listing

Do you also think that real estate photos are all you need to sell your listing? This post is going to change your opinion. A floor plan is something that is inevitable. It's even better if you upload a 3D floor plan. Irrespective of whether the buyer is looking for a floor plan or not, they visualize their life in your property in a better way when they get it.
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No photographer can capture the essence of a house's window and door placement, pavements, and storage capacity like a 3D floor plan or house plan does.

Top 5 Advantages of Including a 3D Floor Plan in Your Property Listing

​Here are 5 benefits ofa3D house plan that every homeowner and real estate agent must be aware of:-
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• Get More Clicks

The statistics favor the fact that floor plans get you more clicks from buyers. According to Zillow, 65% of buyers are interested in viewing a listing with a floor plan. And another claim is that listings with floor plans get 7.5 times more clicks. These are only a few numbers amongst many published surveys and studies.
When you opt for a 3D house plan instead of a 2D, you provide the experience of a virtual property tour to buyers. Even if they cannot decide at the same time, they will remember a listing with a 3D house plan. So they can get back to it whenever they are ready to make a deal.

• Position Your Listing Uniquely
  

The buyers get excess to numerous properties every day on the real estate websites. So why would they click on your listing? A 3D floor plan is your best bait to stand out. Most real estate agents and homebuyers don't upload floor plans. And even fewer equip their real estate listing with a 3D floor plan.

However, your 3D house plan should be created professionally, including details such as each room of every floor, location of windows, doors, stairs, built-in appliances, balcony, shed, garden, pool, etc. A 3D floor plan also effectively showcases the paint on the wall, suitable furniture location, etc.

• Build a Bridge Between Your Narration and Photographs

Many buyers cannot imagine the look and feel of your property with the help of narration and images. A 3D floor plan is their tool to connect the dots. It aids their visualization to imagine the location of rooms, bathrooms, kitchen, and living room and their distance from each other.

They can also make out of the floor plan if the house is suitable for their choice of interiors and design. They can imagine whether their selection of furniture and artifacts will fit on the property or not.

• Provide Emotional Connections

Apart from regular utilities that every house can keep, buyers aspire for a certain kind of lifestyle. For example, their preferred size and shape of the bed, the Italian furniture they envisioned since they thought of getting a new home, the kitchen cabinets, platforms, and so on!

A 3D floor plan allows them to envision the property as their home. As a result, they move in mentally. This emotional connection before the buyer's visit to the property is a huge advantage to homeowners and real estate agents. They can close the deal more quickly.

• Attract the Attention of Particular Buyers

Real estate agents would know how particular some buyers can be! Some may want a large dining room, a south-facing balcony, ample storage, etc. They go through numerous listings, searching for that one feature they want.

When you upload a 3D floor plan, you help such buyers determine if the place is suitable to fulfill their demands or not. A proper and correct 3D house plan speeds up the sales process with such buyers. It also eliminates the time which can be wasted in dealing with buyers who want something else in their property.

Selling your property

A floor plan is a key to effective selling of your property online. A 3D floor plan further increases the chances of your property's quick sale by providing better visualization to your buyers.
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Your listing stands out amongst the competition with a floor plan. The buyers connect emotionally to your property. The statistics also support the effectiveness of the floor plan. Overall, adding a 3D house plan to a property listing is beneficial in every way for homeowners and real estate agents.

Author

​Rahul Agarwal is the Co-founder & Chief Business Officer at Styldod, where he has taught a computer to do interior design! Styldod provides the most hassle-free & inexpensive virtual staging solutions for real estate agents so they can sell their listings faster, and for higher prices. Rahul was also a co-founder of Mebelkart. He pushes the boundaries with his innovative entrepreneurial stints and is also a sound startup investor & advisor.

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