Live Home 3D Pro: House Design Reviews

by Etherealsky

I upgraded through in-app purchase to pro from the free version. I also bough all but the landscape package. It never upgraded. I just had to purchase the pro version through LiveHome3DPro Store only to find that not only am I paying for LiveHome3DPro AGAIN, but I have to buy all the expansion packs AGAIN as well!!! VERY disappointed. I need this to be made right.

by FlyK9

If only they provided a better tutorial. If only their support team responded to my email request for more information. Then maybe LiveHome3DPro would be useful. If you’re someone looking for an app to help you with home design considerations I would look elsewhere. You will spend far too much time trying to figure it all out.

Update. Their support never did reply. I provided my ticket number. Yes they have tutorials, but are far too cursory. Want to change the color of an exterior wall? Draw your lot lines? Two simple questions I couldn’t find answers to. Maybe this is only for people in the industry.

by Sconnell2

Bought the paid version so I could look at my house plan (created on my Mac) with my iPad or phone. I can see the file but it's greyed out and won't open. Looks like I just wasted $20 :( since I'm surely not planning to recreate the thing on my phone! Now I'm not sure what LiveHome3DPro is for as many people in the reviews refer to it as a game. I am using it to do home renovations and thought it would be nice to have access when I'm away from my computer. Will change rating if I can figure out how to access my plans.

by Notykty

I read other reviews where the developer suggested having at least 2GB space in order for LiveHome3DPro to work properly. I have plenty of room and LiveHome3DPro continuously crashes. It literally happens every single time I try to do anything. The scaling of doors, windows, openings,etc. is ridiculous, instead of just adjusting the width of the door, window,etc. to fit where I want it, it adjusts the height of the door. If I want a skinny closet door it will look like a hobbit door! The kitchen cupboards are missing corner sections and does not have a good selection. I am beyond upset that I spent $20 for something that makes me want to throw my tablet against the wall. I have HomeDesign3D and it is way more user friendly but does not have a roof option and that’s the only reason I downloaded LiveHome3DPro was because it had roof options. If I could get a refund I would do it in a heartbeat.

by Man@@rms

I downloaded the pro version and started to design, learning as I went, referring to the help menu whenever needed. LiveHome3DPro was much more complex than Keyplan, but in many ways this is a good thing because you can do so much more than other more basic programs. However, when I encountered a problem, I emailed tech support and after three days haven’t received any response. I’m gonna give it one more day and then I’ll be deleting LiveHome3DPro as it is completely useless to me right now.

ISSUE: It started out working just fine, but after I saved my work and came back later on, I could no longer get new walls I drew to connect to the existing structure. When I draw them, the just overlay on the wall where I want them to join, but never actually merge. This makes the program useless to me unless someone can explain to me how to fix this.

by Jsophie81

I really like the concept behind LiveHome3DPro and I enjoy creating my own designs, but LiveHome3DPro crashes so frequently that it makes it impossible to be productive. I purchased the pro version thinking that it would run more smooth than the basic app, but that hasn’t been the case.

by Awcress

Hi your newest update won’t allow LiveHome3DPro to even open on my new iPad Pro. It only has y’all’s logo and the loading wheel spinning. Also. It no longer saves all settings on a project when you exit. I always have lighting off , but each time it loads a project new or old, the lighting is always on which makes it slow or crash.
I barely have anything in my storage so it’s not the case. Nor am I using any SketchUp models.

Even on the newest iPad Pro. The system slows down a great amount when using LiveHome3DPro now. Not sure what happened. Moving objects and moving around in both 2d and 3D have become slow and not very smooth.

by Fruritch

There are 2 issue need to be consider; First I don’t why LiveHome3DPro closed immediately many times. That one of the weakness or errors and the other one is really limited for the one who work with it means professionals. For instance there are situations need to be resolve but this is just good enough for making predictable models If we talking about you compared LiveHome3DPro with something like Revit. Depends on how you advertise it and I expected. This can not solve many things in my job but I really try with it. There are some software errors, like measurements and adjustments issue Which I experienced many times and never make sense. It can not modified shapes if you don’t have model. And not good at roof if it’s complicated. Not like tutorial videos but really complicated roofs either. But I impressed that I compare it with something like professional BIM softwares.
If we go through for what we pay it’s okey to pay for but I at lease expected not frustrated by errors. Maybe my work is heavy load for it but it’s really not just small but professional. I request if any way reduce this errors before disappointed to use. And if there are accessible models which encourage me to stay with it.

by Aviator5

Update,

After a few weeks of using the software the program is becoming easier to use, and thru trial and error, you can figure out it’s abilities. Tech support has been responsive to all my questions! Sorry I bothered them so much. From what I see it’s a very capable program, just takes patience for first time users.

I had purchased the pro version of this product to develop plans for a future garage/home. There are many features that are not intuitive about the program and/or it is very glitch. For example, the elevation view sometimes shows your project, and other times is just a blank page. When it works I have no idea why it’s working. Adding features such as roofs, nothing happens in the 3D view, then all of a sudden I have multiple roofs added. Again either the software isn’t working correctly, or it is just not an easy/intuitive process. It’s almost easier to do my drafting on paper instead. I’ll keep using it for now but my patience are thinning.

by Nanansnsnsnansnahs

I love LiveHome3DPro it has made my life so much easier. All the features are amazing, LiveHome3DPro was totally worth the money. But I would like to bring attention to the fact that when you upload anything from Trimble 3D warehouse it takes an extremely long time to load. Also sometimes LiveHome3DPro crashes, I have the latest version of LiveHome3DPro but it still continues to crash and undo some of my work. I think this is very important because although there is a wide selection of furniture, Trimble 3D warehouse has a larger selection and I can get exactly what I need. I am sure that others would appreciate this too. Other than that I love LiveHome3DPro it has done miracles for me with how much time I save from sketching everything. The developers did a nice job but just about every app out there needs slight improvements. :)

by Chrulis

I have thoroughly enjoyed LiveHome3DPro... this game is very helpful and is very enjoyable. The only thing I would change is I would like to see is ceiling fans. Other than that this is an immaculate game!

by Stq12

It gracefully does what it should do, and I easily got quality results. What is very important for me is that I can have my interior designs always at hand! I also enjoy virtual walkthroughs and AR.

by J&J77

My app is not loading and when I am playing it freezes and one time my house was way out in the field and I couldn’t get over to it .I love LiveHome3DPro it’s amazing PLEASE HELP . 😣😣😣

by Veronicamarie0

My husband and I were looking for an app to design the floor plan of our home, after trying the free version we decided LiveHome3DPro was perfect! Areas for improvement; items could named a little better, more furniture variety (kitchen), ability to import free version design to pro when you buy LiveHome3DPro , and timber accents would be nice too! I will say that it’s hard to figure how out how to SAVE or make sure it’s auto saving? Would be nice if you could save and edit the file name from inside the project under the settings tab. Other than that great app, highly recommend.

by SimplyEasy13

LiveHome3DPro is great, I don’t really use it for professional things because I’m too young. I have only one cool idea I want to share. I think you should add something where you take a picture of a house plan and it will generate a model.

by KWWC

With the added pro features, LiveHome3DPro is awesome. I am a Civil Engineering Technician, and I enjoy using this more than I do high-end civil engineering programs ... You would be quite surprised of what a person could do with LiveHome3DPro...

Kudos!

by Lentz2214

I use LiveHome3DPro almost every day. It does a great job of quickly creating 3D model of the house out of a floor plan. Besides, it has so many great features: roof editor, elevation view, light editor, etc.
I created my 3 story house in 4 days, fully furnished! So happy I found LiveHome3DPro in the store.

by SDSeaRd

I’ve been looking for a home design app like this for years and here it is. It has a friendly user interface, comes with great tutorials and online help, and SO MANY OPTIONS to choose from. I hope the devs will add RVs and boats to the car section as well as bicycles and motorcycles. Besides that, amazing stuff!

by Ebinde

I love LiveHome3DPro. We are able to design and redesign renovation plans for our entire home before going to an architect, saving us $$. I would like an ability to change elevations around the house. Part of our plans are removing a bulk head and making a walkout basement. I haven’t found a way to have multiple elevations around the house.

by Pikes Maximus

Just got LiveHome3DPro a few days ago. Instantly, I couldn’t put it down while designing my first two buildings and landscaping. Very fun. No crashes or problems. The learning curve was pretty easy. Just watch the tutorials, which are pretty brief but just play with it and you’ll get it.

What I’d like to see: ability to get a materials takeoff for a designed structure.

by Pinkyladybug

I really love LiveHome3DPro. But I think more objects should be added. We should be able to change color with the same pattern. I don’t understand how you change the ground out side without the whole ground changing color. To me it need more detail on how to work the game. How can we get upgrades with more objects? And it keep crashing. I spent money to have fun 👎🏾😢😡

by Chris373734

Hello I had a question about the straight walls in building tools. Can the straight walls be resized to be thicker or thinner if so could there be a way i can make it thinner. please tell me how and thank you keep up the great work.