Floor Plans for Rightmove Listings

Floor plans are one of the first things buyers look for on a listing, and both Rightmove and Zoopla give them a prominent slot. Here is what makes a good listing plan and how to produce one from a simple sketch.

Why floor plans matter on the portals

Survey after survey of property buyers puts floor plans near the top of the "most useful" list — often above extra photos. They show what a gallery cannot: the layout, the flow between rooms, and whether the property suits a buyer's needs. On the portals, that translates into more clicks, more enquiries and fewer wasted viewings.

What makes a good Rightmove floor plan

A portal-ready floor plan should be:

• Clean and uncluttered — easy to read at a glance on a phone
• Scaled — rooms drawn in proportion to one another
• Clearly labelled — room names and dimensions
• High-resolution — sharp when buyers zoom in
• Consistent — matching your other listings if you are an agent

A rough hand sketch does not meet this bar — but it is the perfect starting point.

How to add a floor plan to a listing

Rightmove and Zoopla both have a dedicated floor plan slot. In practice, most agents upload the finished plan as a high-resolution image alongside the photos. Sketchplan returns your plan in a portal-ready format as standard, so it drops straight in.

From sketch to portal-ready plan

You do not need a survey or any software:

1. Sketch the property and note measurements — see how to sketch a floor plan.
2. Upload your sketch and measurements to Sketchplan.
3. We redraw it into a clean, scaled, labelled plan.
4. Add the finished image to your Rightmove or Zoopla listing.

For agents

If you list regularly, sketch during the viewing you are already doing and set up an account for consistent, portal-ready plans at a low per-plan cost. See floor plans for estate agents for the full picture.