Exterior Rendering Services
Bring your architectural vision to life with photorealistic 3D exterior rendering services. Let your clients and stakeholders experience stunning facades, detailed landscaping, and realistic street contexts, from a striking single hero view to atmospheric day and dusk versions, so you can confidently secure planning approvals and boost pre-sales.
Easy Render is a specialized marketplace that is designed to connect you with some of the best exterior rendering services out there. Architects, builders, and property developers can use this platform to post a project brief for free. They then receive competitive offers from independent 3D artists, and they can compare portfolios and hire the ideal match. If we consider the 100 most recent Easy Render projects, the typical budget was $270, while the median time from hire to delivery was just 15 days.
What do recent exterior rendering projects from our artists look like?
Each stunning image you can see below was created by an independent artist on the Easy Render platform. Full credit is given to their respective creators.
What is included in your exterior rendering package?
The final deliverables will depend on the specific offer you accept. Therefore, you should make sure to agree on the following key points with your chosen artist before you hire:
- Final images delivered in the exact resolution and format you need for screens, print, or construction hoardings.
- Complete 3D modeling of the building based on your CAD drawings or an existing 3D model.
- Accurate facade materials, landscaping, and street context matched perfectly to your specifications.
- Custom lighting and time-of-day setups, such as broad daylight, dusk, or night.
- The exact number of revision rounds agreed upon in your initial offer.
- Full usage rights for planning applications, marketing, and presentations as defined in your agreement.
What determines the cost of exterior rendering services?
Exterior visualization prices depend heavily on the complexity of your site. A single building facade with simple plant life will cost less than a massive site featuring detailed landscaping, neighboring buildings, aerial drone views, or photomontages blended into real site photos. However, because the 3D model is already built, adding extra camera angles of the same model will cost less than your first view.
What types of exterior rendering do we deliver?
Houses and villas
Single homes and villas shown with facade materials, landscaping and pools, for architects, builders and homeowners presenting a design or seeking approval.
Apartment and residential buildings
Multi-unit residential buildings in their street context, with balconies, materials and planting, for planning submissions and off-plan sales.
Hotels, resorts and commercial buildings
Hotels, resorts, offices and mixed-use buildings rendered to attract investors, tenants and guests long before construction is complete.
Landscape and courtyard views
Gardens, courtyards and public spaces between buildings, showing how a development feels at ground level for planning and marketing.
How Easy Render works
From brief to final images in four simple steps.
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Post your brief
Upload your drawings or model and describe the views you need.
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Choose your artist
Compare offers and real portfolios, then hire the artist whose style and price fits.
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Review drafts
Adjust camera angles, materials and lighting before the final render.
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Get your files
Receive high-resolution images and pay in simple milestones.
Who are the artists specializing in 3D exterior visualization services?
Every artist on Easy Render works in architectural visualization. Open a profile to see their full portfolio.
What are exterior architectural rendering services?
Exterior architectural rendering services help you get highly photorealistic images of a building’s outside environment before it is physically built or renovated. A skilled 3D artist will model the structure based on your technical drawings, apply accurate facade materials, and populate the scene with realistic landscaping, people, vehicles, and surrounding street context.
They also meticulously set the lighting and sky to show exactly how the building will look based on its specific site. Ultimately, the end goal is to create the most persuasive image you can include in your planning submission documentation or sales brochure.
When do you need a 3D exterior rendering company?
You need a 3D exterior rendering company whenever you need to help stakeholders fully visualize a project’s scale, appearance, and context. These visualizations are very important for:
- Planning and approvals: These 3D renders help planning officers, local committees, and neighbors easily understand the true scale and aesthetic of a proposed development.
- Client presentations: Architects use these images to secure agreement on massing, materials, and landscaping with their clients before diving into the detailed design phase.
- Marketing and pre-sales: Property developers rely on striking hero exterior shots for brochures, online listings, and site hoardings to drive sales well before construction is completed.
- Funding and investment: Investors and financial lenders respond far better to a realistic, high-quality image of the finished project than they do to abstract 2D drawings alone.
Who uses exterior 3D rendering services?
Most exterior rendering projects on Easy Render come from architects, home builders, property developers, landscape architects, real estate agents, and homeowners who are planning a new build or extension. These projects scale widely, ranging from a single residential house facade to massive apartment buildings, luxury hotels, mixed-use commercial schemes, and intricate courtyards.
Apart from standard eye-level street views, artists can also deliver appealing aerial views showing the entire site. They can also create photomontages that seamlessly place the new building into a real photograph of the existing plot, as well as engaging before-and-after images (useful for extensions and renovations).
Just be sure to mention your specific needs in your brief. Depending on those, artists can require different inputs, like drone photos or survey data. Plus, all this will naturally affect the final price.
What should you prepare before posting an exterior rendering job?
Providing a clear and detailed brief is the best way to get accurate offers and reduce the number of revisions you need later on. Before you post your project, gather the following details:
- Drawings or a model: This includes site plans, floor plans, elevations, and sections with accurate dimensions, or an existing 3D model (if it exists).
- Materials: Specific facade, roof, window frame, and paving materials, including product references whenever possible.
- Site context: Real photos of the plot and its surrounding areas, neighboring buildings, and the exact orientation of the site.
- Landscaping: This includes planting plans or reference images showing the types of plants and outdoor spaces you want to see in the final result.
- Views and mood: Decide on the specific camera positions you need, along with your preference for daylight, dusk, night, or aerial views.
What makes a building exterior rendering convincing?
When you are comparing portfolios from exterior 3D artists, you should look past the dramatic skies and focus on the details that make an image genuinely believable and useful for you:
- Context: This includes neighboring buildings, streets, and topography. It should be shown accurately so the final output reflects the real site.
- Scale: People, cars, and trees need to be properly sized. This helps viewers understand the true height and mass of your building.
- Materials: Materials like brick, render, glass, and timber require realistic textures, reflections, and subtle weathering.
- Light: The sun direction must match the actual site orientation in real life, and dusk views should feature interior lighting that tells a compelling story.
- Honest landscaping: Planting needs to be shown at a realistic size. This is especially important for planning images, where overstated tree measures can undermine the credibility of the final output.
For the planning phase, you should tell the artist to keep all camera positions at eye level from public viewpoints. When it comes to marketing images, on the other hand, the artists should go for more dramatic angles and lighting.
How much do 3D exterior rendering services cost?
Exterior rendering prices on Easy Render are determined by custom offers from artists. It’s not a fixed package. If we take a look at the 100 most recently completed projects on our platform, the typical project cost was $270. If we consider the middle half of all projects, the price fell between $150 and $450.
As you can imagine, for larger sites, highly detailed landscaping, aerial views, and photomontages that blend into real site photos, these projects tend to require more work, and naturally, they cost more.
However, adding extra views of a 3D model that is already built is usually much more affordable than delivering a brand-new scene.
How do you choose the right artist for your exterior rendering project?
The most experienced exterior artists excel at everything in the scene and not just the actual building. This includes the landscaping, sky, street context, and people. When you are comparing offers from different artists, you should check portfolios for buildings of a similar scale to yours. Also consider the specific type of view you need. This could mean eye-level street views, aerials, photomontages that are blended into real site photos, or something else entirely.
If you’re in the planning phase of a project, you should definitely ask whether the artist has successfully produced images for planning submissions in the past.
If you want to check real figures on budgets and turnarounds from completed projects, we have clear 3D rendering cost and turnaround data. Make sure to check it out.
What clients say
Verified reviews from Easy Render clients on Trustpilot.
I loved using the Easy render platform for a recent project I was working on for a residential exterior. The artist I used was fantastic and was very accomodating to my changes and style. The end result was even better than I had hoped for.
Easy Render was very responsive, as well as the designer I matched with. Very straight forward and professional transaction. I will definitely use them again.
Easy Render is such a great platform for getting your visualisations done! It’s intuitive, easy to use, and the renderers are extremely talented and work incredibly fast. The support team is also amazing: whenever there’s an issue, it’s resolved quickly and efficiently. I can highly recommend Easy Render!
Frequently Asked Questions about Exterior Rendering Services
How much do exterior rendering services cost?
There is no fixed price for exterior rendering services on Easy Render. Each artist will send their custom offer. The price will depend entirely on your brief. If we consider the 100 most recent projects on our platform, the typical cost was close to $270. Half of all projects had a price of between $150 and $450. Ultimately, the number of different views, the complexity of the modeling work, and the level of detail will determine the final price.
How long does an exterior rendering take?
The most challenging part of the project that takes the longest is modeling the building and its immediate surroundings. A project that requires a single facade view is completed much quicker than a large site that requires detailed landscaping, aerial views, or photomontages. Be sure to agree on a delivery date and set up clear milestones in your offer before you officially hire an artist on Easy Render.
Can I get day, dusk, and aerial views of the same building?
Yes, of course. But for this to happen smoothly, you should ask for them in your initial brief. Once the 3D model is built, extra camera angles and lighting versions will usually cost less than the first view. However, every artist values their work differently, so you should make sure that every view you need is clearly listed in your project description.
Can exterior renderings be used for planning applications?
Yes, this is generally true. Exterior renderings are widely used in planning submissions and public consultations. Just make sure to check what your local authorities require. We're talking about specific viewpoints or verified views. Make sure to include those exact requirements in your brief. That way, the artist will have a clearer idea of what they need to do.
Can the building be placed into a photo of the real site?
Yes, of course. This type of technique is called a photomontage. Simply send good photos or drone shots of the site. Take these photos from the exact viewpoints you need. The artist will then match the camera angle and lighting perfectly. Make sure to mention this in your brief. This type of project requires more work than creating a fully rendered scene from scratch.
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Start your exterior rendering project today!
Use Easy Render to post your project brief for free. When offers from exterior visualization specialists come in, you can compare them. An important thing to note is that you only need to release your funds after you safely approve each project milestone.