PLACELet people try the home before it’s built.
Home buyers play with a home on their block before it’s built, free. Anyone with home designs, from modular manufacturers and builders to building designers, gets interested buyers. Developers win community support and buyers for new projects.
PLACE Build is in beta · Try it free
of the 774 people who wrote to us about the home they wanted asked to design it, or “play with it”.
Messages from 2018 to 2021, de-identified. A snapshot of the people who chose to write, not a representative survey. Read the research
Your homes, loved before they’re built.
Upload the 3D files you already have. PLACE turns them into homes people can “play with” on a block, make beautiful and share with the people they’d live with.
Now in beta. Questions? , our AI assistant, any time.
Upload your 3D file
Drop in a GLB, FBX, OBJ, DAE, STL or PLY file. PLACE checks it and turns it into 3D that runs in a browser, in about a minute. Working in SketchUp, Revit or Archicad? Archie and the uploader show you how to export.
Open now, in betaPut it on a block
People choose a home and “play with it”: walls up or down, trees, and the sun across the day.
Live with homes designed for PLACE · yours coming soonChange the finishes
Walls, roof, window frames and deck, one tap each. Shown here on a phone.
Live · PLACE range · yours coming soonMake it beautiful
Before · 3D view
After · AI pictureOne tap turns their 3D view into a picture, described in their own words, then refined.
Live · 2 free pictures eachShare it with family and friends
Sonas IDesigned for PLACEYour pattern book, in their hands.
Your homes published in PLACE Build, with your own fixtures and finishes, quote requests sent only to you, and one design that several modular manufacturers can build. See the roadmap for what’s next.
A$49 a home, a month. Free to try.
Publishing, marketing and your dashboard open soon
- TryFree Upload your homes and see them in 3D, privately, before you publish.
- Each homeA$49a month + GSTThe same price for every home: in PLACE Build, made beautiful, marketed by PLACE on social media, with your own performance dashboard.
- SetupA$299once per company + GSTYour company page, every home checked and converted to 3D, a first AI picture and launch post for each, with setup help.
Your logo, colours and welcome line on every home, included. Large catalogue? Volume pricing is available. Talk to us.
Prices in AUD, plus GST. A$49 covers single-dwelling designs: houses, granny flats, duplexes and modular pods. Apartments, townhouse rows and other multi-residential or complex buildings are quoted per project, like PLACE Projects. You pay setup and the monthly price when you publish your first home. Pictures made by home buyers are paid for by them: 2 free, then from A$4.99.
If a model needs extra work. Most files convert automatically. In the unlikely event that one of your models can’t be onboarded as it is (for example, the file needs repair or rework), we’ll let you know before anything is charged. You can fix and re-upload it yourself at no cost, or ask us to quote for the extra work.
People want the homes they can picture.
Let the street see it first.
When neighbours and early buyers can see a project in place, support is easier to win.
Show your home on their land.
Buyers who've tried your home on a block send clearer, readier enquiries.
Walk around it before you call anyone.
See it in the sun, in your finishes, on a block like yours.
One platform, three parts.
A page for each development, where the community can see it, back it and enquire to buy or rent.
Enquire for pilot projects 02 · For home designs and home buyersPLACE BuildTry a home on a block and “play with it”: finishes, sun and shade, walls up or down, then ask for a quote (coming soon).
In beta · demo designs created for PLACE 03 · The insightsPLACE PulseWhat people support, ask and choose, in a report you can take to planning and your board.
Included in PLACE ProjectsArchie is PLACE's AI setup assistant. Send what you already have (renders, plans, 3D files, price lists, your logo) and Archie does the setup. Nothing goes live until you approve the preview.
Bring the community with you, before you build.
For small to medium developers of modular, prefab or conventional homes. Three steps from your first email to your first supporters.
A project page
Presented by you. People say whether they support it, answer your polls, ask questions and enquire to buy or rent.
Pilot projects openYour homes in PLACE Build
So people can “play with” your homes on the block, in your finishes.
In beta · demo designs created for PLACEA social media campaign
PLACE creates the content, runs the ads and tracks the response.
Optional · ad spend paid by the projectA PLACE Pulse report
Support score, silent supporters, polls, questions, enquiries, campaign results, and method and limits.
See a sample reportShareable project reports on request.
Tell us about your project
- You do
- Email us or ask Archie with your project name, suburb, number of homes and stage.
- We do
- Reply, check it suits a pilot, and agree the price in writing before anything starts.
CostFree to enquireSend us your project
- You do
- Send what you already have: the details listed below, renders, a video link, plans and FAQs.
- We do
- Set up your public project page and your private dashboard. Nothing goes live until you approve the preview.
CostPriced per project, agreed before you startLaunch and grow support
- You do
- Share the link in your channels and letterbox drops. Answer questions and approve comments from your dashboard.
- You get
- Live support figures in your dashboard, and enquiries sent to your CRM or as a CSV as they arrive. Then your PLACE Pulse report.
CostIncluded in your estimate
Reach the people around your project.
PLACE turns your project page into content (renders, short videos and posts), runs targeted ads on the platforms you choose, and reports the results in PLACE Pulse beside your support and enquiries.
Advertising is paid by the project, at each platform's rates at the time. As a guide, reaching about 10,000 people in Sydney across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok costs around A$1,000–1,500 in ad spend. Indicative, October 2026; we confirm the budget with you before anything runs.
- Project name, summary and full description
- Key facts: homes, storeys, height, bedroom mix, parking, how it's built
- Renders and video, labelled “artist's impression”
- The site: suburb, council area, and what's nearby within walking distance
- Timeline, community benefits, and questions and answers
- “Presented by” your company, never dressed up as independent consultation
- Say whether they support it, are undecided or oppose it, and why
- Answer your polls: single choice, multiple choice or a 1–5 scale
- Ask questions, which appear once you answer them
- Comment, with comments held for your approval
- Enquire to buy or rent, with their consent to share details with you
- Share it on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram, so you can see where support comes from
- Support over time and by postcode, with small groups combined for privacy
- Where visitors came from, and how many responded
- Poll results and the top questions
- Enquiries, with a CSV export or delivery straight to your CRM
- A printable report for planning and your board, with its method and limits
Opens your email. We reply within two business days.
Every project page is labelled "presented by the developer", never dressed up as independent consultation.
Illustration with example data.
Try a home on a block, and “play with it”.
Trying homes is free, and PLACE never sells you the home: the manufacturer quotes you directly. PLACE Build is in beta, with demo designs created for PLACE.
Pick a home
- You do
- Browse the PLACE collection now, and homes from modular manufacturers, builders and designers soon.
- We do
- Show each one in 3D, in finishes you can change (each company’s own range, coming soon).
- You get
- A shortlist.
TimeMinutesCostFreeTry it on a block
- You do
- Place it, turn it, look inside with walls up, cutaway or down. Change finishes, add trees, check the sun for your city and day.
- We do
- Save your design, and make photos and beautiful AI pictures sized for social.
- You get
- A design to share with family, and a site plan (PDF or DXF) for your designer.
Time10–30 minutesCostFreeAsk for a quote
- You do
- Send a quote request to the manufacturer.
- We do
- Send your saved design and site plan to that manufacturer only.
- You get
- A quote, straight from the people who'd build it.
TimeThe manufacturer repliesCostFree
Drawn on grid paper. Designed to be built in a factory.
Concept homes drawn in module sizes, ready to try in PLACE Build alongside manufacturers' own homes. Concepts only, not for construction.
Try it on your block.
Type an address and PLACE opens on the real land: the title boundary, true north, the slope and an aerial view.
NSW · VIC · ACT · QLD first · No date yet
Tell me when it's readyClear prices, before you commit.
Every charge shows GST and the total before you pay.
Tell us about your project and we'll estimate it, in writing, before anything starts.
- Every projectEstimate
Free to try: upload your homes and see them in 3D privately before you publish. Then the same price for every home, plus A$299 setup once per company. All + GST.
Publishing, marketing and your dashboard open soon
- Large catalogue?Talk to us
Trying homes is free, and PLACE never sells you the home. PLACE Build is in beta, with demo designs created for PLACE.
Connecting people to place.
PLACE can help councils and governments show pattern-book and new homes to communities, so people can explore them in 3D, try them on a block and say what they think, before anything is built.
This is PLACE 2.0.
The first PLACE platform, PLACE 1.0, worked with developers and modular manufacturers, including on Bryant's Ridge, a multifamily modular project in the US. After working in the US, PLACE replatformed as an AI-first company, building on what our clients valued most over the years.
See PLACE HistoryBe one of the first.
Try PLACE free with your own home designs, or tell us about your project for an estimate.
“Tell us about your project” opens your email. We reply within two business days.