Walkthrough links are replacing the 40 page PDF
Clients look at designs on their phone, at night, with their family. The presentation should be built for that moment.
The classic design presentation is a large PDF: plans, elevations, renders, material boards, a cost summary. It works well in a meeting room. It works badly on a phone at 10 pm, which is when most clients actually look at it again.
How clients really review a design
They open it after work. They pass the phone to a partner or a parent. They zoom into the sofa, then scroll for ten pages to find the fabric. Then they send a screenshot with a red circle and the word "this?" on WhatsApp.
Every one of those steps loses context. Which version was it? Which sofa? Did the parent see the latest rug?
One link, always current
A walkthrough link replaces the file with a place. The client opens it in a browser, walks from the living room to the bedroom, and taps the sofa to comment on the sofa. When you publish Version 3, the same link shows Version 3, with older versions one tap away.
Designers see when the link was opened and which rooms were viewed. Comments arrive pinned to objects, not circled on screenshots.
The best presentation is the one the client opens again on their own.
What to include
- The rooms that are ready, not the whole house at once
- One evening view per room; it is the light clients live in most
- The moodboard for each room, linked from the walkthrough
- The BOQ only when you want the conversation to be about cost
Keep the link private and set an expiry for early concepts. When the design is approved, the same link becomes the place the client checks site progress, all the way to handover.