Explore your dream home, before a brick is laid

When building a new home, most people would find it extremely difficult to visualise the design by just looking at the plans on paper. Even though the elevations are mostly in 3D nowadays, it still provides very little information to assist people on making one of their most important decision in life.

Simple decisions like where exactly is the house going to sit on the site and are the windows in the right place to make the most of the best views? While an experienced builder can easily understand the complete picture by just by looking at a plan, it can be difficult to explain in words so that a client truly understands every detail in their soon to be home. “There is a bulkhead when raking ceiling stops here...” how many people could understand, not to mention visualising this?

Ask Maddren Home’s General Manager Rodger, who is currently building his new home and wanted to share his ideas with others who were struggling to visualise his vision. Rodger decided to bring everyone involved to the rural site and do a virtual walk through using a 1:1 digital model.

Rodger plotted the digital model to the site peg, allowing the house to sit on the exact proposed location. This then laid out all the hidden details on the floor plan, with actual rooms popping up, giving a feeling for each space despite there being no ‘actual’ walls. Everyone could see how the natural light flooded in from the high triangular windows and visualise the ‘exact’ views across the valley when sitting on a virtual couch in the living area. They also now understand what Rodger meant by bulk head above kitchen!

Above all, Rodger can show off the most important feature of the home; a long gallery leading from a transparent glass entrance door to the decking area. “The house is somehow blocking the views when visitors come down from the driveway, but as soon as they look through the front door, the stunning views will certainly take their breath away. I can’t wait to hear the gasping!”

So how are we achieving this magic virtual experience? HomeAR specialise in augmented reality digital modelling, and have been wowing Maddren’s clients since 2019. As well as positioning a 3D model on your building site, HomeAR also have a table scale viewing option that allows client to place and view their home design on any flat surface. HomeAR has successfully helped clients with ‘no surprises’ decision making assistance as well as avoiding structural changes at a later stage where variations during the build can add extra time and costs.

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