Guides for people with a floor plan
Buying off-plan: 10 things to check on the floor plan
When the flat doesn’t exist yet, the floor plan is all you have. Ten checks to make before you sign, from furniture and storage to light and noise.
How to read a floor plan
Walls, doors, windows, scale and square metres: what the lines and symbols on a floor plan mean, and the checks to make before you trust one.
Which way should a flat face?
North, south, east or west: how each orientation changes the light, heat and feel of a flat through the day and the year, and how to check it before you buy.