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Floor Plans - Types, Symbols & Examples
Everything you need to know about floor plans. From different types and how to create one, to useful floor plan symbols and examples.
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What Is a Floor Plan?
A floor plan is a type of drawing that shows you the layout of a home or property from above. Floor plans typically illustrate the location of walls, windows, doors, and stairs, as well as fixed installations such as bathroom fixtures, kitchen cabinetry, and appliances. Floor plans are usually drawn to scale and will indicate room types, room sizes, and wall lengths. They may also show furniture layouts and include outdoor areas.
Why Are Floor Plans Important?
According to research by Zillow, 81% of home buyers say they are more likely to view a home if the listing includes a floor plan they like.
Floor plans are an essential part of real estate marketing, as well as home building, interior design, and architecture projects.
Floor plans show the relationship between rooms and spaces, furniture layout, and communicate how one can move through a property.
Types of Floor Plans
2D Floor Plans
A 2D floor plan is a type of diagram that shows the layout of a space from above including the walls and rooms. 2D means that the floor plan is a “flat” drawing, without perspective or depth. A 2D floor plan can be a sketch, a blueprint, or computer drawing.
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3D Floor Plans
A 3D floor plan is a type of diagram that shows the layout of a home or property in 3D. 3D means that the floor plan shows both perspective and height. Unlike a 2D Floor Plan, a 3D Floor Plan has more details and makes it easier to understand the space.
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Floor Plans for Interior Design
Illustrate the interior with a furniture layout plan, so you know exactly what should go where.
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Floor Plans for Office Planning
Plan where the employees should sit, cubicles or open seating, and where the reception desk should go.
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How to Create Floor Plans
There are two easy ways to create floor plans. Either use a DIY floor plan software or order floor plans from a redraw service.
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You can easily draw floor plans yourself using a floor plan software. Even non-professionals can create high-quality floor plans. Often, all you need to do is invest 10 minutes of your time in learning the software, and then you will be drawing floor plans in no time.
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If you have an existing blueprint or sketch of the home, you can use a redraw service to get a professional floor plan. Just send in the sketch, and the floor plan will be ready the next business day. The best services offer a solution where you can easily edit the final plan as well.
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How to Read Floor Plan Symbols
Here are some common symbols you will find on a floor plan:
Doors
Doors are represented with a curved line showing which way the door swings.
Windows
Windows are indicated on floor plans as a double-lined gap.
Stairs
Stairs have an arrow pointing to the highest point of the stair.
Compass
The compass symbol quickly shows you which direction North is.
Furniture
Furniture symbols will resemble the furniture they are representing - this one is a sofa with a coffee table.
Appliances
Multiple kitchen appliances to indicate freezer, the cooking stove, refrigerator, and dishwasher.
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| 6 units | J1103-748-6B View floor plan | 1 bedroom units |
| 5 units | J2878-5 View floor plan | 2 and 3 bedroom units |
| Triplex | JS814-1103 View floor plan | 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units |
| 4-plex | J2878-4-21-2 View floor plan | 3 bedroom units |
| 4-plex | J2878-4-21 View floor plan | 2 and 3 bedroom units |
| Accessible 4-plex | J1103-11-4A View floor plan | 1 bedroom units |
| 4-plex | S1002-4 View floor plan | 3 / 1 bedroom units |
| Triplex | J778T View floor plan | 2 bedroom units |
| Triplex | J0708-17T View floor plan | Studio units |
| Triplex | J1224-17T View floor plan | 1 bedroom units |
| 4-plex | Popular layout J1031-4-30 View floor plan | 3 bedroom units |
| 8-plex | Popular 2 bedroom layout J891-8 View floor plan | 2 bedroom units |
| 4-plex | Popular layout J1103-4-2 View floor plan | 1 bedroom units |
| 4-plex | Open layout J0512-17-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom units |
| Triplex | Garage per unit J0324-16T-2 View floor plan | 2 bedroom units |
| Triplex | Garage per unit J0324-16T View floor plan | 1 and 2 bedroom units |
| 6 unit apartment plan | J1103-748-6 View floor plan | 1 and 2 bedroom units |
| 5 unit apartment plan | J748-5 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 4-plex | J949-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| Triplex | J0605-14T View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| Fourplex | J778-4B View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| Triplex plan | Garage per unit J1313-T View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1. |
Fourplex plan | Efficient floor plan J918-4 View floor plan | 1 bedroom / 1.5 bath |
Triplex plan | Efficient floor plan J0204-12T View floor plan | 1 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 6 unit apartment | Popular 2 bedroom layout J0418-11-6 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1.5 bath |
| 8 unit apartment | J778-8 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 6 unit apartment | Based on our most popular 2 bedroom layout. J891-6 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 2 bath |
| 4plex apartment | J0124-13-4B View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 4plex apartment | J0917-13-4 View floor plan | 2 & 3 bedroom units |
| 4plex apartment | J0201-13-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 2 bath |
| 4 unit apartment | J0124-13-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 4 unit apartment | J0929-11-4 View floor plan | 1 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 4 unit apartment | J1103-11-4 View floor plan | 1 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 6 unit apartment | J1138-6 View floor plan | 3 bedroom / 2 bath |
| Triplex | J0201-13T View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 2 bath |
| 6 unit apartment | J1103-11-6 View floor plan | 1 bedroom / 1 bath |
| Triplex | J1031-T-12 View floor plan | 3 bedroom / 2 bath |
| 4-plex: popular design | J891-4-12 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 2 bath |
| Townhouse 4-plex; garage per unit | J0121-12-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1. |
| Triplex | J1103-11T View floor plan | 1 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 4-plex | J0418-11-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1.5 bath |
| 4-plex | J1964-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 2 bath |
| 4-plex | J1964-4B View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 2 bath |
| Triplex | S820-3 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| Flexible triplex | J0615-11t View floor plan | Main Floor: 2nd Floor: |
| 4-plex; covered stairs | J1031-4-11 View floor plan | 3 bedroom / 2 bath |
| Flexible Triplex | J0505-11t View floor plan | Two 3 bedroom / 2 bath |
| 4-plex | J748-4 View floor plan | 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath |
| 4-plex | J778-4 View floor plan | 2 bedroom / 1 bath |
| 4-plex | J1031-4 View floor plan | 3 Bedroom / 2 Bath |
| Triplex | J949T View floor plan | 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath |
| Fourplex | J2878-4 View floor plan | Two 3 bedroom / 2 bath |
| Triplex | J942T View floor plan | 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath |
| Economical construction | J748T View floor plan | 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath |
| Popular plan J891-4 View floor plan | 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath | |
| Unique layout with courtyard | J-0908-T View floor plan | End units: 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath |
| J-564-T View floor plan | 1 Bedroom / 1 Bath | |
| J-2878-4-B View floor plan | 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath | |
| J891-T View floor plan Based on our most popular duplex layout. | 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath | |
| J-1764-4 View floor plan | 1 Bedroom / 1 Bath per unit | |
| J-1031-T View floor plan | End units: 3 Bedroom / 2 Bath |
| J-1842-T View floor plan | Main Floor: 2nd Floor: |
| J-1138-4 View floor plan | 3 bedroom / 2 bath per unit |
| Triplex J-1764T | Three 1 Bedroom / 1 Bath units |
| Triplex J-2878T | Two 3 bedroom units One 2 bedroom unit |
| Fourplex J1828-4 | 2 Bedroom / 1 Bath |
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views and 5 tips for choosing the right one
An unsuccessful apartment layout can significantly reduce the quality of your life. We have prepared a guide for those who need to know how to choose a layout in a new building or in the secondary market and not miscalculate.
In today's article, M16-Nedvizhimost specialists tell you what to look for when buying an apartment, what layouts are on the market today, and the pros and cons of each planning solution.
Why is this important?
Your convenience directly depends on a well-chosen planning solution.
The more thoughtful planning you choose, the easier it will be for you to arrange housing in accordance with your own wishes.
At the same time, the internal organization of space affects not only the arrangement of furniture, but also your psychological comfort. That is why it is better to immediately learn how not to choose a problematic layout.
Types and types of layouts
Let's start with the categories into which planning solutions are divided. We will also talk about the features of all the options presented.
Studio
This is the youngest housing format that came to us only at the beginning of the 21st century and won its niche among young people. Most often, studios become the first independent housing, subsequently people tend to replace it with a more familiar and spacious option.
It provides for the presence of one room, in which zones of different functionality are organized: from the kitchen to the office, including the bedroom.
Isolated are only a compact entrance hall and a bathroom (always combined).
Studio in the residential complex Magnifika
In the early years, this format of apartments was also called "RIAL". They entered the St. Petersburg market in 2001 and became an alternative to rooms: at an equal price, the studio assumed its own separate housing.
This format is ideal for students or young professionals, as well as for anyone who prefers to live alone. But for couples, even those who do not have children or live separately from them, it will already be uncomfortable in the studio.
Let's start with the advantages of this format:
- Cheap. In fact, the cost of a studio apartment is its main advantage: due to its small area, the price of such housing is noticeably lower than one-room apartments;
- Functionality. In such an apartment there will definitely not be empty square meters: all the space is used, every corner is assigned to some zone.
The internal organization of space can be solved by screens and partitions; - Furnishing possibilities. Due to the lack of internal frames for furnishing and decorating the room, amazing opportunities open up, and a talented designer can implement an interesting project here, which will become not only comfortable, but also very stylish;
- Ideal for singles. If you belong to the type of people who lead an active lifestyle, and the apartment is used exclusively for overnight stays or quiet weekends alone, the studio will be able to satisfy your requests to the maximum!
The obvious disadvantages of studio housing include:
- Small area - on average, the total area of the studio rarely exceeds 28-29 m2. The exception is high-class housing;
- Problems with ventilation and soundproofing. For example, during cooking, the accompanying “aromas” (unpleasant ones as well) will spread throughout the apartment and eat into clothes.
The same goes for sounds; - Psychological discomfort. If you live in the studio together (there is no question of living for three people), then the lack of the opportunity to retire will soon begin to oppress. It also causes restrictions on the arrangement of furniture and its configuration - an overloaded room will begin to put pressure on you, even if you live alone.
Adjacent and adjoining-isolated rooms
Quite common and popular, although not the most convenient housing option. However, depending on planning variations, such housing may be suitable for families with children.
The essence of the layout is that you can get into one living room only by passing through another. If we are talking about a two-room apartment, then someone in the family will be left without their own isolated corner.
On the other hand, there are often options in which there is one adjacent and two separate bedrooms. The ideal solution in this case would be to use the adjacent room as a living room, where all family members will gather at the dinner table or during a joint holiday.
The remaining two rooms will become a private space for parents and children.
An example of an apartment with an adjoining room
We list the features of the layout:
Apartments of this type are found only in the secondary market, modern developers have long abandoned adjacent and adjacent-isolated formats;
The presence of adjacent rooms will have a beneficial effect on pricing: apartments with similar layouts are priced cheaper than isolated counterparts;
As a rule, in an adjacent format, the area of utility rooms, in particular, the corridor, is smaller, due to which the living area is increased.
Euro-planning
Another type of housing that appeared in Russia relatively recently and came to us, as the name suggests, from European countries. A feature of the layout is that the kitchen and living room are combined into a single space, that is, they represent one room (ideally, a large one). In addition, the apartment has at least one separate bedroom.
A one-bedroom apartment is considered a "Euro-room".
"Evrodvushka" in LCD Legenda Geroev
It is believed that such an apartment contributes to the rapprochement of family members: the housewives no longer have to be torn between the kitchen and the hall to communicate with their spouse or watch over the children. However, the advantages of planning are not limited to this:
- Functional areas : as in the case of studios, there is a rejection of extra meters in euro-format apartments. All space is used rationally and logically, which significantly increases the comfort of residents;
- Cost less than : the Euro-two apartment given as an example above, of course, will cost you more than a standard one-room apartment, but much cheaper than a two-room apartment. At the same time, you will receive a full-fledged living area;
- A new way of thinking : no doubt this layout is geared towards modern people.
Europlanning is both a rejection of Soviet planning solutions, a new approach to organizing space, and, in the end, a new outlook on life. For example, the size of the bedroom can easily be sacrificed in the living room, where the tenants will spend most of their time.
An example of the arrangement of the kitchen-living room from the designers of "M16"
Now let's talk about the disadvantages of such a layout:
- Uncomfortable neighborhood : the kitchen-living room must be equipped with a powerful exhaust system, otherwise all upholstered furniture will very quickly smell of odors that occur during cooking. Also, you will have to worry about household appliances in advance: the loud operation of household appliances will prevent you from watching TV in the living area or taking a nap on the sofa, you will have to select silent appliances;
- Custom configuration : be extra careful with this aspect and check the floor plan beforehand to make sure you can easily furnish it.
The problem is that some developers resort to European layouts when a standard planning solution simply cannot be placed on the remaining area.
Isolated rooms
The most popular and probably the most desirable type of layout, which has almost no drawbacks. All living rooms in such an apartment are isolated from each other, that is, the residents are provided with maximum privacy.
This type of layout is one hundred percent likely to be found in any new building. Today, when developers strive not only to provide buyers with housing, but also to create the most comfortable living conditions, the layout of an isolated format is a standard solution.
Isolated layout in the residential complex "Suvorov"
In general, there are no shortcomings in the planning solution as a whole, the downsides are found only in specific apartments.
Enhanced floor plans
The name says it all: these floor plans provide you with an increased level of comfort.
But if earlier an improved layout meant only that the apartment took into account all the mistakes of the “Khrushchev” (rejection of a panel building in favor of a brick, at least), today it also guarantees additional options that make life easier. These are, for example, dressing rooms, pantries, additional bathrooms.
An apartment with an improved layout necessarily has a balcony, sometimes two. Some options can even be equipped with terraces. Large kitchens and living rooms, rooms of the correct form - these are prerequisites for this type of layout.
Almost all layouts in the Dom u Yelagin Ostrov Residential Complex are improved
The only downside is that the cost of such apartments is an order of magnitude higher than more modest and standard counterparts.
Free layout
Modern apartment layouts in many houses allow you to organize the interior space yourself. Free planning means that it is up to you to build internal partitions, there are no internal walls (non-bearing) upon purchase.
Of the restrictions - only a bathroom and a kitchen, in which communications have already been carried out.
In theory, this gives you the opportunity to create the perfect home based on your own desires. In practice, things are not so rosy. Regardless of your preferences, the walls are already marked on the layout plan, and all changes will have to be coordinated with the Housing Inspectorate. In addition, repairs in such an apartment will take much more time and money.
Choosing an apartment layout according to the scheme: 5 tips
Look closely at apartments with a minimum number of load-bearing walls. So you can always rebuild housing for yourself;
Avoid layouts that include irregularly shaped rooms. The presence of at least one sharp corner is already a non-functional "square", for which you, nevertheless, are forced to pay. Furnishing a room of this shape without a headache will not work. In addition, asymmetry causes psychological discomfort;
Do not overpay for extra space.
