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Turn your plan book into a floor plan app
that knows which units are still open.

Tell Netiva about your new community or lease-up and the agent builds a web app that ties every floor plan to its drawings, its open homesites or apartments and an inquiry form — with code you own.

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Starter prompt

Build a floor plan web app for a home builder selling two new communities. Give each community a selling status, site plan and consultant. Store plans with their community, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, a floor plan image, a PDF and a room list. Track each homesite with its lot number, phase, plan, price with lot premium and a status of Available, Reserved, Under contract, Sold (or Leased), Model and Future release. Show a plan gallery, a page per plan listing its open homesites and a compare page for up to three plans. Inquiry forms record the plan or lot and reach that community’s consultant, who signs in to see them.

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Overview

Who this floor plan app is for

New home buyers and apartment renters shop by layout first, then ask which homesites or units are still open. Most builders and leasing offices answer with a brochure PDF that went out of date after the last sale and a price sheet that lives in someone’s inbox. A floor plan app built with Netiva gives every plan its own page with the drawing, a room list and a download, shows the units still available for it and lets prospects line up two or three layouts before they ask about a specific unit.

Key features

What your floor plan app can do

  • Plan pages with drawings and files

    Each plan or unit type gets its own page with the floor plan drawing, a PDF to download and the specs buyers scan first: bedrooms, bathrooms, living area and the lowest price among open units.

    • Floor plan image and a downloadable PDF for every plan
    • Plan URLs generated from the plan name, such as /plans/the-aspen
    • Room names and sizes listed as text under each drawing
    • Extra image fields for a second floor or optional layouts

  • Availability by homesite or apartment

    Every unit carries its own status, price and available-from date, so plan pages count only what’s open and a sold homesite drops off as soon as the sales team changes it in the grid.

    • Available, Reserved, Under contract, Sold (or Leased), Model and Future release
    • “3 homesites available” counts on each plan card
    • An availability board grouped by phase, building or floor
    • Saved views of each community’s open units

  • Side-by-side plan comparison

    Prospects pick two or three plans and the compare page lines up their drawings and specs in columns, with the rows that differ highlighted, so a single-story ranch and a two-story plan are easy to weigh.

    • A Compare button on every plan card and plan page
    • Living area, bedrooms, baths and lowest open price in one table
    • Rows where the plans differ highlighted
    • A link that reopens the same comparison for a partner

  • Inquiries tied to a plan or unit

    The inquiry form on each plan and unit page saves which layout or homesite the prospect asked about, emails them a confirmation and sends it to the consultant listed on that community.

    • Plan, unit and move-in timeframe saved with each inquiry
    • Confirmation email to the prospect and an alert to that community’s consultant
    • Consultants sign in to see the inquiries assigned to them
    • New, Contacted, Tour scheduled and Closed statuses
Data model

The collections behind it

Netiva keeps your records in built-in collections. Here’s a starting structure — the agent adapts it to your prompt, and you can change it any time.

Communities

Each new-home community or apartment building you’re marketing, with its site plan, sales office details and consultant.

  • Name (required) Text
  • City (required) Text
  • Selling status (required) Coming soon, Now selling, Now leasing or Sold out Text
  • Sales consultant (required) The new home or leasing consultant who handles this community Text
  • Inquiry email (required) Where inquiries about this community’s plans and units are sent Text
  • Site plan The lot map for homesites or a floor-by-floor stacking plan Image
  • Sales office hours Shown beside the site plan on the availability board Paragraph
  • Brochure Community brochure offered as a download on the availability board File

Plans

Each floor plan or unit type, with its drawing, files and headline specs.

  • Plan name (required) A model name like “The Aspen” or an apartment code like B2 Text
  • Community (required) A plan sold in two communities gets a record in each Relation to Communities
  • Bedrooms (required) Number
  • Bathrooms (required) Half baths as .5, e.g. 2.5 Number
  • Living area (required) Square feet, measured the way your page says Number
  • Floor plan (required) Main drawing; add image fields for a second floor or elevations Image
  • Plan PDF Dimensioned plan or brochure page from your architect File
  • Room list Room names and sizes as text, shown under the drawing Paragraph

Units

Every homesite or apartment you can sell or lease, with its plan, status and price.

  • Unit number (required) Lot 14, Apt 3-204… Text
  • Plan (required) Relation to Plans
  • Phase or building Phase 2, Building C… Text
  • Floor Apartments and condos; leave blank for homesites Number
  • Status (required) Available, Reserved, Under contract, Sold (or Leased), Model and Future release Text
  • Price (required) Sale price including any lot premium, or monthly rent Number
  • Available from Estimated completion or move-in date Date
  • Premium notes Corner lot, pond view, top floor… Text

Inquiries

Questions and tour requests sent from plan and unit pages.

  • Name (required) Text
  • Email (required) Text
  • Plan Filled in from the page the form was sent on Relation to Plans
  • Unit Only when the prospect asked about a specific homesite or apartment Relation to Units
  • Move-in timeframe Within 3 months, 3–6 months, 6–12 months, just looking Text
  • Message Paragraph
  • Status (required) New, Contacted, Tour scheduled or Closed Text
  • Assigned to The community’s consultant, copied in when the inquiry is saved Text

Required field. Types are Netiva collection field types.

Screens

Pages and screens to start with

A typical first version. Ask the agent for more, or annotate the preview to change any of them.

  • Plan gallery

    Cards for every plan with the drawing, bedrooms, baths, living area, the lowest open price and how many units are still available, grouped by community.

    Public

  • Plan detail

    The drawing with its room list, the PDF download, specs, every open homesite or apartment for this plan and an inquiry form.

    Public

  • Compare plans

    Two or three plans in columns with drawings and specs, differing rows highlighted and a link that reopens the same comparison.

    Public

  • Availability board

    The community’s site plan, office hours and brochure, then every unit grouped by phase, building or floor and colored by status, sold ones marked but not clickable.

    Public

  • Inquiry inbox

    Each consultant’s assigned inquiries with the plan and unit asked about and the move-in timeframe, plus a status to update after each call.

    Your team

  • Price sheet

    A printable list of open units by community with plan, premium notes, price and available-from date for the sales office counter.

    Your team
How it works

From prompt to a live floor plan app

  1. Map out the community

    Tell Netiva whether you sell homesites or lease apartments, how units are numbered and which statuses your sales office uses. The agent drafts collections for communities, plans, units and inquiries.

  2. Load drawings and units

    Upload each plan’s drawing and PDF, enter homesites or apartments in the collection grid and ask the collection assistant to draft plan descriptions from the specs for you to review.

  3. Walk the buyer’s path

    Open a plan page in the live preview, run a comparison and send a test inquiry. Annotate anything that looks off, such as a crowded spec row, and the agent adjusts it.

  4. Publish before the grand opening

    Publish in one click, connect the community’s domain on the Starter plan or higher and keep statuses current from the grid as units sell. Each change is checkpointed, so you can roll back.

Why Netiva

Netiva vs a traditional build

Building a floor plan app with Netiva compared with a traditional build
Criterion With Netiva Traditional build
Availability updates One status change in the collection grid, and plan pages and counts follow A new price sheet PDF and a request to the web agency after every sale
Comparing layouts A compare page that lines up two or three plans in columns Buyers open several brochure PDFs and compare square footage by hand
Getting started Describe what you need in chat and watch it take shape in a live preview Hire developers, or stitch together templates, plugins and a hosting plan
Content and data Built-in collections with nine field types, bound straight to your pages Set up and connect a separate database or CMS
Making changes Ask the agent; every change is checkpointed and reversible File a ticket, wait for a sprint, redeploy
Hosting and domain Global hosting and automatic SSL; connect a custom domain from the Starter plan Buy hosting, then install and renew SSL certificates yourself
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export Locked into a template, plugin or agency setup
Examples

Ways teams use it

  • A production builder with three communities

    The same plan is offered in two communities with different elevations and options, so each community keeps its own plan record while prices sit on the homesites. Inquiries reach the consultant listed on that community instead of a shared inbox.

  • A 180-unit apartment lease-up

    The leasing team markets unit types A1 through C2 while the building is still going up. Each apartment shows its floor, rent and available-from date, and prospects ask about the exact unit they want.

  • A boutique condo developer in presales

    With 24 residences across six floors, the availability board shows which homes are reserved or under contract, and everyone who inquired gets an email when the next floor is released.

Good to know

Before you build

  • Netiva doesn’t draw floor plans

    The app shows and organizes drawings; it doesn’t create or edit them. Bring images and PDFs from your architect or drafting service, and note on the page that dimensions and square footage are approximate.

  • Say how square footage is measured

    ANSI Z765 covers single-family detached and attached homes and reports above-grade and below-grade area separately. Apartment buildings often follow BOMA’s multifamily standard, ANSI/BOMA Z65.4. State which one your numbers use.

  • Availability from other systems

    If your property management or sales software offers an API, the app can pull unit status and rent from it with the key stored securely. Otherwise the team updates statuses in the grid, so give someone that job after every sale or signed lease.

  • Describe each drawing in text

    A floor plan holds more than a short alt text can say. W3C accessibility guidance treats such images as complex and calls for a longer text description, which is why each plan keeps a room list with sizes.

FAQ

Questions about building a floor plan app

Can I upload floor plans as PDF files as well as images?

Yes. Each plan has an image field for the drawing shown on the page and a file field for the PDF buyers download, such as a dimensioned plan or brochure page from your architect. Two-story plans or plans with optional layouts can get extra image fields for each floor or option. Netiva displays and organizes these files; it doesn’t draw or edit the plans.

How does the side-by-side plan comparison work?

Prospects tap Compare on two or three plan cards, and the compare page shows them in columns: the drawings on top, then bedrooms, baths, living area and the lowest price among open units. Rows where the plans differ are highlighted. The selection is kept in the page link, so a buyer can send the same comparison to a partner or co-buyer.

When a homesite sells, how fast does the floor plan app show it?

Plan pages and availability counts read from each unit’s status, so the change appears once someone updates the unit in the collection grid. A sold or leased unit can stay on the availability board, marked and not clickable, so buyers can see how much of a phase is left. Nothing changes on its own unless you connect a sales or leasing system by API.

Does it work for apartment unit types as well as new homes?

Yes. A plan record works for a model like “The Aspen” or an apartment code like B2, and each unit record holds its floor, monthly rent and available-from date. The plan card can show the lowest rent among open units as its “from” figure, calculated from the units rather than typed by hand, so it stays right as apartments lease.

Can availability stay in sync with our property management or CRM software?

Netiva apps can call REST APIs with keys stored securely. If your property management system or CRM offers an API, describe the connection to the agent — for example, a nightly job that pulls unit status and rent, or a step that sends each new inquiry to your CRM. Check what your provider’s API allows first. Without one, the team updates statuses in the grid.

Which Netiva plan do I need to publish on our community’s own domain?

You can build and preview the app on the free plan, no credit card needed. Connecting a custom domain, such as your community’s web address, is available from the Starter plan, and higher plans add capacity and features. Compare the current plans on Netiva’s pricing page before your launch date.

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Drafted with AI assistance from Netiva’s product pages and reviewed by the Netiva team. Example data models, screens and prompts are illustrative starting points, not customer projects.

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