How important is an accurate floor plan in selling a house? What about 3D floor plans?

daivid

OP you are,by the looks of your floor plan, selling a bungalow which in many areas are in great demand. Maybe the EA knows this and knows you will get plenty of interest with or without a full floor plan. Unless my shortlist was so long I would not have time to view all of the houses on it I would never rule out a house because it lacked a floor plan. This doesn't mean you shouldn't bother, I agree that a house advert is incomplete without a floor plan, but there may be few tangible rewards to reap from putting one together.

lookstraightahead

When we were renting a lot of properties didn't include a floor plan or dimensions, as if it wasn't important! I just assumed they were tiny.

l've noticed lazy agents doing this, even things like tenure etc missing. Why wouldn't these things be important at the offset?

daivid

lookstraightahead said:

l've noticed lazy agents doing this, even things like tenure etc missing. Why wouldn't these things be important at the offset?

They are, to the (potential) buyer. My cynical side suspects that EAs are sometimes choosing to omit things that will put off buyers so that they a) get more viewings and b) that someone then overlooks/fails to notice the flaw(s). The seller should also benefit from honest representation of their house (less time wasted by viewers who could have known the house was unsuitable) but maybe they are drawn into the EAs thinking or simply don't realise.

frogglet

Our house had measurements and people still  came and said one of the bedrooms was  smaller than they thought. 
I just like a floor plan to see where the rooms are placed and whether you have to walk through rooms to get to rooms.

youth_leader

I also like to see the sq m of the property, but that might be on your EPC.

eve824

I lose interest if the floor plan doesn’t have dimensions or a total area.  And I hate it when they include garages and outbuildings in the total area number to make the house seem bigger!

ic

My agents rushed my listing once they had photos back and I only found out about it once it was live.  In the main it was fine, but the text was full of grammatical errors and got a few minor details wrong - the photos were excellent and really sold it.  The plan had a couple of glaring errors, like missing the front door.  Regardless the house sold £10K over asking in 48 hours to people that saw the listing with mistakes, rather than what was corrected later.  I think most people can't "step in" to the plan anyway, and need to physically see the property to appreciate room sizes, light and outlook.

MovingForwards

A plan helps to see the layout, where things can be placed and what can be done to things like kitchen and bathrooms.

I've seen plans were the rooms don't tally with how the photos look eg all rooms being almost square and nearly the same size. I've seen plans where there's no doors / windows, which doesn't help when working out where furniture would go.

Personally I didn't mind if the plan or text held the room size, as long as one of them did.

Sq footage means nothing to me, it's all about what size the rooms are and what I can do with them.

I sat in my office one morning and got the tape measure out, so I could see the size of rooms and marked it out, then I set about marking out where furniture would go. When it came to moving day all I had to do was point where for the removals guys and then over the next few days set about moving things an inch or two one way, slight angles and got the rooms how I wanted them to look. Without good plans, it would have taken a lot longer.

Marvel1

Need a floor plan so I can see the layout, sizes does not make a difference to me.

ProDave

Not very important for me.  A rough idea is good but is no substitute for a proper viewing.

What would be much more useful to me is a PLOT layout showing how the house sat on the plot, where the garden is, what side access there is, how it relates to other properties, what direction it faces etc etc etc.