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From cottage to family home
Start with a simple volume and drag it to size. Add a rear or side extension, a garden room or an annexe and turn parts 90° at a time.
Houses & holiday homes
Design your own house or holiday home
Sketch a family home, a coastal cottage or a rear extension to a brick terrace. Build volumes with pitched or mono-pitch roofs and watch them become floor plans, frame and drawings.
Start sketching my house
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Familiar roof shapes
A pitched roof like a classic cottage, a mono-pitch for a modern extension or a flat roof for a garden room. Tall storeys can have sloping ceilings upstairs.
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Floor plans to furnish
Build model creates the floor plans for you. Then draw rooms, doors and windows and furnish as usual.
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Frame and drawings
With Project Pass you get a timber frame with studs and trusses, dimensioned plans, elevations and sections, plus a quantity list.
INSIDE THE TOOL
How it works – from volume to drawing
1. Sketch the volumes
Draw volumes in metres, pull height and width, pick pitched, mono-pitch or flat roofs and compare sketch versions side by side.
2. Build model and frame
The model works out walls, joists, trusses and prefab modules with estimated weight and transport size. Set your own span and transport limits.
3. Drawings and quantities
Dimensioned A3 plans, elevations and sections with title block, north arrow and ground line. Export PDF, CSV, IFC and 3D.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
A solid starting point for planning
MyRoomCraft gives you drawings in the format councils usually expect – but the application remains your responsibility.
What you can produce in the tool
- Scaled floor plans with dimensions and areas
- Elevations for all four sides with ground line
- Section with storey heights
- Title block, north arrow and page numbers on A3
- Quantity list and frame basis for quotes
What you usually arrange separately
- Location and site plan from an official map
- Structural calculations by an engineer
- Building Regulations approval
- Energy and thermal calculations
- Checks for permitted development and conservation areas
Requirements vary by council. Always check with your local authority before submitting.
THE PLOT AND THE PLAN
What can you build on your plot?
A new home always needs full planning permission. The local plan and design guides shape size, height and position.
Planning permission
Outline permission settles the principle; full or reserved matters approval fixes design, size and layout.
Height and neighbours
Councils assess overlooking, overshadowing and the street scene – often against a 45° rule and local design codes.
Building Regulations
Structure, fire, energy (Part L) and accessibility (Part M) must be approved before and during building.
Self-build
Register with your council's self-build register; self-builders may be exempt from the Community Infrastructure Levy.
THREE HOUSE TYPES TO START FROM
From compact cottage to family home
Examples to start from – redraw in centimetres and furnish with real dimensions.
Compact cottage
80–100 m² on one level: two bedrooms, bathroom and an open kitchen-living space.
Storey-and-a-half
Living and accessible WC downstairs, bedrooms under the eaves upstairs.
L-shaped family home
Separate adult and children's wings with a sheltered terrace.
FROM PLOT TO BUILDING
How it works
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Plot and position
Enter plot size and slope and place the house with boundary distances.
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Volumes and roof
Sketch volumes, choose roof shape, facade and roofing.
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Floor plans and interiors
Build model creates the floor plans – draw rooms and furnish.
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Drawings and application
Export A3 drawings as a basis for your planning application.
THE DRAWING SET
For your planning application
Drawings from your model – the same measurements on every sheet.
Site and block plan
The house on the plot with distances to boundaries and road.
Floor plans
Every storey with room names, doors and windows.
Elevations
Every side with ground line and materials.
Sections
Floor levels, ceiling heights, ridge and pitch.
Drawings are a basis, not permission. Check the local plan with your council and have structure verified by an engineer.