Model my Property › 3D model of your house
How to make a 3D model of your house and garden
You do not need drawings, measurements or 3D software. Draw your plot on the map, and Model my Property builds your house, outbuildings and garden in 3D, with the real roof and the real slope of the ground. It is free and runs in your web browser.
What you get
- Your house with its real roof. Where lidar is available (England, Wales, Scotland, the Netherlands and France), heights and roof shapes come from the laser survey. Elsewhere, set the roof type, height and pitch yourself.
- The garden and the lie of the land. Slopes, terraces and banks, with trees, hedges, walls and fences.
- Your own photos on the walls. Click a wall, add a photo taken on your phone, drag its four corners onto the corners of the wall, and it is straightened to fit, so the model shows your own brickwork, doors and windows.
- Roof colours picked from aerial photos, such as slate, clay tiles or thatch.
Step by step
1. Find your home and draw the plot
Search for your address area, then click around the edge of your plot. In England and Wales you can pick the plot straight from the HM Land Registry boundary.
2. Press Auto model
Your house, garage, sheds, trees and boundaries are added from lidar, OpenStreetMap and aerial photos. Click any building on the map to change its height, roof or colour, or draw one that is missing.
3. Put photos on the walls
Click a building to see it on its own in 3D, then click a wall and add a photo. Photos taken at an angle are fine: you mark the wall's corners on the photo, and the sky, the ground and the neighbours' walls are cut away. One photo can go on every wall, and a gable end can include its pointed top.
4. Look around, share or print
- Turn the model round full screen, with shadows from the sun.
- Download a 3D viewer page that works offline, to send to family or friends.
- On a phone or tablet, see it on your table in AR through the camera.
- Download an STL to 3D print, or a coloured OBJ for full-colour printing or other 3D software. Each building can also be saved as its own OBJ.
Ideas
- A housewarming or leaving present: the old home or the new one as a model.
- A keepsake of a family home before it is sold.
- Seeing how the garden falls before planning a patio, pond or path.
- A model for a holiday let, B&B or wedding venue to show guests the layout.
Planning an extension? Our sister site Auto Extension Plans turns a mock-up of your extension into planning and building regulations drawings.
Common questions
Is my address or photo uploaded?
No. Your work and your photos are kept in your own browser, and photos are read on your device. See the privacy policy.
Will it be exact?
The ground and roof heights from lidar are accurate to a few centimetres where it is available. Walls follow your drawn outline, so the more carefully you place the corners, the better the model.
Can I model a flat or terrace?
Yes. Draw the whole building, or just your part of it, and set its height.
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Lidar: Environment Agency and others, under open licences. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons. Imagery © Esri.