Plan. Measure. Build.
Design your dream home, and know what it takes to build.
Draw your floor plan in minutes. PlanHome measures every material off it — floor, walls, linings, doors and windows — so your builder can price a real schedule instead of guessing at a sketch.
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One plan, measured properly.
The drawing and the material schedule are the same document. Move a wall and the quantities move with it, so what your builder prices is always the home you have actually drawn.
- Walls, floors and openings measured straight off the geometry
- Every quantity shows what it was measured from, so it can be checked
- We measure; your builder prices it with their own rates
From blank canvas to a real quote
Three steps, one document. The plan you design is the same plan your builder prices.
Draw or generate
Start from a template, describe your home, or bring an existing plan as an image or PDF. Draw walls on a snapping grid and drop in doors, windows and rooms.
Check it's allowed
Put it on your block and see the buildable envelope your setbacks leave. Setbacks, site coverage, storeys and the NSW granny flat caps are checked as you draw.
See it in 3D
Switch from the 2D plan to a 3D model, then take a first person walk-through of your home before a single brick is laid.
Get the documents
Material quantities, trade packs, a framing schedule and an A3 concept planning pack — measured off the plan you just drew.
Everything else only draws. We measure it too.
PlanHome keeps the plan editable and connects it to a live material takeoff, so the design and the quantities move together.
Editable, not just a drawing
Every wall, room and opening stays editable. Nudge a wall and the material takeoff updates with it.
Automatic material takeoff
Quantities for walls, flooring, doors and windows are read straight from your plan geometry.
A schedule they can price
Every quantity shows what it was measured from, so your builder can check the take-off rather than trust it.
2D and 3D in one
Design in 2D, review the massing in 3D, and walk the halls in first person.
Start from words or a picture
Describe the home you want, or bring an existing floor plan as an image or PDF and have it traced into an editable plan.
More than one storey
Add levels, stack them, put in stairs and voids, and get a takeoff for the whole building or one floor at a time.
Furniture and fixtures
A drag-and-drop library, plus toilets, vanities, showers and benches placed to Australian standard clearances.
Save it and share it
Plans save to your account. Send a read-only link to a partner or a builder that you can revoke at any time.
Works on a tablet
Pan, zoom and draw with a finger or a stylus, so you can sketch on site rather than only at a desk.
Find out what your block allows before you pay anyone
Most floor planners will happily let you design something you are not allowed to build. PlanHome checks the plan against the rules that apply where you are building, while changing it still costs nothing.
Can I build this here?
Set your block size and PlanHome shades the buildable envelope your setbacks leave, then checks the plan against it: front, side and rear setbacks, site coverage and storeys.
NSW granny flats, to the actual rule
Secondary dwellings are governed at state level, not by 500-odd councils, so the two caps that decide it — 60 m² floor area and a 450 m² minimum lot — are encoded as written.
Editable presets elsewhere
VIC ResCode, QLD, WA and SA start from a preset you can edit, because outside those state rules the numbers are your council's. Every preset says to confirm it against your DA.
An indicative energy check
See how your glazing and orientation are tracking against a 7-star target early, while moving a window is still free. Indicative only, not a NatHERS or BASIX certificate.
PlanHome is a building design and estimating tool, not a registered practitioner. Feasibility results are a pre-assessment to help you have a better conversation with your council or certifier, not an approval.
Walk away with documents, not just a picture
Building anything means paperwork. PlanHome turns the plan you drew into the documents the next person needs, measured off the same geometry so nothing has to be re-entered.
Concept planning pack
A multi-page A3 PDF: cover, site and setback plan, dimensioned floor plans at a real drafting scale, room and opening schedules, four elevations named by compass with overall height, and a compliance matrix.
Material takeoff
An itemised schedule of quantities measured off your geometry, with the basis shown for each line so your builder can check it.
Trade tender packs
The same takeoff split into the scopes trades actually quote: concreter, framer, plasterer, painter and insulation, each with what it was measured from.
Framing schedule
Studs at 450 or 600 centres, plates, noggings and a lintel schedule by opening span, set out to AS 1684 for estimating.
Concept drafting and estimating output. Quantities are for pricing, and member sizing and structural design stay with your framer or engineer. Certified documents — a NatHERS or BASIX certificate, engineering sign-off — come from an accredited professional.
Start from a template
Over 150 ready-made layouts across eight home types — 20 in each. Pick one to open it in the editor, then make it yours. Every room, wall and opening is editable.
Then hand it to someone who can build it
Share your plan and its material schedule with a trade directly. These are people we know and work with — listed by what they actually do.
Home builders
For the house itself — structure, roof, lock-up and fit-out.
None listed yet.
Landscaping & outdoor works
For everything around the house — driveways, paths, decks, fencing and retaining.
Other trades
Specialists for parts of the build.
None listed yet.
Listings are a starting point, not a recommendation of price or suitability. Always get your own quotes and check licences.
Sketch the home you want. See the number that matters.
Free while we are in testing. Sign in, draw a plan, get the material quantities, and hand your builder a clear brief to quote from.
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