Know before you build: What you miss out on when you skip a 3D house rendering
Imagine, you’ve spent hours with a custom home designer meticulously planning every aspect of your dream home. You’ve spent countless hours pouring over floor layouts, paint swatches, and countertop finishes. There are reams of house plan ideas, hacks, and tricks bouncing around your Pinterest mood board. Unfortunately, you’ll never get back the time spent debating the pros and cons of tankless water heaters and built-in closet organization, much less the time spent passing blueprint revisions between your home builder, interior designer, and the HOA for approval.
However, now construction is finished, you realize your home is not quite what you had hoped it would be. Maybe you realize you should have gone with “off-white” instead of “eggshell” for the living room ceiling. Or the back patio gets too much sun making it uncomfortable to enjoy. Regardless of the issue, it can be a frustrating and disappointing experience.
3D house models: Seeing is believing
If you’re about to embark on a custom home design journey using the same design tools people used 100 years ago, prepare yourself for a grueling 12-month process. Designing your dream home can be intimidating and requires you to put a lot of trust in your home designer. They are the expert, they understand the process, they know what floor plans look good and work well. It's true, they are the ones who can translate difficult concepts and ideas to help you better understand the design.
Trusting your home designer is important, but is it the only way? Or is there a way you can see the home design in the same way a home designer can see it? Fortunately, there are more cost-effective and enjoyable ways to design your dream home. Through the use of 3D house models and Virtual Reality (VR) design, you can experience your home during the design process. This way, you won’t be caught off guard once the house is constructed.
The rise of 3D house design
3D rendering has been around for decades. However, in the last decade, 3D house plans have become increasingly popular within the world of home design. This new and improved way of designing homes allows homeowners to get a more realistic representation of what their future home will look like.
3D house plans offer homeowners a visual representation of the entire home. You will be provided with a more in-depth understanding of the flow and layout and the ability to make necessary tweaks before construction even begins. This technology allows homeowners to take a 3D house tour to get an authentic feel for the space.
While 3D home design has been revolutionizing the home design process, virtual reality (VR) technology has taken it to a whole new level. With VR, homeowners can not only view their home as a 3D rendering but also step inside and experience it as if it were already built. Utilizing VR enhances the design process with a more immersive and interactive experience, offering a precise and confident approach to designing your future home
Virtual reality home design
With VR home design, you can immerse yourself in your home with a fully interactive and realistic 3D rendering. The 3D model will give you a complete and accurate understanding of what your home will look and feel like.
Using a VR headset like the Oculus Quest, VR enables you to walk through your home. You can explore different rooms and spaces, and get a feel for how various elements come together. Sometimes, you can experiment with different colors, materials, and furnishings to see what works best for your taste and style.
Another advantage of VR house plans is to see the impact of different design elements on the look and feel of your home. For example, you can see how the color of the walls will look in different lighting, how the furniture will fit into each room, and even how the space will flow between rooms.
Choose to use virtual reality in your home design
VR allows you to step into the future and see your future home. You will be empowered to make informed decisions about the design process. By knowing exactly what your home will look like, VR helps make the design process stress-free, enjoyable, and free of unwelcome surprises.
Fast-forward to the future, after spending hours designing your perfect dream house and awaiting its construction, it is ready. Now, instead of anxiety, you feel excited about your new home build. With a 3D rendering of your house plans and a VR tour, the first real-life encounter with your new home feels familiar.
With the help of 3D and VR technologies, you can have a smoother home design process. Have peace of mind of knowing your dream house will turn out exactly how you envisioned it.
