Once buyers are seriously interested in a home, the questions change. They stop asking whether they like it and start asking whether their life fits: will the sectional fit the living room wall, does the second bedroom take a queen bed, is this kitchen bigger than the one they saw yesterday? Photos can't answer those questions, and a floor plan on a phone screen isn't always easy to read. A Property Report puts the numbers in one place.
What a Property Report is
A Property Report is a detailed report of all rooms and their dimensions. Instead of a drawing, it's a written, room-by-room record buyers can scan, print, forward and compare.
It's an add-on, so it's booked alongside other services, typically photography and a floor plan, so the report, the plan and the gallery all describe the same home.
Report, floor plan or both?
A floor plan and a Property Report answer different questions.
- The floor plan shows the layout. It shows how rooms connect, where the doors and windows are and how the home flows from one space to the next. It's a picture.
- The Property Report lists the dimensions. Each room and its size, in a format that's easy to read and easy to compare. It's a list.
Buyers use them differently. They look at the plan to decide whether the layout works. They read the report when they're deciding what goes where, or comparing two shortlisted homes line by line. Many serious buyers want both, and the two support each other. For more on what floor plans do well, see our guide to real estate floor plans.
Listings where it helps most
Condos compared unit by unit
Condo buyers often compare several units in the same building or neighbourhood, with similar finishes and similar views. Room sizes can be what separates them. A report lets a buyer see at a glance that this unit's second bedroom is the one that takes a queen bed.
Homes with flexible rooms
A den, flex room, loft or basement rec room can be an office, a nursery, a guest room or a gym. Whether it works depends on the numbers. Buyers who can see the dimensions decide faster, and they ask fewer questions to get there.
Vacant homes
Empty rooms are hard to judge in photos; without furniture, there's nothing to give a sense of scale. A report gives buyers something concrete. If the listing uses virtual staging, the report lets buyers check the staged furniture against the real dimensions, which supports the honesty that staged photos need.
Buyers furnishing from a distance
Relocating buyers, investors buying for tenants and parents helping a student into a first condo often plan furniture before they've stood in the room. A list of dimensions is exactly what they need.
How to use the report well
Make it easy to find
Attach the report to buyer emails, include it with feature sheets and add it to the property website alongside the photos and floor plan. A report buried in a document folder doesn't answer anyone's questions.
Keep a copy at showings
When a buyer asks whether the dining table will fit, the answer is on the page. A printed copy at the open house turns a "we'll get back to you" into an answer on the spot.
Match the names
Use the same room names in the report, the floor plan, the photo captions and the listing remarks. "Bedroom 3, upper floor" in one place and "guest room" in another sends buyers back to you with questions.
Keep it in context
Measurements in listing marketing should be presented carefully. Follow your brokerage's guidance on how sizes are described, make sure what you advertise matches what your listing records support, and encourage buyers to verify any measurement that matters to their decision.
Getting a complete report
The report can only include the spaces that can be reached on the day:
- Make every room reachable, including storage rooms, closets and any suite or outbuilding you want included.
- Clear the walls where you can. Furniture pushed into corners or boxes stacked against walls get in the way.
- Tell us what's in scope: garage, suite, workshop or detached studio.
- Book it with the floor plan and photos, so the report, the plan and the gallery describe the same home.
Building it into a booking
The Property Report is a flat-rate add-on and isn't part of a package, so it's added to whatever else you book. A common pairing is the Launch package, which covers HDR photos and a LiDAR floor plan: the photos show the rooms, the plan shows the layout and the report lists the sizes. Current prices are shown live below.
The short version
A Property Report gives buyers the numbers they need once they're seriously interested. It's most useful for condos compared unit by unit, homes with flexible rooms, vacant homes and buyers furnishing from a distance. Pair it with a floor plan, keep the room names consistent and make the report easy to find, and it will answer questions before buyers have to ask.