From Floor Plans to 3D Tours: How Technology Is Changing the Way We View Flats

Not too long ago, buying a home in India meant poring over floor plans, imagining where your sofa would go, and visiting multiple properties in person, sometimes over months. But that’s changing, fast. Today, digital house hunting in India has gone from a hopeful sketch on paper to an immersive experience that gives you a real feel for a space, without ever stepping inside it. While traditional floor plans are still used, many real estate builders in Bangalore (including us at Bren) have taken things several notches higher with 3D apartment floor plans and virtual flat tours.These aren’t just pretty renderings, they’re interactive, immersive and incredibly helpful in understanding scale, light and flow. In fact, floor plans vs 3D walkthroughs isn’t even a debate anymore. Floor plans give you a sense of dimensions. But a 3D tour? That gives you a feel of the space; how the kitchen opens into the living room, how much sunlight that balcony gets, and whether the second bedroom can ...