Updated Wed 4 Nov 2026, 05:10 Irish time

What's new in Layman's Plans

Launching Monday 16 November 2026. A live log of the improvements we've shipped and what's coming next for your home design and planning tools.

70completed
9support reports fixed
4in progress
6coming soon
30 Oct–4 Novthis update

Completed

EditorFri 23 Oct

Project version history and restore

Your saves are listed by date, and you can restore any earlier version in one step.

Planning packMon 26 Oct

Submission readiness checklist

A visible checklist confirms the site plan, floor plans, elevations, title block and rule results before you submit.

3D viewerTue 27 Oct

Dollhouse view

A view-only cutaway of the selected floor, so you can see inside.

Voice assistantTue 27 Oct

Aoife voice fixes

Aoife, the voice assistant, no longer freezes on 'Hello' and responds reliably.

Our teamTue 27 Oct

Upload review and quality checks

Better tools for our team to review your uploads, plus stronger automated testing.

EditorWed 28 Oct

Moving wall-mounted groups

Groups of wall-mounted items now move together as one object.

SavingWed 28 Oct

More reliable saving

Save always captures exactly what is on screen.

SharingWed 28 Oct

Smoother shared views

Shared plans stay usable while the 3D scene builds.

PlansWed 28 Oct

Loading older plans

Saved plans with unnamed zones now load correctly.

DrawingsTue 27–Thu 29 Oct

Planning drawing polish

Tidier title blocks that show the drawing status, a fuller “About this build” form, and the automatic section view placed on the stair.

RoofsThu 29 Oct

Edit gable roofs directly

Generated gable roofs can be edited directly, with no convert step.

RoofsThu 29 Oct

Per-side roof slopes and overhangs

Set the slope length and overhang for each side of a roof.

RoofsThu 29 Oct

A-gable roofs: more shapes

A-gable roofs now support gables on the left/right walls, uneven eaves, and edits during review.

MaterialsThu 29 Oct

Save a look as a material

Save any surface look as a reusable scene material in paint mode.

KitchensThu 29 Oct

Kitchen catalogue and placement

Kitchen units: a full catalogue and placement tools, plus a fit-to-room planner with new material styles.

3D walkThu 29 Oct

Go to room

Jump straight to any room while walking through your home in 3D.

3D viewerThu 29 Oct

All-floors navigation

View all floors at once and move freely up and down between levels, with smoother movement and turning on the spot.

EditorThu 29 Oct

Easier selecting and moving

Use a Move pill or double-click-and-hold to move things; double-click an item to select it.

FurnitureThu 29 Oct

Furniture selection fixes

Selecting and arranging furniture in 3D is more reliable.

ElevationsThu 29 Oct

Compass on elevations

Elevation drawings of a single side now show the compass.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue 601a1753
On the elevation drawings I don't see a compass showing what way the house is facing
EditorThu 29 Oct

Orbit with left-drag

Left-drag now orbits the view while you edit.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue f88d4597
To move around the outside of the house you need to click and hold down the right mouse button
EditorThu 29 Oct

Clearer wording and view fixes

Tool labels are clearer, the Split tab switches back to 3D correctly, and stability fixes went in.

LoginThu 29 Oct

Signing in takes you to the right place

Signing in no longer keeps sending you back to the Coming Soon page.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue 7d964b07
I signed in from the client editor but now every time I log in it brings me to the Coming Soon page
WordingThu 29 Oct

“AI Architect” is now “AI planning assistant”

The assistant now has a clearer name everywhere you see it.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue 4a13e13d
There's an AI Architect button but need to change that wording to AI planning assistant
WordingThu 29 Oct

“Edit mesh” is now “Edit shape”

Plain-English label for reshaping an item.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue 870d0807
There's a button edit mesh but what is a mesh?
FurnitureThu 29 Oct

Rotate and resize furniture

Rotate and resize controls now sit on the item's action pill.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue 3265fa44
How do you rotate the furniture or resize it, this is not clear
FurnitureThu 29 Oct

Clicking the floor no longer grabs the house

While you furnish, clicking the floor no longer selects and moves a house-sized box.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue ad38a095
When I click the floor a square box the size of the house highlights and moves
FurnitureThu 29 Oct

Re-select furniture after placing it

Click a dropped couch again to select it, with a hint to drag it to move.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue 084f55bb
When I drop a couch I can't select it again and rotate it
EditorThu 29 Oct

Split view toggles back

Click Split again to return to the 3D view.

Source: Support report, TaskFlow issue e9bd49f9
When I click the split button the house and 2D plan can be seen but it's not letting me go back
ComplianceFri 30 Oct

Rooflights on extension roofs

Rooflights on a rear-extension roof slope now pass correctly, including on the party-wall side. Rear-extension walls are recognised automatically.

ComplianceFri 30 Oct

Extension floor area for open designs

Floor area is now measured reliably for hand-drawn rear extensions with open footprints.

ComplianceFri 30 Oct

Extension wall and roof heights

Wall and roof heights for single-storey rear extensions are measured straight from your 3D model.

2D planFri 30 Oct

Split a wall by double-clicking

Double-click a selected wall on the plan to break it into two segments.

3D viewerFri 30 Oct

Simpler up/down and turning keys

Q moves up, E moves down, and Shift + left/right arrows now turn the right way.

EditorFri 30 Oct

Cleaner toolbar

Removed the redundant Orbit Left / Orbit Right buttons.

Our teamFri 30 Oct

Moving plans between accounts

A safer way for our team to move a design into your account.

KitchensFri 30 Oct

Fit kitchen to room and style cards

Fit a kitchen to a room in one click, and pick its look from visual style cards in Build → Kitchen.

StairsFri 30 Oct

Select stairs with a double-click

Double-clicking a stair now selects it instead of clicking through to what's behind.

3D viewerFri 30 Oct

Better lighting inside your home

Softer, more natural light, and no more dark gaps showing in wall corners.

RoomsFri 30 Oct

Rename a room from its panel

Rename any room straight from its properties panel.

ComplianceSun 1 Nov

Site map on the planning report

The Irish planning pass/fail report now includes a site map page.

ComplianceSun 1 Nov

Upper-floor ridge, stair and alignment checks

The rules report now shows ridge height, stair position and floor-to-floor alignment for upper floors, for information.

3D viewerMon 2 Nov

Lamps that really light up

Spotlights, per-light shadows and lamp glows, with the most important lights picked first.

Doors & windowsMon 2 Nov

Realistic door and window frames

Frames now have proper depth, and you can paint each face of a door or window surround.

MaterialsMon 2 Nov

Siding and shingle finishes

New siding and roof shingle materials for walls and roofs.

ComplianceMon 2 Nov

South Dublin garden advice and monument warning

Garden advice for South Dublin homes, a warning near recorded monuments, and clearer wording on the 45 m² rear-extension allowance.

ComplianceMon 2 Nov

Stair comfort and headroom warnings

Private stairs that miss the Building Regulations (TGD K) guidance for comfort and headroom are flagged.

2D planMon 2 Nov

Measure walls inside, outside or both

Show wall dimensions on the inside, outside or both faces, with a quick switch to turn dimensions on and off.

StructureMon 2 Nov

Beams and posts

New tools to add beams and posts to your design.

RoomsMon 2 Nov

Porches, decks, patios and invisible walls

New room types for Porch, Deck and Patio, plus invisible walls for dividing open spaces.

RoofsMon 2 Nov

Roof plan and smarter gables

Roofs catch the walls below them correctly, gables are improved, and there's a new roof plan view.

WallsMon 2 Nov

Square wall joins and pushing walls

Wall corners join squarely, and you can push a wall to move it while editing.

3D viewerMon 2 Nov

No more surprise cutaways

Changing floor no longer cuts away the view automatically.

2D planMon 2 Nov

Resize a plan to exact measurements

Set an exact overall width and depth for your plan.

Doors & windowsMon 2 Nov

Door finishes load correctly

Fixed doors failing to show their paint finish.

DecksTue 3 Nov

Deck boards and railings

Decks now have proper boards, and you can add railing walls around them.

KitchensTue 3 Nov

Irish kitchen unit sizes

New kitchen units use standard Irish millimetre sizes.

KitchensTue 3 Nov

Irish clearance warnings

The kitchen planner warns when gaps and walkways are tighter than Irish guidelines.

EditorTue 3 Nov

Typing no longer triggers shortcuts

When you type in a box, keys like R, T and Alt no longer move, rotate or switch tools.

ExtensionsTue 3 Nov

Lean-to roofs and doors kept on extensions

Lean-to extension roofs are built correctly, and the house's doors and windows are no longer lost when an extension is added.

ExtensionsTue 3 Nov

Refreshed extension templates

Four ready-made extension templates now use the latest roof and door shapes. Ridge caps on hip roofs are now off by default and can be switched on in the roof panel.

KitchensTue 3 Nov

One drag, one save

Dragging a kitchen unit's handles now saves once and undoes in a single step.

ReliabilityMon 2–Tue 3 Nov

Faster, steadier behind the scenes

Smoother daily updates with no downtime, quicker document processing, and stronger automated testing.

3D houseTue 3 Nov

Build my 3D house button

Once you've paid, you start your 3D house build with a ‘Build my 3D house’ button, and if a build runs past 30 minutes you're pointed straight to support.

RoofsWed 4 Nov

Dormers that match your drawings

Dormers taken from your drawings keep their measured size and flat roof, without made-up heights or warnings you didn't ask for.

EditorWed 4 Nov

Build tab keeps your view

Tapping Build no longer flips you to the 2D plan, so your 3D, 2D or split view stays as it was.

EditorWed 4 Nov

Scrolling bottom tray

The tabs along the bottom of the editor now scroll sideways, so they fit neatly on phones.

FurnitureWed 4 Nov

Move, rotate and resize handles

Selected furniture now has on-screen handles to move, rotate and resize it, snapping to walls and angles, with one undo per change.

FurnitureWed 4 Nov

JYSK furniture library

A new JYSK tab in the furniture library offers 100 JYSK pieces, with search and filtering by set.

ReliabilityWed 4 Nov

Steadier 3D house builds

House builds that stall are now spotted and picked back up automatically, backed by more automated testing.

In progress

QualityIn progress

Launch quality checks on real homes

Every drawing (floor plans, elevations, site plan, roofs, ceilings) is checked against the 3D model on agreed real properties, with tests to keep them right.

ComplianceIn progress

Irish planning rules engine

Rear, side, height, setback and boundary checks are in, plus overlooking, the Irish Water build-over distance and a site map on the report. Now being checked by hand on real homes, and tested on more extension shapes, including merged and trimmed rear extensions.

Planning searchIn progress

National planning portal coverage

Planning search now reaches councils beyond Dublin through the two main council portal platforms. A few councils with older systems follow shortly.

AoifeIn progress

Aoife voice assistant

Talk to Aoife, an on-screen guide who uses the same design tools as the AI assistant. She's being tested behind an admin switch and switches on once signed off.

Coming soon

FurniturePlanned

Smarter rotating

Rotate items without them clashing into each other, and line them up parallel.

CompliancePlanned

Rule version on every result

Each planning output is stamped with the rule set, council and date it was checked against.

Planning packPlanned

Evidence export pack

A PDF recording timestamps, your acceptances, the rule version and the rule results for each project.

Planning searchPlanned

Comparable approvals nearby

Neighbouring applications grouped by estate and house type, marked approved or refused, and shown as comparables for your project.

BuildersPlanned

Builder ecosystem

Builder accounts, an ‘Allow builders to quote’ setting, a county lead feed, watermarked plan previews and a ‘Builder interested’ email.

ArchitectsPlanned

Architect certification

Invite an architect to review, comment and approve. Plans lock on approval, with RIAI/RIBA numbers and review emails.