u/Altruistic-Gur-9685

This is my third time posting in here about personal appraisal tools that I have built using Claude Code to assist me in expediting the busy work portions of appraisal reports. I've been having fun sharing them with ya'll so here is another one that I just finished up. My subscription for a third party floor plan software ended and I didn't want to re-up it for another year, so I decided to build my own to see how it would turn out. So far it has been pretty good. Allows me to create basic floor plans, add elements such as different door types, windows, etc., along with exporting the floor plans to PNG or PDF with or without a transparent background. Shows optional room labels, measurements, SF. Basically everything that you need to create a basic floor plan that has plenty enough detail for an appraisal report. I was able to create the fully functional app in a couple of hours and have spent another few hours implementing additional functionality that I saw as valuable, though not completely necessary. Now I have my own free floor plan generator, which is pretty sweet! Thought it was cool, so figured I would share with ya'll.

I’ve posted in here before about creating my own comp mapping software. I also wanted to share about this software that I made using Claude Code to help expedite and enhance site inspection photos in the report. I am able to import batch inspection photos, quick caption them from a dropdown menu, and the coolest part is that it uses the geo location info from the phone pictures to automatically generate where each photo was taken and which direction it was taken in. For example a quick caption from the dropdown options would be “Looking NW on Main Street” or “Driveway View from Main Street”. Using the geo location info I also included an option to show map pins for where each photo was taken (helpful in the report for large land tracts to show context). There is a full map overview option and also an embedded thumbnail map in the corner of each photo showing the pin location of that specific photo. Then you are able to export the images to a Word Doc with different options for number of photos per page and the software automatically sizes and positions the photos properly with the captions. Then it’s an easy copy and paste of all of the photos at once from the exported Word Doc into your report. Thought it was pretty cool so figured I would share.

I didn't have access to DeLorme mapping software anymore and didn't feel like Google maps was cutting it for the professional look and efficiency that I was going for in my reports. Ended up building my own mapping software using Claude Code that plots parcels using bulk address inputs. Has 10 different map styles available and I also ended up hooking into ArcGIS API's for all of the counties in my state which allows me to automatically add parcel outlines using the same GIS data that the counties use. It is very accurate, has expedited my mapping process exponentially, plus gets me that more professional look that I was going for. Thought it was pretty cool so thought I would share