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Common Floor Plan Measuring Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
The mistakes that most often spoil a floor plan — and simple habits that prevent them — so your sketch comes back accurate the first time.
3 min
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Floor Plan Guides
Practical guides on sketching, measuring and converting hand-drawn sketches into professional floor plans — for estate agents, landlords, homeowners and property photographers.
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Sketching & Measuring
How to sketch and measure a property correctly so your floor plan comes back accurate first time.
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What Measurements Do You Need for a Floor Plan?
A clear checklist of every measurement to record so your sketch can be redrawn into an accurate floor plan — walls, doors, windows, stairs, cupboards and ceiling heights.
3 min
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Sketch to Floor Plan
How hand-drawn sketches become clean, professional CAD-style floor plans, and what to expect.
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Can You Create a Floor Plan Without Visiting the Property?
Yes — if someone measures the property and sketches the layout, a floor plan can be produced remotely. Here's how it works and what affects the accuracy.
2 min
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How to Convert a Hand-Drawn Sketch Into a Floor Plan
The three ways to turn a hand-drawn sketch into a professional floor plan — DIY software, AI tracing and a done-for-you redraw service — and how to choose.
2 min
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Sketch to CAD Floor Plans: What's the Difference?
What "CAD-style" really means for a floor plan, how a sketch differs from a CAD drawing, and which one you actually need for listings, lettings or planning.
2 min
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Floor Plans by Audience
Floor plan guidance for estate agents, landlords and Rightmove listings.
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Floor Plans for Estate Agents
Why floor plans win instructions and sell listings faster, and how agents can produce them affordably from a sketch taken during the viewing.
2 min
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Floor Plans for Landlords
How floor plans help landlords let faster, support inventories and HMO documentation, and how to get one without disturbing tenants.
2 min
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Floor Plans for Rightmove Listings
What makes a good floor plan for Rightmove and Zoopla, how to add one to a listing, and how to produce a portal-ready plan from a simple sketch.
2 min