Holiday-Let Cutaway Floor Plans with Gardens

What this render has to do

Guests choosing a holiday rental want to know three things the listing photographs rarely show: how the rooms connect, where the car goes and what the outdoor space is like. These two cutaway plans answer all three. Each single-storey property is shown furnished, with its garden, parking and patio attached, so a guest can picture the stay before booking and find the front door on arrival.

The same pictures do a second job in the welcome pack. A guest standing on the drive can match the plan to what they see, which cuts down on the small questions hosts otherwise answer by message. Furnished 3D floor plans suit this work because they show rooms and outside space in a single image.

Materials, light and camera

The two plans are very different shapes. One is an L-shaped cottage with a gravel drive, a parked car and three coloured wheelie bins at the edge, a terracotta-toned entrance path, a picket fence and a hedge-lined lawn with a table laid for dinner behind the house. The other is a long, narrow property with a parking bay beside it, two bedrooms and a bathroom, a paved patio, a strip of timber decking, a lawn and a small timber outbuilding at the far end.

Walls are cut low so every room shows, and the view is raised enough that fences and hedges do not hide the garden. Light is bright and even with soft shadows, and the grass, gravel, paving and decking each get a distinct colour so the ground reads like a map.

How a set like this is built

No 2D drawings existed for either property, so both plans were modelled from the owner's hand-drawn sketches with approximate dimensions. 3D rendering from house plans is the usual route, but sketches work when they carry enough measurements. We build to the stated sizes, flag every assumption on the first draft, and furnish from the listing photographs so beds, sofas and kitchens match what guests will find.

Boundary treatments, planting and paving were modelled alongside the rooms. Two revision rounds on marked-up drafts followed, and the finished pair arrived eleven days after the first issue. Our briefing guide lists the measurements that matter most, and our turnaround guide explains how issue dates are set.

What to watch for in this type of brief

Small single-storey properties reward a careful brief, because every metre counts and the outside space matters as much as the rooms. The same approach suits granny flats and other compact dwellings, where one image has to carry a layout and its surroundings. The 3D rendering cost guide explains how site complexity affects price.

• Photograph each sketch and add a few overall dimensions, such as the length of the longest wall.
• Send the listing photographs so furniture and finishes can be matched.
• Say what must appear outside: parking, bins, seating, outbuildings.
• Decide whether the plan will be printed in a welcome pack or used only online.
• Mark up the first draft in one go, so both rounds are used efficiently.