How to Create a Floor Plan with the Houses360 Floor Plan Maker

Why add a floor plan to a 360 tour?

A 360 tour helps buyers look around each room, but a floor plan helps them understand how the rooms connect. Together, they answer two different questions: what does the room feel like, and where is it in the home?

A simple floor plan can make a tour easier to navigate, especially on mobile. Buyers can see the layout, tap rooms that are linked to scenes, and understand the path from entry to living areas, bedrooms, bathrooms, and outdoor spaces.

What to bring before measuring

You can measure a house with a regular measuring tape, and that works fine for smaller rooms if you have enough time. Ideally, use a laser distance measurer. A laser measurer is faster, easier when you are working alone, and more accurate for long walls, open rooms, and awkward spaces.

The floor plan does not need to be an architectural drawing. For tour marketing, the goal is a clean, useful layout that helps viewers understand room flow. Still, better measurements make the final plan easier to read and more believable.

• Laser distance measurer, ideally, for fast wall-to-wall measurements.
• Measuring tape as a backup or for small closets, door openings, and odd corners.
• Phone or clipboard for quick notes.
• Room list in the same order you plan to capture the 360 scenes.
• A simple sketch of the property before you start drawing in Houses360.

Measure the house room by room

1. Start with a rough sketch Walk the house and draw a quick outline on paper or your phone. Mark each room name, doors, stairs, halls, and any spaces that connect the tour.
2. Measure the main walls For each room, measure length and width. A laser measurer is usually best: place it against one wall, point to the opposite wall, and write down the result.
3. Record door and opening locations Note where doors, wide openings, and hallway transitions sit. You do not need perfect construction drawings, but doors help buyers understand how rooms connect.
4. Measure unusual shapes separately For L-shaped rooms, bay windows, angled walls, or open kitchen/living areas, break the space into simple rectangles and notes.
5. Keep room names consistent Use the same names in your notes, 360 scene titles, and floor plan labels: Living Room, Kitchen, Primary Bedroom, Hall Bath, Garage, Patio.

Open the floor plan maker

In the Houses360 dashboard, open the tour you are editing and go to the Floor plan section. The floor plan maker lets you add rooms, resize them, move them into position, label them, add doors or stairs, and connect rooms to scenes from the tour.

If you are using the Android app, the same dashboard workflow is available inside the app. For detailed drawing work, pinch and zoom when needed and use a careful touch. For larger homes, it can be easier to create the rough layout first and then fine-tune room sizes and labels.

Build the floor plan in Houses360

1. Create or open a floor Start with the main floor. Rename it if needed, such as Main Floor, Second Floor, Basement, or Guest House.
2. Add the first room Add the largest or most central room first, often the living room, great room, or main hallway. This gives the rest of the layout a reference point.
3. Set the room size Enter or adjust the room dimensions using your measurements. If the drawing is approximate, keep the proportions close so the layout feels right.
4. Add nearby rooms Add the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, garage, and outdoor spaces around the first room. Move and resize rooms until the layout matches your sketch.
5. Add doors and stairs Use doors to show how viewers move between rooms. Add stairs where they connect floors or split-level areas.
6. Label each room clearly Use buyer-friendly labels. Avoid abbreviations that might be confusing on mobile.
7. Link rooms to 360 scenes When a room has a matching 360 scene, connect that room to the scene. This lets viewers use the floor plan as a navigation map in the public tour.
8. Save often Save the floor plan after major changes, especially on mobile or when using a weaker connection.

Recommended measurement workflow

Preview the public floor plan

After saving, open the public tour preview and check the floor plan like a buyer would. Confirm the floor plan button appears, the layout fits on mobile, room labels are readable, and linked rooms open the correct 360 scene.

If a room link opens the wrong scene, return to the editor and update the scene connection. If the floor plan feels cramped, simplify labels, reduce unnecessary detail, or split the property into multiple floors.

Common floor plan mistakes to avoid

• Trying to draw every tiny detail instead of making the layout easy to understand.
• Using different room names in the floor plan and scene list.
• Forgetting to add doorways or transitions between major rooms.
• Skipping measurements and relying only on memory after leaving the property.
• Publishing before testing the floor plan on a phone.
• Making rooms visually proportional but forgetting to update the displayed dimensions.

Simple quality checklist before publishing

• Every important room is labeled.
• Main rooms have reasonable dimensions.
• Doors and stairs are placed where they help navigation.
• Rooms with 360 photos are linked to the correct scenes.
• The floor plan opens cleanly on mobile.
• The layout helps explain the home instead of overwhelming the viewer.