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Floor plans – by professional role
The same drawing is used in completely different ways depending on who holds it. An agent needs an image that stays legible on a phone inside a portal listing. A property manager needs areas that reconcile with service-charge statements. A surveyor needs traceable dimensions.
These pages describe, per role, the typical workflow, what the output has to satisfy, and the mistakes that get expensive in that specific context.
What a floor plan is for depends on who is using it. For estate agents it is a sales asset: it has to be understandable at a glance, state a defensible living area and look right in the brochure. For property managers the same drawing is closer to a working document that has to stay current for years and keep units clearly apart.
Architecture practices and surveyors have different expectations again, around accuracy, traceability and continuing the work in CAD. Property photographers usually supply the plan alongside their images and therefore care about a consistent visual style. The pages below set out what matters day to day for each group, and which route from measuring to finished plan creates the least friction.
Every page in this section
- Floor plans for estate agentsHow agents produce floor plans efficiently: survey, evidence the area, listing plan, portal image and data handover — without duplicate upkeep.
- Floor plans for property managementKeeping plans current across a portfolio: areas for statements and tenancies, common areas, contractor documents and a defensible archive.
- Floor plans for architectsTurning a site survey into a CAD-ready base quickly: capture, dimensional accuracy, DXF handover, and what the tool deliberately is not.
- Floor plans for property photographersOffering floor plans alongside a shoot: capture in the same appointment, edit afterwards, deliver in the formats agents actually need.
- Floor plans for surveyors and valuersRecording a survey traceably: height zones, area derivation, preserving the state at a point in time — and where the tool stops and expertise begins.
- Floor plans for developersSelling homes before they exist: separating units, evidencing areas, 3D for sales, and keeping drawing revisions under control.
- Floor plans for private landlordsProducing a plan yourself as a landlord: floor area in the tenancy, a listing with a plan, handover records, and what you can safely skip.
- Floor plans for interior designersFrom measured survey to furnishing option: an accurate base, furniture dimensions, 3D checking, and handover to CAD or visualisation.